New York Times, June 5, 2012 by PAM BELLUCK Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same […]
June 4, 2012
New York Times, June 4, 2012 by James Breeden Re “The Campaign Against Women” (editorial, May 20): The onslaught of laws focusing on denying reproductive health care rights is a concerted campaign against women. These laws are not grounded in science or evidence-based medicine. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists believes that access to […]
May 22, 2012
RH Reality Check, May 22, 2012 by Miriam Pérez As of today, Bei Bei Shuai is out on bail, thanks to the efforts of thousands of people who wrote on her behalf. Charges against her, however, are still pending and the prosecution of Bei Bei for feticide is still a reality. This issue is far […]
May 22, 2012
NARAL Pro-Choice, May 22, 2012 PRESS RELEASE Law signed by Governor Scott Walker limits options for women facing unintended or untenable pregnancies. Madison, WI – Last month, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced it would suspend providing medication abortion in response to Act 217, a law adding vague, unnecessary, and intrusive restrictions for abortion providers and […]
May 16, 2012
Think Progress, May 16, 2012 by Amanda Peterson Beadle Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the same congressman who thinks states have a right to ban contraception, has revived an anti-abortion bill that is destined to die in the Senate. King has reintroduced his bill to “prohibit federal tele-health grants from going to clinics and doctors who […]
May 14, 2012
Fox23, May 14, 2012 by AP OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma law that prohibits the use of certain abortion-inducing drugs has been ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge. The ruling by Judge Donald Worthington says the law violates a woman’s fundamental rights to privacy and bodily integrity. The law was approved in 2011 […]
May 3, 2012
Huffington Post, May 3, 2012 by John Celock Kansas lawmakers are gearing up for a possible fight over an abortion bill Friday, two days after the state Senate passed a bill allowing health-care professionals to withhold drugs and treatment that could cause an abortion. The GOP-controlled state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that allows doctors […]
May 2, 2012
National Right to Life News, May 2, 2012 By Dave Andrusko It’s been a very good four days for the Right to Life Movement. On Friday, pro-life Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law two measures. HB 2381 addresses the dangerous use of webcam technology which allows the abortionist to be hundreds of miles away […]
May 1, 2012
Think Progress, May 1, 2012 by Amanda Peterson Beadle Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) has vetoed an anti-abortion bill that would have required a doctor to be present for a woman to take the abortion-inducing drug RU-486, effectively banning “tele-med” abortions and disproportionately affecting women in rural communities. Dayton wrote in his veto letter that […]
May 1, 2012
NECN.com, May 1, 2012 by AP OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a bill that places new restrictions on doctors who prescribe abortion inducing drugs. Fallin signed 11 bills on Tuesday, including one requiring physicians who prescribe RU-486 — or mifepristone — to be physically present when the drug is first provided […]
April 30, 2012
Star Tribune, April 30, 2012 by Jennifer Brooks Gov. Mark Dayton has issued his second veto of an abortion bill in as many weeks. The governor issued an expected veto Monday of a bill that would have required physicians to be physically present every time an abortion pill like RU-486 is prescribed, and again every […]
April 27, 2012
The Dispatch, April 27, 2012 Good for Hob Bryan. Rather than let a politically popular bill onto the Senate floor sure to be ruled unconstitutional, the Amory senator Thursday refused to let the bill out of the committee he chairs. The bill, making it a criminal homicide for anyone performing an abortion once a heartbeat […]
April 27, 2012
Star Tribune, April 27, 2012 by Jennifer Brooks Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill Thursday that would have required licensing of abortion clinics. He’s also expected to veto another bill that would require a doctor to be present whenever an abortion pill is prescribed or swallowed. The abortion pill measure won final approval from the […]
April 26, 2012
NECN, April 26, 2012 by AP ACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Senate chairman on Thursday killed a bill that could have led to a homicide criminal prosecution for anyone performing an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is found. Senate Judiciary B Committee Chairman Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said the bill is unconstitutional because lawmakers are […]
April 25, 2012
Huffington Post, April 25, 2012 by Anu Kumar Last week, Wisconsin Planned Parenthood announced it would no longer provide medical abortion, or abortion using medicines, due to new state regulations that make the procedure onerous. At a time when the pool of abortion providers is shrinking and abortion clinics are closing, medical abortion can truly […]
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