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Right-to-Life Amendments Sweep Mexican States

by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

May 29, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court upheld a law which decriminalized abortion in Mexico City. Since then, twelve Mexican states have approved constitutional reforms defining personhood as beginning at the moment of conception.

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Dominican Republic: Catholic Republic? "Right to Life" Enters Constitution

by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

May 1, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

An aggressive advocacy campaign by the Catholic Church has resulted in changes in the Constitution of the Dominican Republic protecting "the right to life" from the moment of conception to death.

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Ignoring Evidence, Mexican States Move to Increase Abortion Restrictions

by Dr. Sharon Camp and Dr. Fatima Juarez, Guttmacher Institute

March 31, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

New abortion restrictions in Mexico not only demonstrate a shocking lack of compassion, they also directly contradict strong evidence that restricting abortion access does not make abortion less common.

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Price Tag Dissuades Utah Legislators from Abortion Ban

by Emily Douglas

January 7, 2009 - 11:36am (Print)

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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How the Midwest Was Won: South Dakota Healthy Families' Winning Message

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

December 9, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

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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Anti-Abortion Group Pushes Failed "Personhood" Strategy

by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

December 5, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Despite the crushing 3-to-1 loss of a state constitutional amendment to confer civil rights on fertilized human eggs, the American Life League says it's their "only option left".

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Pregnant in Poland? Government Considers Tracking You for Illegal Abortion

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

September 24, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The Polish Health Minister recently proposed a new health department that would register and track women's pregnancies to ensure abortions were not obtained illegally.

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Ad Asks McCain, "How Much Time Should She Do?"

by Ernest Luning, New Journalist Fellow

September 23, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

A pro-choice group will spend millions of dollars in Colorado
and other swing states airing an ad that asks how long women should spend in jail if they have abortions after Roe v. Wade is overturned.

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Ensuring the Human Right to Survive Pregnancy in Southeast Asia

by Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

September 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

To combat maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia far higher than Millennium Development Goal targets, governments must ensure women's right to safe abortion.

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World to Governments: Women Shouldn't Be Imprisoned for Abortion

by Patty Skuster, Ipas

June 20, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

A new poll shows that the public is at odds with their country's laws. Most people reject using criminal penalties to prevent abortions.

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