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Michigan Seeking Federal Abortion Ban Copy

Alexa Stanard, New Journalist Fellow on April 18, 2008 - 9:50am
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The Michigan House is poised to consider a symbolic bill that would mirror the federal ban on so-called partial birth abortion. Local Planned Parenthood staff say Michigan Right to Life is using the bill as an election-year loyalty test.


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Politics Has No Place in Medicine

Dr. Willie Parker, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health on April 18, 2008 - 9:48am
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A year ago today, on April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a specific abortion procedure. The law deliberately omitted an exception allowing doctors to act if a woman's health is in danger. Now, copycat legislation is being introduced in states across the country.


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Alberto Gonzales' Federal Abortion Ban Legacy

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on August 27, 2007 - 2:00pm
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is on his way out. In his wake, he leaves 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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