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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Signs Country's First 20-Week Gestational Ban Into Law
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 12, 2012 - 9:42pm (Print)
The new extreme bill outlaws abortions before most women will even do anomaly screenings.
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Not All "20-Week" Bans Are Created Equal: A Closer Look at How Abortion Bans Diverge from Medical Protocol and Put Women at Risk
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 11, 2012 - 9:00am (Print)
There is a lot of confusion about 20-week abortion bans, and for good reason. Not only do they pick arbitrary dates based on medically-disproven claims of "fetal pain," at least one is so mixed up it shows that "fetal pain" is not even the basis of the ban.
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Georgia Lawmaker Calls Medical Experts Testifying Against Abortion Ban "Liars"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 20, 2012 - 10:49pm (Print)
Now politicians honestly believe they not only know more than doctors, but that doctors are lying if they don't agree.
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Fetal Pain "Like Making Telephone Call On A Landline When There's No Telephone Poles Yet"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 19, 2012 - 4:15pm (Print)
One doctor breaks down the myth of "fetal pain" in easy-to-understand terms.
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Florida Abortion Restrictions Pass House, Called "Righteous War For Children"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 2, 2012 - 10:55am (Print)
A Florida state legislator decides children outrank women on the "righteous" scale.
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Georgia Right-To-Life Strongarms On 20-Week Ban While OB Calls Bill "Heartless"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
February 29, 2012 - 11:27pm (Print)
Doctors are speaking out against a proposed 20-week abortion ban in Georgia, but anti-choice activists are making sure Republicans don't waiver.
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Nebraska Youth Support Both "Fetal Pain" Bans And Planned Parenthood
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
December 7, 2011 - 3:59pm (Print)
A new poll of students at the University of Nebraska Lincoln shows that the students may believe in abortion restrictions, but that doesn't mean they reject Planned Parenthood.
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Idaho Mother Wins Court Order Against State Abortion Ban and Restrictions
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 26, 2011 - 11:42pm (Print)
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Jennie Linn McCormack, the Idaho woman who was prosecuted by the state under a 40-year old law that made it illegal for a woman to induce her own abortion, won a temporary court order Friday barring enforcement of the law under which she was had been charged.
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Fetuses Cannot Feel Pain Until 35 Weeks, According To Study
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
September 9, 2011 - 3:13pm (Print)
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After working with premature infants, University College London researchers believe they cannot feel pain until at least 35 weeks.
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Iowa Tries to Ban Abortion Before Women Have Anomaly Scans
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
June 9, 2011 - 11:14am (Print)
Its "fetal pain" ban would actually start at 18 weeks conception, not 20 like most other states.
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