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Portuguese Parliament Eases Abortion Law
Via AP/Forbes:Portugal's parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalize abortion up until the 10th week of pregnancy, a major step in bringing this small Roman Catholic nation in line with most of…
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Jessie Hill on Mandatory HPV Vaccines and the End of Roe
Jessie Hill (Case Law School) has been posting some interesting commentary over at PrawfsBlawg. See, e.g., Another question about HPV Vaccines: Are they only for girls? and Overruling Roe v.…
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Show Your Appreciation for Abortion Providers
Tomorrow, March 10, is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. The right to choose is an empty promise if no one is willing to provide abortions. Given the personal…
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Consensual Incest and Abortion
Several news sources have reported on the German couple -- a biological brother and sister who did not know each other growing up -- who have four children and are…
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Sam Brownback on Abortion
It's about time for another profile of one of our presidential candidates' abortion views. Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have been taken to task in the press (and on this…
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New Hampshire House Votes to Repeal Parental Notification Law
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to repeal the parental notification law that was the subject of the Supreme Court's most recent abortion decision, Ayotte v. Planned…
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Abortion and Crime in Trinidad and Tobago
The controversial theory of U.S. economists John Donohue and Steven Levitt linking reduced crime rates to legalized abortion finds its way to Trinidad and Tobago. From Inter Press Service News…
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Polish premier rejects far-right call to toughen abortion law
Via AFP/Yahoo! News: Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on Monday rejected a call by the far-right League of Polish Families (LPR) party for Poland's tough abortion laws to be made…
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S.D. abortion debate leaves Legislature quietly – for now
From the South Dakota Argus Leader:As the 2007 Legislature winds down without an abortion ban, thoughts are turning toward what happens next in the battle.Some think that while the ban…
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Poles Demonstrate for Abortion Rights
AFP News Brief:More than 1,200 people marched in Warsaw on Sunday to urge changes to Poland's restrictive abortion laws and counter a bill to have a "right to life from…