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Roundup: "Modeling" Legislation to Control Your Body

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

March 12, 2010 - 11:47am

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Utah's fetal homicide bill as potential model legislation, and a game that will kill tons of free time at work today -- guide the sperm!


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Utah Continues Reckless Efforts to Lock Up Pregnant Women

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

March 7, 2010 - 9:30am

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Comforted by the fact that the Utah legislature "revised" the bill on miscarriages?  Don't be.  Its main purpose is not to advance a "culture of life," but to advance laws that permit imprisonment of pregnant women.


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Utah Bill Criminalizing Miscarriage To Be Resubmitted

By Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check

March 5, 2010 - 5:11pm

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At the request of Utah's governor, a bill that would criminalize miscarriages is to be resubmitted to remove the standard for “recklessness.”  The new version, however, would still set a dangerous precedent.


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Roundup: Eight States, Fifteen Bills, One Big Pea

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

March 5, 2010 - 11:17am

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Much like a marathon, this roundup covers 20% of the states in the country, then rewards you with a giant pea suit.  Ok, not so much like a marathon...


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Utah Bill Criminalizes Miscarriage

By Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check

February 20, 2010 - 9:00am

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A bill passed this week by the Utah State Legislature and awaiting the governor's signature, will criminalize miscarriages and abortions under certain circumstances and send women to jail.

Published under: Access to Abortion | fetal homicide | Utah
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Roundup: So Many States, So Many Laws

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

February 19, 2010 - 8:50am

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A looming boycott on Oklahoma (watch out, Rogers and Hammerstein!) and a doctor with a sense of humor top off today's roundup.

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(VIDEO) Conservative State Senator Supports Better Sex Ed in Utah

By Senator Steve Urquhart

February 15, 2010 - 7:00am

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A conservative Utah State Senator discusses his efforts to make sex ed in his state better, though admittedly not comprehensive as it still omits discussion of sexual identity and diversity.

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Roundup: Abstinence Study Fall Out

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

February 2, 2010 - 8:57am

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Did a new study about abstinence eduction catch comprehensive sex ed proponents with their pants down?

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Roundup: Everyone Has an Opinion

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

January 14, 2010 - 9:11am

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RH Reality Check strives to bring you the best and latest in reproductive health news.  But I'll admit it I can't leave an editorial or a letter to the editor unread. Sometimes there are opinions so good they just have to be shared. These are NOT those kind.

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Utah Proposes Comprehensive Sex-Ed

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

February 11, 2009 - 3:39pm

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Conservative states are finally realizing that teenagers have sex—even
if you tell them not to—and taking that into account in legislation addressing education.


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