informed consent
Missouri Legislator Inadvertently Shows Why Anti-Choice Legislation is Totally Contradictory
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
January 23, 2012 - 9:51am (Print)
Medical practitioners get more leeway to do what they think is best, while women get less.
Washington Legislators Propose "Women's Right to Know" Bill With 24 Hour Waiting Period
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
December 21, 2011 - 11:26am (Print)
Ooooh....this one comes with videos!
Court Victory in South Dakota's Misinformed Consent Law
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 2, 2011 - 3:40pm (Print)
Today the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out important provisions of a South Dakota law that literally forced doctors to lie to their patients.
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Private Practice and Public Laws: The Patronizing Lectures that Television Depicts and Texas Now Requires
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 23, 2011 - 2:23pm (Print)
How a scene from a popular television show and a new law in Texas patronize women who seek abortions.
With "Informed Consent" Bill, Texas Legislators Serve the Needs of... Texas Legislators
May 4, 2011 - 9:07am (Print)
During Monday's smug, self-congratulating second reading of House Bill 15, a Republican talk radio host from Houston, may not have realized how much he slipped when he said he liked the bill because of its power in "addressing the needs of the members in the House and the Senate."
The Hypocrisy of "Informed Consent" Abortion Laws
April 15, 2011 - 12:37am (Print)
This language of “informed consent” merely serves as a thinly veiled attempt at shaming women who seek abortion, a shaming made all the more hypocritical when carried out in the supposed name of women’s health and safety.
Afternoon Roundup: Safe Sex Flash Mob, Pushing Personhood in Florida, Porn Acting and Condoms: A Winning Mix?
by Amie Newman
December 8, 2010 - 7:10pm (Print)
Porn actors should wear condoms as a rule; pushing personhood for fetuses in Florida doesn't seem to be a winning idea; the number of premature infants being born in the U.S is decreasing; and a safe-sex flash mob?
Mendacity Exposed: Researcher Debunks the Big Lie on Abortion and Mental Health
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 9, 2010 - 3:53pm (Print)
Increasingly our politics and policies are shaped by lies and misinformation spread with the purpose of supporting a political agenda. The issue of abortion and mental health--discussed in this weekend's Washington Post--illustrates the case.
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Does Refusing a C-Section = Child Abuse?
by Amie Newman
August 13, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
A woman comes into a hospital, in labor, refuses to pre-consent to a c-section, and has her baby whisked away under charges of child neglect?
Roundup: Lawyer Says Only Way To Not Violate LB594 Is To "Cease Providing Abortion Care"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
June 29, 2010 - 8:36am (Print)
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland yesterday announced their lawsuit against LB594.
