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In Missouri, Legislators Fail to Protect Women's Basic Rights, Undermining Justice for All

by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

July 20, 2011 - 6:21pm (Print)

In Missouri, anti-choice Republicans opted to place the Missouri state government between doctors and their patients, and a Democratic Governor signed the bill into law. Reproductive justice activists must share our disappointment with the Governor and state legislators who voted for the abortion restriction bills.

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States Enact Record Number of Abortion Restrictions in First Half of 2011

by Rachel Gold and Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher Institute

July 13, 2011 - 10:29am (Print)

In the first six months of 2011, states enacted 162 new provisions related to reproductive health and rights.

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Polish Bill Banning All Abortions is Approved in its First Round

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July 7, 2011. (Romereports.com) A proposal that would ban all abortions in Poland has been sent by Parliament to committee for consideration. Under current law, abortion is legal if there are serious fetal anomalies or in cases of endangerment to the life or health of the mother. In reality, legal abortion even under these circumstances is inaccessible. There is, however, a huge black market in abortion in Poland and the medical establishment earns nearly $100 million annually off the books providing unsafe abortion.

July 11, 2011 - 9:45am

July 7, 2011. (Romereports.com) A proposal that would ban all abortions in Poland has been sent by Parliament to committee for consideration. Under current law, abortion is legal if there are serious fetal anomalies or in cases of endangerment to the life or health of the mother. In reality, legal abortion even under these circumstances is inaccessible. There is, however, a huge black market in abortion in Poland and the medical establishment earns nearly $100 million annually off the books providing unsafe abortion.

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The New Morality: Kill the Woman, Save the Fetus

reader diary by JAC, JAC

February 24, 2011 - 6:30pm (Print)

Just what is so moral about the new morality-based legislation?

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How to Celebrate 38 Years of Roe v Wade (or Women Are People, Too)

reader diary by JAC, JAC

January 21, 2011 - 5:48pm (Print)

Tomorrow is the 38th anniversary of Roe vs Wade becoming law of land. And it is still being debated as if the Supreme Court had not ruled and as if it were still up to states and the US legislatures to take away a woman's basic right to own her body.

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Pro-Choice Catholics Welcome Liberalization of Abortion Laws in Spain

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 25, 2010 - 8:29am (Print)

This week, Spain's senate voted to ease the country’s restrictions on abortion. In doing so, they rejected the opposition of the Catholic bishops and the Vatican over access to safe and legal abortion in that country.

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Court Orders Nepal to Improve Access to Abortion

reader diary by Dionne

May 22, 2009 - 1:31pm (Print)

Great news out of Nepal! In just a few years, the country has gone from
a total abortion ban to allowing abortion under most circumstances to
this week, the Supreme Court ordering the government to set up an
abortion fund for poor women and to invest in an education campaign on
abortion.

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Will Uruguay's President Veto Bill That Would Prevent Maternal Deaths?

by Emily Douglas

November 13, 2008 - 5:40pm (Print)

Uruguay's legislature has passed an abortion liberalization law. Will President Tabaré Vasquez ignore widespread unsafe abortion in the country and veto the bill?

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