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A government agency, the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH), has today launched their report detailing stillbirths and neonatal deaths in 2005. The report indicates that, in one year alone, 66 babies were born alive after abortion but subsequently died. The report does not read more »
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The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld the appeal of a Polish woman who says that in 2000 she was denied an abortion despite warnings from physicians that she could become blind if she continued the pregnancy, London's Guardian reports (Traynor, Guardian, 3/21). [click link for full ar... read more »
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Abortion-rights opponents in Illinois are criticizing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who is running for president in 2008, for votes he made on legislation while serving as a state senator, The Hill reports. [click link for full article] read more »
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The following highlights recent news of state actions on abortion-related legislation.Colorado: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted 4-3 to reject a bill (SB 143) that would have banned all abortions except in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of a pregnant woman, the [click lin... read more »
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The Los Angeles Times and USA Today on Thursday examined how the abortion views of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) could affect their chances for winning the 2008 Republican Party presidential nomination. Summaries appear below. [click link ... read more »
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday announced that it will expedite a review of a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' three-judge panel ruling in favor of a Wisconsin antiabortion group's constitutional challenge to the McCain-Feingold federal campaign finance law, the [click link for full article] read more »
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Tens of thousands of abortion-rights opponents on Monday rallied in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual March for Life and called for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which effectively barred state abortion bans, the Washington Post reports. The demonstration marke... read more »
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The New York Times Magazine on Sunday examined an evolving antiabortion strategy that aims to "dismantle th[e] framework" of "pitt[ing] the rights" of fetuses against women and replace it with the argument the procedure is at the "root of women's psychological ills. [click link for full article] read more »
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Democrats in Congress plan to consider several bills that would "at the very least expand family planning programs to more women, especially poor women," but President Bush's recent appointment of Eric Keroack to deputy assistant secretary of HHS' Office of Population Affairs is a "roadblock to this... read more »
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