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Time Magazine: Playing Politics With Cancer Screening
Nancy Gibbs writes in Time Magazine:Planned Parenthood made its name by helping people plan parenthood, promoting access to contraception and providing general reproductive health care. Fewer than one in ten…
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An Abortion, or $500?
Via Reuters/CNN.com:A Texas legislator has proposed that pregnant women considering abortion be offered $500 not to end their pregnancies. Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick, who also is a conservative radio…
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NY Times: Bishops Denounce Writings of a Catholic Theologian
Laurie Goodstein writes in yesterday's New York Times:In a rare step, Roman Catholic bishops in the United States have declared as false teaching two pamphlets by a Catholic theologian who…
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Rethinking Viability after Casey v. Planned Parenthood
Randy Beck has posted The Essential Holding of Casey: Rethinking Viability on SSRN. Here is the abstract:In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to abortion continues…
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Miss. Gov. Barbour Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
From the AP/SunHerald (South Mississippi):A bill designed to eventually outlaw and criminalize abortion in Mississippi was signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour Thursday.The measure will ban nearly all abortions…
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Museum of Abortion and Contraception Opens in Vienna
Via the Deutsche Welle:A unique kind museum opened in Vienna this week. Everything inside revolves around contraception and abortions, and the museum attempts to go beyond any other collection in…
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N.H. House Affirms Repeal of Parental Notice Law
From AP/Boston Herald, "N.H. affirms parental notice repeal vote":The House refused Wednesday to reconsider its vote to repeal a parental notification law that has been on the books for four…
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South Carolina Bill Requiring Fetal Ultrasound Advances in House
From The State (South Carolina), S.C. House: View fetal image prior to abortion:Women seeking abortions would have to see a fetal ultrasound before the procedure under a bill given key…
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Recent and Upcoming Law Students for Choice Events
Law Students for Choice at CUNY Law School hosted a panel presentation yesterday. The topic was "Reproductive Rights: Past Victories, Future Challenges," and the speakers were reproductive rights activist Bill…
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Mexico’s senate considers legalizing abortion across nation
Via AP/San Diego Union-Tribune:Senators from Mexico's largest leftist party on Tuesday sent a bill proposing to legalize abortion across the entire country, a measure that is stridently opposed by the…