abortion bans
By Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow March 16, 2009 - 7:00am
North Dakota's "egg-as-person" bill would afford "preborn persons" the "privileges and immunities" of state citizenship.
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By ema, The Well-Timed Period February 26, 2009 - 8:00am
Arkansas bans "partial birth" abortion, and pregnant women and their physicians are left to guess which safe surgical abortion techniques HB 1113 bans.
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Finally, the economic downturn delivers a silver lining for America's women: legislators in Utah, who are gung-ho about an abortion ban, aren't going to pursue one in this legislative session because of the cost associated with defending the ban in court.
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By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check December 9, 2008 - 8:00am
The South Dakota measure to criminalize abortion was defeated by 10 points. The campaign responsible for challenging the ban used messaging much of the national pro-choice movement might not agree with. How does a state in which most voters identify as pro-life defeat an abortion ban?
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This morning, a full Fourth Circuit Court reconsidered a Virginia ban on certain late-term abortion procedures.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround October 24, 2008 - 7:00am
The groups supporting Colorado's Amendment 48 represent the most extreme wing of the right to life movement. These groups and individuals lead campaigns against contraceptive access.
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Proponents of the South Dakota abortion ban argue that the health exception protects women's well-being. But the amendment would force physicians to make medical decisions with their attorneys, rather than with their patients.
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If the Lithuanian Parliament adopts more restrictive abortion regulations currently under debate, Lithuania would join Malta, Ireland and Poland as a European country in which access to abortion is significantly limited.
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Both pro- and anti-choice activists are preparing the state legislative landscape on abortion for the next President and his or her Supreme Court nominees. The right's latest tactic is the ban-in-waiting -- a ban on abortion that springs into effect upon the reversal of Roe.
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