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The Washington Post on Sunday examined how Democratic congressional leaders are attempting to "tiptoe around the abortion issue" by calling for the approval of legislation that would assist women who carry unintended pregnancies to term and encourage contraception use. According to the Post, House S... read more »
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Women in the UK should be provided with detailed information about how aborted foetuses might be used in stem cell research, say leading social scientists. Writing in the Royal Society of Medicine's Clinical Ethics journal, Naomi Pfeffer* and Julie Kent** said the rules in relation to consent to the... read more »
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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Tuesday announced the full court on April 11 will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging a 2005 South Dakota law (HB 1166) that would require abortion providers in the state to tell women before performing the procedure that it would "terminate ... read more »
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Although several political watchers have said a bill (HB 1) recently introduced in Georgia that would ban abortion in the state under all circumstances is unlikely to pass, it "underscores the balancing act" Republicans in the state General Assembly "must strike" between social conservatives and mod... read more »
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The New York Times on Sunday issued an editor's note about an April 9, 2006, New York Times Magazine article about El Salvador's abortion law (New York Times, 1/7). [click link for full article] read more »
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Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison (D) after being sworn in to the office on Monday said he is concerned the medical records of 90 women and girls who in 2003 underwent late-term abortions subpoenaed by former Attorney General Phill Kline (R) might have been copied, the AP/Wichita Eagle reports (... read more »
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The following highlights recent news of state actions on women's health issues. Abortion Regulations Ohio: Gov. Bob Taft (R) on Thursday signed into law a bill (HB 239) that prohibits state funding from covering abortion services except for cases of rape, incest or when the pregnant women's li... read more »
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West Virginia Delegates Bonnie Brown (D) and Barbara Fleischauer (D) on Tuesday filed a complaint with Secretary of State Betty Ireland claiming the antiabortion group Life Gauge violated several state campaign laws before the November election, the Charleston Gazette reports. [click link for full a... read more »
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The technique detects pre-cancers or collections of a few hundred malignant cells among millions of healthy cells.Using light waves near the infrared region of the spectrum, the team reported they were able to accurately detect early tumours deep beneath the tissue surface. read more »
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