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Alberto Gonzales' Federal Abortion Ban Legacy

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 27, 2007 - 1:00pm

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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is on his way out. In his wake, he leaves the women's lives affected by the Federal Abortion Ban cases he brought to the U.S. Supreme Court and ultimately won.


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Doctors’ Reactions to the Federal Abortion Ban

By Dr. Paula Hillard, Physicians for Reproductive Choice & Health

April 26, 2007 - 1:00pm

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Physicians are full of questions about how the Supreme Court's ruling will affect them and their patients. This decision endangers women's health and makes it harder for physicians to provide the best possible care to women.


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Does the U.S. Care About Women Around the World?

By Anu Kumar, Ipas

April 26, 2007 - 8:00am

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Women around the world wonder: does the United States care about them at all? Last week's Supreme Court ruling sends a chill far beyond U.S. borders, even if it only bans a fraction of all U.S. abortion procedures. By saying so clearly that American women's health and lives are not a priority, the Supreme Court sends a message to the rest of the world that America does not value its women. What, then, could the message be for the rest of the world's women?


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Hell Hath No Fury like an Entire Female Population Scorned

By Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check

April 26, 2007 - 7:45am

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The Supreme Court has effectively unfurled the judicial equivalent of a banner reading "Bring it on, Roe haters!" by upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003; we can expect even more state-level restrictions in the months and years to come. Meanwhile, Nicaragua women are suffering from that country's total abortion ban—36 women have died from pregnancy- and childbirth-related causes so far in 2007.


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Supreme Court: "Our Women Need Protectin'"

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

April 26, 2007 - 7:00am

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Who's your daddy? Apparently, Justices Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Scalia and Kennedy are.


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