health exception
Proponents of the South Dakota abortion ban argue that the health exception protects women's well-being. But the amendment would force physicians to make medical decisions with their attorneys, rather than with their patients.
. . . . .
By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 20, 2008 - 4:51pm
McCain calls Palin a direct counter to a feminist agenda but Governor Palin's ceiling-breaking rise to prominence is a direct result of feminism - not to mention a host of other supremely beneficial public policies.
. . . . .
UK Scouting Association to offer basic sex ed to Explorer Scouts between the ages of 14 and 18; What constitutes a mother's health?; Proposed South Dakota abortion ban could punish doctors with 10 years in jail and a $20,000 fine; Anti-choice groups divided about SD abortion ban; Madagascar announces nationwide family planning initiative.
. . . . .
By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 17, 2008 - 1:22pm
While the anti-choice measure on the ballot in South Dakota claims it won't affect women with crisis pregnancies whose lives are in danger - or physicians and other providers involved - a leaked memo from a SD hospital concludes something very different.
. . . . .
Obama seeks middle ground on abortion; McCain slammed for 'sarcastic air quotes'; Abortion restrictions on the ballot in Colorado, South Dakota and California; Broad support for reproductive health bill in Phillipines; UN says more focus on women needed in fight against HIV; 'HIV positive' Muppet educates kids on the disease in South Africa.
. . . . .
The United States Constitution protects each and every woman against any law that would force her to carry to term any pregnancy which jeopardizes her life or her health.
. . . . .
Pundits and bloggers thought that by dismissing an exception to abortion bans for women's health, McCain was alienating the very voters he had spent months courting.
. . . . .
Those of us waiting to hear the presidential candidates clarify their stances on abortion, women's health, equal pay and Supreme Court nominees had a lot to pay attention to tonight.
. . . . .
Does Barack Obama honestly believe that a small percentage of the already tiny percentage of women who undergo late term abortions, those who, under the advice of a skilled physician, decide that a D&X is the safest procedure for them, are somehow not broken enough to receive one?
. . . . .
|
