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Reproductive Rights in Prison
There's plenty to be alarmed about in the story of a woman in Tampa who was jailed after notifying police that she had been raped. (Read about the story in…
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Nineteen Years of Reproductive Freedom in Canada
From the National Abortion Federation Blog (Saporta Reporter):Sunday marked the 19th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada case that struck down Canada’s abortion law as unconstitutional, and made Canada…
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South Dakota Redux?
From the Associated Press tonight:Abortion opponents, hoping to get around voters' objections to a previous measure, announced a bill Monday that would ban the procedure in the state except in…
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Pro-Life-After-Birth
Robin Toner writes in today's New York Times:Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas announced Sunday that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, mounting an underdog campaign for the Republican…
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Texas Court Affirms Life Sentence for Feticide
My Jan. 26 post, Gee, thanks!, focused on whether abortion providers in Texas should get the death penalty for violating the state's parental consent law. Continuing on the theme of…
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Brief of Constitutional Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents in Gonzales v. Carhart
David L. Faigman, Ashutosh A. Bhagwat, and Kathryn M. Davis have posted their Brief of Constitutional Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents in Gonzales v. Carhart (the…
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Must We Say What We Mean?
On the Senate floor yesterday, John Kerry announced that he will not run for President in 2008. For a Catholic pro-choice politician, the abortion issue was especially treacherous ground in…
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Portugal’s Upcoming Referendum on Abortion
From Women's eNews: Portugal Tests European Stance on Abortion, by Meghan Sapp:Voters in Portugal will cast their ballots Feb. 11 on a referendum to legalize abortions during the first 10…
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Huh?
Guess who said it:(1) "In all we do, we must remember that the best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their…
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NAF Releases 2006 Legislative Report
The National Abortion Federation has released its 2006 legislative report. From the report:While abortion rights remained under attack in 2006, there were several notable victories at the federal and state…