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Abortion
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Louisiana Senate Committee to Consider Strict Abortion Bill
By Family Law
The Louisiana Senate Committee on Health and Welfare will hear a bill today (Wednesday) that outlaws the procedure in all cases except to save a mother's life. This measure is…
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Arizona Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill
By Family Law
On Tuesday Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to tell a women who is at least 20 weeks into her pregnancy that her unborn…
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Informed Consent Abortion Bill Arrives at Idaho Governor’s Desk
By Family Law
The Idaho House passed a bill Monday that requires women seeking an abortion to wait 24 hours before being allowed to undergo the procedure. The “informed consent bill” also requires…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
April 10, 2006 Update: Deaths Following Administration of Medical Abortion
Since the approval of mifepristone (marketed as Mifiprex) in September 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports of six deaths in the United States following medical…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Deaths Following Medical Abortion: April 10, 2006 Update
It is remarkable how quickly pharmaceutical products can move through the regulatory approval process, so much so that one might question the effectiveness of research and development by manufacturers. Since…
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Felony Abortion
By Family Law
"It was a sunny midafternoon in a shiny new global-economy mall in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, and a young woman I was hoping to meet appeared…
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Abortion Pills
By Family Law
"Two Chinese students needed urgent medical treatment after taking illegal abortion pills, says a Chinese doctor in Christchurch. Dr Colin Chin said the two students came to his clinic independently…
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Abortion Timing
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"A major symposium on abortion in Wellington has revealed that more than two-thirds of terminations in New Zealand are carried out on women who are more than 10 weeks pregnant…
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South Dakota Abortion Petition Effort
By Family Law
Volunteers pushing to overturn the nation's most far-reaching abortion ban are surprised and delighted by the response as they circulate petitions to put the law up for a public vote.…
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Abortion Activism
By Family Law
"About 70 Right to Life Australia activists converged on St Columbus Church in bayside Elwood to mark the end of a 250km awareness march from Maffra, in the state's east.They…