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Gonzalez v. Carhart

Trigger Laws: Taking Aim at Roe

Emily Douglas on May 20, 2008 - 8:00am
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Both pro- and anti-choice activists are preparing the state legislative landscape on abortion for the next President and his or her Supreme Court nominees. The right's latest tactic is the ban-in-waiting -- a ban on abortion that springs into effect upon the reversal of Roe.

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Politics Has No Place in Medicine

Dr. Willie Parker 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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