coerced abortion

Could A Case Of Attempted Coercion Change the Face Of Abortion For Good?

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

October 29, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

One Ohio man's attempt to force his girlfriend at gunpoint to abort her pregnancy has the potential to shift the entire legality of the procedure.

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Roundup: When Anti-Choice Bills Go Badly For Activists

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by Rachel Larris

April 28, 2010 - 11:25am (Print)

South Carolina anti-choice legislators can't seem to get together for a bill to add a 24-hour waiting period while the Georgia House Speaker doesn't seem to be onboard with the Georgia Right to Life's goal for a constitutional challenge to Roe v Wade.

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Canada: Let's Ban Coerced Childbirth

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reader diary by Joyce Arthur

April 19, 2010 - 7:27pm (Print)

Anti-choicers want to ban coercing a woman into abortion, but a better idea would be a law that prohibits the much more common practice of coercing a woman into childbirth.

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Missouri Abortion Restriction Bill Only Worsens Effects of Intimate Partner Violence

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by Pamela Sumners, NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri

May 11, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Are you a woman whose husband beat you upon learning you were pregnant, after suggesting abortion? If so, Missouri is on the verge of deciding that you are incompetent to make the decision about whether to terminate your pregnancy.
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