Colorado Independent, August 30, 2012 by Sofia Resnick On a Friday morning in September 2005, 22-year-old Brittany Wilson sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic a mile away from her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., and bawled her eyes out. Ten days before, she had called the clinic to schedule an abortion. Three days before her […]
August 8, 2012
Life News, August 8, 2012 by Steven Ertelt A pro-abortion group We Are Woman is working with some of the leading players in the abortion industry for a rally in the nation’s capital in two weeks that it says will bring thousands of abortion activists to town. “In two weeks, a grassroots organization called We […]
August 2, 2012
Slate, August 2, 2012 by Will Oremus Rarely will you find the ACLU and national security experts from the George W. Bush administration on the same side of a political debate. But that’s what happened as Senate leaders worked toward a compromise on cybersecurity legislation, which everyone from the nation’s largest civil liberties group to […]
July 31, 2012
Washington Post, July 31, 2012 by AP WASHINGTON — A bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy failed to pass the House on Tuesday, but anti-abortion activists hailed the vote as a sign that their efforts ultimately would succeed. The bill was based on the disputed claim […]
July 31, 2012
NARAL Pro-Choice, July 31, 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice America channeled 40,978 messages in opposition to the bill Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, sharply criticizedanti-choice leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives for trying to enact a bill that would undermine the reproductive rights of women in Washington, D.C. The bill failed […]
July 25, 2012
The Washington Informer, July 25, 2012 by James Wright A bill that would ban abortions in the District after 20 weeks has residents and leaders steaming that the U.S. Congress has once again taken upon itself to impose its will upon city residents. Last Wednesday, July 18, the House Judiciary Committee passed an anti-abortion bill, […]
July 20, 2012
NPR, July 20, 2012 by Julie Rovner On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved, on a party-line vote of 18-14, a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Congress frequently exerts control over the city and its governance, much to the chagrin of the district’s elected officials […]
July 19, 2012
RH Reality Check, July 19, 2012 by Jodi Jacobson H.R. 3803, a bill to ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks gestation, is heading to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives after members of the GOP-dominated House Judiciary Committee yesterday voted in favor of it by 18 to 14. The […]
June 27, 2012
NARAL Blog for Choice, June 27, 2012 Today, a key committee of the U.S. Senate was a supposed to consider a bill to give Washington, D.C. greater autonomy over its own budget. But, the committee won’t get a chance to because of…Sen. Rand Paul. The junior senator from the commonwealth of Kentucky filed several amendments […]
May 29, 2012
RH Reality Check, May 29, 2012 by Robin Marty The Associated Press appears to have caved into pressure from anti-choice activists, issuing an erroneous “correction” that sounds exactly like a line from the National Right To Life Committee media guide. Lifenews.com brags about the change in language, stating: All too often the pro-life movement is […]
May 25, 2012
The Atlantic, May 25, 2012 by Nicole Allan Its quirky governance relationship with Congress makes liberal Washington an attractive rhetorical target for pet social conservative causes. Alabama, Nebraska, Idaho, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona, Georgia — politically, these states have much in common. All have Republican-dominated statehouses, have swung red in recent presidential elections (Indiana in […]
May 21, 2012
Washington Post, May 21, 2012 by Sarah Kliff Congress is weighing a law for the District that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks gestation. Willie Parker, a Washington-based obstetrician, is a doctor who has performed late-term abortions. He stands to be directly affected should that law pass. An obstetrician for two decades, Parker began […]
May 18, 2012
Washington Post, May 18, 2012 by Sarah Kliff When Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill to ban late-term abortions in the nation’s capitol, it didn’t get much attention. It was last January, and reproductive health advocates were heading into all-consuming national battles over Komen and contraceptives. Rep. Franks’s bill hardly registered. Fast-forward five months, […]
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