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Tennessee Senate Passes Abortion Ban Amendment; Sends Measure to the House
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The Tennessee Senate by a vote of 24-9 passed a proposed abortion ban amendment to the State Constitution on Thursday. The proposed Amendment would read that "Nothing in Tennessee's constitution…
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Proposed Abortion Legislation in Louisiana Distinguishable from South Dakota Ban
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A Louisiana legislator has filed a bill in that state’s legislature this week that would ban abortions except when the mother's life is in danger and in rape and incest…
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Father Files Reverse Roe Claim in Michigan Federal Court
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The Chicago Tribune reports that a Michigan man who claims he was tricked into fatherhood filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Chicago this week in an effort to…
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Hawaiian House Repeals Abortion Residency Rule – Sends Bill to Senate
By Family Law
Hawaiian House Bill 1242 repeals the state’s residency requirement for women seeking abortions and allows the procedure to be performed in clinics and physicians' offices outside of a hospital. It…
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Legislative Development: South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortions
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South Dakota’s Governor Mike Rounds signed into law March 6 a state statute that outlaws all abortions in that state except for those performed to save a mother's life. Physicians…
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Mexican Government to Compensate Woman Denied an Abortion after Rape
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It is reported that Mexico’s government will offer a financial settlement to a woman who was raped at 13 and then denied an abortion in violation of Mexican law. "This…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing provisions of South Dakota’s new abortion ban
Main March 7, 2006Sentencing provisions of South Dakota's new abortion banAccording to this CNN.com story, South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions provides that doctors who perform an abortion…
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Case Law Development: Missouri Supreme Court Upholds 24-hour Waiting Period For Abortions
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s 24-hour waiting period before women can have an abortion is constitutional. It also upheld a requirement that doctors mention any "physical,…
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Case Law Development: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Abortion Protestors
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The Supreme Court in Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc., ruled Tuesday that the federal Hobbs Act Statute could not be used to prevent demonstrations by anti-abortion protestors at…
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Legislative Development: South Dakota Challenges Roe v. Wade
By Family Law
With the passage Friday of an abortion bill in the South Dakota State Senate 23-12, the stage is set for a direct attack on Roe v. Wade. The bill outlaws…