personhood amendments

Afternoon Roundup: Republicans Set to Strip Health Care From Millions, Abstinent Teens with STDs?

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by Amie Newman

January 3, 2011 - 6:26pm (Print)

It's the dawn of a new year and with it comes new stories on the same old issues, I'm afraid. Republicans in the House are looking to pass a repeal of the health reform law, a new study shows a surprising percentage of "abstinent" teens with STDs, and Iran is gearing up for HIV/AIDs prevention efforts with a new campaign targeting women and young people.

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Montana Personhood Amendment Fails To Get Signatures

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

July 16, 2010 - 10:13am (Print)

Personhood for fertilized eggs with not be on the Montana ballot this year due to a lack of signatures supporting an amendment.

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Right-to-Life Amendments Sweep Mexican States

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by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

May 29, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court upheld a law which decriminalized abortion in Mexico City. Since then, twelve Mexican states have approved constitutional reforms defining personhood as beginning at the moment of conception.
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Personhood Bill Lays Egg in North Dakota Senate

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by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

April 7, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Anti-abortion activists who rallied behind Colorado’s Amendment 48 last year came up with another big goose egg Friday when the North Dakota Senate rejected a “personhood” bill that sought to confer constitutional rights to zygotes.
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Roundup: Florida Doctor Loses License Over Live Birth Case

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by Emily Douglas

February 9, 2009 - 11:45am (Print)

Florida doctor loses license over live birth case; Sen. Casey votes against global gag rule, said to be "cooperating...with evil"; future of reproductive health legislation in Obama era; Sen. Boxer to chair subcommittee on global women's issues; study finds no link between fertility drugs and ovarian cancer; personhood movement spreads to Maryland.
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