The following highlights recent news of state actions on abortion-related legislation and funding for women's health programs.Georgia: The House on Monday approved 116-54 a bill (HB 147) that would require abortion providers to offer women seeking abortions a chance to view ultrasound images of the ...
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Senators from Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution, the country's largest leftist party, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would legalize abortion nationwide during the first three months of pregnancy, the AP/Guardian reports. [click link for full article]
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Sens. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) on Monday announced the nomination of lawyer Richard Honaker for a U.S. District Court judgeship, the AP/Billings Gazette reports. [click link for full article]
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The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday examined how antiabortion groups are targeting urban communities that they have "long considered hostile turf" to draw more blacks to support their advocacy. According to CDC statistics, blacks account for 13% of the population in the U.S. [click link for full arti...
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A coalition of 35 pastors on Thursday called on the Kansas Legislature to use a statute to order state Attorney General Paul Morrison (D) to prosecute physician George Tiller for allegedly performing illegal late-term abortions, the AP/Wichita Eagle reports (Hegeman, AP/Wichita Eagle, 3/15). [click ...
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The Roman Catholic Bishop's Conference in Poland on Wednesday voiced support for a proposal from the conservative political party League of Polish Families to insert language into the country's constitution that would restrict abortion rights, Agence France-Presse reports. LPR is attempting to inser...
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Mexico City lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion during the first three months' gestation, the AP/Guardian reports. Under current Mexico City law, abortion is permitted only if the life of the pregnant woman is endangered or if the woman has been...
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New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services officials on Tuesday released the records of their investigation of one of the state's largest abortion providers, Metropolitan Medical Associates in Englewood, N.J., after ordering the clinic to close last month, the [click link for full article]
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The following highlights recent news of state actions on abortion-related legislation.Arizona: The House last week voted 34-21 to approve a bill (HB 2641) that outlines methods judges can use when minors seeking abortions request a judicial bypass for the state's parental consent requirement, the [...
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