heartbeat ban
Mississippi Media Outlet Fails to Report Facts on Bill That Would Have Banned Virtually All Abortions In the State
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 9, 2012 - 5:06am (Print)
Explaining how "an abortion bill" ended up derailing a piece of special legislation in the state, a Mississippi television station leaves out some details.
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Ohio "Heartbeat Ban" Supporters Threaten Lawmakers To Pass Bill of Face Election Losses
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 16, 2012 - 9:43pm (Print)
Heartbeat ban backers want the bill off life support and back on the table.
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Mississippi "Chamber Of Death" Passes TRAP Law, Rejects Heartbeat Ban and RU-486 Restrictions
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 4, 2012 - 8:29am (Print)
Only one of three abortion bills made it past a committee pocket veto, but that doesn't mean they won't become law.
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Mississippi Senate Chairman Uses Common Sense on Anti-Choice Vote
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 2, 2012 - 11:36pm (Print)
In a world where no bill seems to be too extreme to not get a vote, Chairman Hob Bryan actually considers whether the bill would ever actually be law.
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Mississippi House Passes Heartbeat Ban
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 16, 2012 - 8:13am (Print)
Don't worry, rape victims! You can still get an abortion if you prove you were assaulted!
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Ohio Voters Evenly Divided On "Heartbeat" Ban
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
January 23, 2012 - 11:04am (Print)
Unsurprisingly, Republicans and higher income voters approve the ban more than Democrats and lower income voters.
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If the Kids Aren't Working, Here Comes the Church
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
January 18, 2012 - 2:58pm (Print)
Yet another group is swarming the Ohio senate, asking for the Heartbeat Ban to be passed.
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Janet Porter Brings In Kids To Lobby For Her Heartbeat Bill
Janet Porter held a press conference in support of her "Heartbeat Bill" in Ohio featuring children as young as four urging its passage. As Robin Marty pointed out last week, it was certainly a manipulative move on Porter's part; it probably did, however, backfire. More of these children's contrived "testimonies" are on Youtube.
Children and Teddy Bears Used to Manipulate Ohio Senate on Heartbeat Ban
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
January 11, 2012 - 11:16am (Print)
Next, the supporters will tell the senate every day they don't vote, a kitten will be drowned...
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Ohio Editorial Pans "Heartbeat" Ban While Arizona Considers Their Own
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
December 12, 2011 - 4:38pm (Print)
"[Y]ou don’t have to identify with either side in the anti-abortion dispute to conclude that the heartbeat bill should be defeated, because it is simply bad law."
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