Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) on Thursday withdrew for revisions a bill (HB 12) that would have allowed sentences of up to life in prison for any woman whose fetus dies because of her intentional or reckless actions, the New York Times reports (Johnson, New York Times, 3/4). The legislation -- which had been sent to Gov...
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries...
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) is reviewing details of a bill (HB 12) that would allow criminal charges against women who seek illegal abortions, including self-inflicted attempts to end a pregnancy, with penalties of up to life in prison, the New York Times reports. The bill was approved 59-12 by the state House and 24-4 by the state Senate...
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) is reviewing details of a bill (HB 12) that would allow criminal charges against women who seek illegal abortions, including self-inflicted attempts to end a pregnancy, with penalties of up to life in prison, the New York Times reports. The bill was approved 59-12 by the state House and 24-4 by the state Senate...
Monday, March 1st, 2010
On Thursday, a Nebraska Legislature committee heard testimony on an abortion ban bill (LB 1103) that would require physicians to determine the probable gestational age of a fetus before an abortion and prohibit the procedure after 20 weeks' gestation on the basis that the fetus might experience pain, the Lincoln Journal Star reports...
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Several states recently acted on legislation regarding abortion rights and violent crimes against pregnant women. Summaries appear below. ~ Kansas: The Kansas House Wednesday voted 73-45 in favor of a bill with a provision that would restrict insurance coverage of abortion, although the bill was later referred back to committee, the Kansas City Star reports (Klepper, Kansas City Star, 2/18)...
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
The New Hampshire House on Wednesday voted 219-122 to reject a bill (HB 1644) that would have allowed prosecutors to file murder, manslaughter or negligent homicide charges for intentionally or unintentionally ending the life of a fetus, the AP/Boston Herald reports...
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Focus on the Family plans to air a second television advertisement four times during the Super Bowl pregame show that will also feature former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam Tebow, USA Today reports (Horovitz, USA Today, 2/5)...
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Candidates in gubernatorial races in Texas and Pennsylvania discussed their views on abortion rights and other issues during primary debates last week. Summaries appear below. ~ Pennsylvania: Democratic candidates on Sunday discussed abortion rights during the first debate leading up to the May 18 primary for governor, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports...
Monday, February 1st, 2010
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries...
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia officials on Wednesday plan to unveil the results of a year-long investigation into antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers and the misleading literature they distribute to women with unintended pregnancies, the Washington Post reports...
Monday, January 11th, 2010
A ‘fetal homicide’ bill recently introduced in the Vermont Legislature would establish stiff penalties for the death of a fetus caused by a car accident, WPTZ reports. The bill is a response to the death of Patricia Blair’s twin fetuses, which were killed in a car accident in August 2009...
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
The Spanish government has agreed to alter a proposed law that would have allowed young women ages 16 and 17 to receive an abortion without parental notification, the AP/Washington Post reports. The changes would alter the proposed law to require teenagers to inform at least one parent before undergoing the procedure...
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
The Spanish government has agreed to alter a proposed law that would have allowed young women ages 16 and 17 to receive an abortion without parental notification, the AP/Washington Post reports. The changes would alter the proposed law to require teenagers to inform at least one parent before undergoing the procedure...
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Groups supporting and opposing abortion rights in New York state are facing off in the state capital over proposed legislation (S 04897, A 02034) that would designate the death of a fetus a crime during a homicide of the pregnant woman, the New York Daily News reports. Under the proposed legislation, the death of a fetus of at least 24 weeks' gestation would be considered a homicide...
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Groups supporting and opposing abortion rights in New York state are facing off in the state capital over proposed legislation (S 04897, A 02034) that would designate the death of a fetus a crime during a homicide of the pregnant woman, the New York Daily News reports. Under the proposed legislation, the death of a fetus of at least 24 weeks' gestation would be considered a homicide...
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
A proposed ballot initiative in Alaska would unleash a "legal quagmire" if it were to succeed at its goal of granting constitutional rights beginning at conception, according to an Anchorage Daily News editorial. To become law, supporters of the proposal would have to overcome a legal challenge, obtain enough signatures to qualify for the ballot and win the approval of voters...
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
The Baltimore City Council voted 12-3 to approve a bill requiring the city's crisis pregnancy centers to display signs in English and Spanish informing patients that the centers do not "provide or make referral for abortion or birth control services," the Baltimore Sun reports. Centers whose signs are not visible would have 10 days to post a notice or else incur a $150 daily fine...
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The Montgomery County, Md., County Council should reject "flawed" legislation "meant to target inaccuracies allegedly peddled by pregnancy centers that try to steer women away from abortion," a Washington Post editorial states...
Friday, November 20th, 2009
There is "crystal clear" evidence that family planning "is one of the best -- and perhaps the very best -- strategy for women in the United States and across the world to improve their health and well-being, as well as that of their offspring," write Eva Moore, a fellow in adolescent medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School's Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medici...
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood have filed a legal challenge to a proposed ballot measure that seeks to amend Nevada's Constitution to define people as "everyone possessing a human genome" from the moment of conception, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports. The groups filed the suit on behalf of blogger Emmily Bristol, Las Vegas physician William Ramos and Sparks, Nev...