North Dakota
North Dakota's House Bill 1371 requires doctors to show an ultrasound to a pregnant
woman before she is allowed to go through with the procedure.
Infantilizing towards the woman? Sure. Assuming that a woman doesn’t
have long conversations and ambivalent thoughts about making this hard
decision? This is nothing new.
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Reader diary posted by Megan Evans, Medical Student April 25, 2009 - 12:16am
Staying vocal through the internet is a powerful tool for modern day activism, but don't let your own voice get lost. An anti-choice Republican Senator from North Dakota reminds me of how powerful my own words can be.
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Last week, North Dakota's Senate defeated legislation that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. Perhaps most surprising was not that the legislation was defeated but how it was defeated.
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The North Dakota Senate overwhelmingly denies Personhood USA another chance at ruining women's lives, health and status by defeating the "personhood bill."
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My state has one clinic and 17 crisis pregnancy centers. We rank 50th in the nation for for women's reproductive health by NARAL, which slapped us with a big fat F. Guttmacher's stats confirm; we also rank 50th in the nation for efforts to help women avoid unintended pregnancy. As a citizen of North Dakota, I feel deeply ashamed to be heralding from a place that, frankly, I'm not so surprised by.
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News roundup: Support the Freedom of Choice Act; Mexico City legalizes early abortion; North Dakota bans abortion; and Planned Parenthood's media Maggie Awards.
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