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Case Law Development: Florida Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Statute Requiring Physicians to Inform of Risks of Abortion
By Family Law
In a unanimous opinion that overturned two lower courts, the Florida Supreme Court has held that the ''Women's Right to Know Act'' which requires physicians to inform women of the…
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Arizona Senate Approves Fetus-Pain Abortion Measure
By Family Law
The Arizona Senate approved a bill 17-13 Tuesday that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions that their fetuses could experience pain even if the women receive pain medication. The…
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PING: ColeURL: http://www.interdimensions.com/IP: 213.172.54.59BLOG NAME: ColeDATE: 04/26/2006 02:48:59 AMMiles Stephen Lewis Nikhil Kylan
By Family Law
It is reported that hundreds of thousands of abortion opponents demonstrated in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday. The demonstration was apparently called by the pro-life movement in conjunction with Cardinal Pedro…
Empirical Legal Studies
The Polls – Abortion
Gallup released an analysis today focusing on the relationship between religion and opinions on abortion. It is not exactly full of surprises, but here is the conclusion:[K]nowing an individual's frequency…
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Mississippi Lawmakers Cannot Agree on Bill Banning Abortions
By Family Law
Despite extending the deadline to act on a law that would have banned most abortions in Mississippi, lawmakers in that state were unable to reach agreement on the bill’s final…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Deaths Following Administration of Medical Abortion
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently received verbal notification of two deaths in the United States following medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol. The notification was given by the…
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Pro life groups have futility laws in the crosshairs
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Commentary: A Man’s Right To Choose
By Family Law
Our readers may find Sunday’s survey article in the Boston Globe by staff writer Drake Bennett on the reproductive rights of men and women timely and interesting. Source: Drake Bennett,…
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Referendum Effort To Challenge Abortion Law to Begin in South Dakota
By Family Law
Planned Parenthood is expected to shortly announce a petition drive in South Dakota asking that its citizens reject an abortion law that has been characterized as the most restrictive in…
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Tennessee Senate Approves Constitutional Referendum in 2010 on Abortion
By Family Law
Last Thursday the Tennessee Senate approved legislation that would allow a statewide constitutional referendum in 2010 to ratify new constitutional language that reads: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects…