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New York County Program Offers Alternative to Abortion
By Family Law
Nassau County, New York Executive Thomas R. Suozzi announced Tuesday a $3 million proposal to reduce abortions. The county program, if approved, would issue grants for the next three years…
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Fetal Pain Bills Gaining Increased Acceptance by State Legislatures
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According to a February 7 story in USA Today, fetal pain bills are increasingly gaining attention and acceptance in the nation’s state legislatures. The bills generally require doctors to tell…
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Case Law Development: Kansas Supreme Court Slows Attorney General’s Abortion Investigation
By Family Law
The Kansas Supreme Court has temporarily slowed Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline’s investigation into charges of illegal abortions and child rape in that state. On Friday, a unanimous court ruled…
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Michigan Abortion Opponents Seek Signatures for November Ballot Proposal
By Family Law
Michigan organizers of a campaign opposing abortion in that state have begun to collect signatures for a November ballot proposal. The group called, "Michigan Citizens for Life," seeks to have…
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United Kingdom Parents Have No Right To Know if Children Under 16 Are Advised On Abortion
By Family Law
A United Kingdom parent of five children lost her legal fight Monday for a parent's right to know if girls under 16 are being advised on abortion. Judge Mr. Justice…
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Utah Legislation Requiring Women to be Informed About Pain of Unborn Children Moves to Floor Debate
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Legislation in Utah that would require parental consent before a teen can have an abortion and would inform women considering abortions about the pain unborn children feel have both been…
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Arizona Considering Bill Requiring Physicians to Notify Women Seeking Abortion that Fetus Can Feel Pain
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On Wednesday, the Arizona House Health Committee voted 5-1 to approve a bill (HB 2254) that would require physicians to notify women who are seeking an abortion that after 20…
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Case Law Development: United States Supreme Court Remands New Hampshire Parental Notification Statute for Narrower Remedy
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In a narrow, unanimous decision authored by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the United States Supreme Court found that portions of a New Hampshire statute that required parental notification of abortion…
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Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Challenge to Oklahoma Parental Notification Abortion Law
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An Oklahoma law, which went into effect in May, requiring abortion practitioners to notify the parents of a minor teen before being able to perform an abortion was challenged in…
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Utah to Consider Bill Requiring One Parent’s Consent 24 hours before an Abortion Could be Performed on a Minor
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Under a proposal introduced in Utah’s House of Representatives, doctors would be required to get at least one parent's permission 24 hours before performing an abortion on a minor. The…