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Physician Speaks Out in Strong Opposition to the Proposed DC Abortion Ban
by Dr. Willie Parker, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
May 18, 2012 - 8:29am (Print)
This bill, which would ban abortion in the District of Columbia at 20 weeks after fertilization, is clearly unconstitutional and would harm women’s health. Moreover, the bill is incredibly disrespectful of women, doctors, and the residents of the District of Columbia.
MS Legislator: Yes, Many Women Will Die "But Hey - You've Got to Have Morals!"
May 10, 2012 - Mississippi State Representative Bubba Carpenter, at an Alcorn County GOP meeting, tells the audience that Republicans have figured out a legal way to stop abortions.
What One Week on an Abortion Fund Hotline Taught Me About the Economics of Stigma
by Jessica Mack
May 15, 2012 - 11:11am (Print)
To say abortion is stigmatized in this country is to state the obvious. But we have a special brand of taboo that we foist atop even that stigma, which is the taboo of having someone else pay for a service you need – especially if it’s an abortion. Yet while abortion may be legal, but if you cannot afford it, it’s inaccessible.
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“I Can’t Believe I Still Have to Protest This:” Abortion Rights in Canada
by Tanya Castle
May 9, 2012 - 5:11am (Print)
On April 26th Canada’s Parliament debated M-312, a motion that calls for the formation of a special committee of Parliament to review whether the definition of a “human being” as described in the Canadian criminal code can be extended to unborn fetuses.
In California, A Measure To Expand Access to Safe Abortion Care Fails
by Vicki Saporta, National Abortion Federation
May 8, 2012 - 8:48am (Print)
In late February, California Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) introduced a bill in the state Senate that would allow nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and nurse midwives (CNMs) to provide first trimester aspiration abortion care. Sen. Kehoe withdrew the bill Friday because it lacked enough votes to pass a key legislative committee.
State of Alabama Harasses and Seeks to Close Abortion Clinic, While Women Die Needlessly in Childbirth
New Woman All Women in Birmingham Alabama is the abortion clinic bombed by Eric Rudolph in 1998 resulting in the death of a police officer and the maiming of a nurse. It has now been "bombed" by the Alabama Department of Public Health under the direction presumably of anti-choice Governor Robert J. Bentley, a dermatologist.
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Expansion of Abortion Access In California Derailed For Now
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
April 25, 2012 - 9:53am (Print)
A bill meant to allow more qualified medical professionals to perform aspiration abortions has been rewritten due to objections from the state's Nursing Association.
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The MARIA Fund: Supporting Women’s Access to Abortion in Mexico
by Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check
April 24, 2012 - 9:46am (Print)
Five years after Mexico City decriminalized first-trimester abortion, the MARIA Fund helps women from other parts of Mexico to access safe abortion care. You can help them.
Newsweek/Daily Beast writer Allison Yarrow reports on the new law signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer that potentially restricts women's access to abortions.
Losing the Right to Abortion, Week by Week: Restrictions on Later-Term Abortions Harm Women
by Susan Yanow
April 19, 2012 - 2:09am (Print)
The landscape for abortion access is shifting quickly, as state after state passes restrictive laws. Particularly affected by these new laws are women who need abortions later in their pregnancies.
