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An abortion is the termination of the gestation of an embryo or fetus resulting in or from its death. This can occur spontaneously, in the form of a miscarriage, or be intentionally induced through chemical, surgical, or other means. In common parlance, abortion usually refers to any induced procedure that results in the death of an embryo or fetus, even a viable one, such as in controversial, but rare, late-term abortion procedures...[ Wikipedia ]
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Wisconsin state house passes law requiring pre-abortion ultrasound
June 15, 2013
The Wisconsin State Assembly approved a bill Friday that will require those women seeking abortions to review an ultrasound of the fetus before having the procedure. The technician would have to display an image of the fetus, as well as report its health status. Similar to other recent state abortio....... [more]
US House panel approves 'fetal pain' bill
June 14, 2013
The US House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 20-12 in favor of legislation which would ban most abortions in the US after 20 weeks gestation. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is based on the controversial premise that a fetus can feel pain by 20 weeks of gestation. As stated by th....... [more]
Federal appeals court allowed asylum for victims of forced abortions
June 6, 2013
On June 6, 2007, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that victims of forced abortions had the right to protest deportation by requesting asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The court reversed an immigration court's finding that called into question whether the Chinese w....... [more]
Rights court urges El Salvador to allow abortion to save woman's life
May 31, 2013
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Thursday urged El Salvador to allow doctors to perform medical procedures necessary to saving a 22-year-old woman's life, including an abortion, despite the country's Supreme Court decision Wednesday denying the woman's appeal. El Salvador banned a....... [more]
Arizona ban against race, gender-based abortions challenged
May 31, 2013
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU-AZ) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Arizona seeking to permanently enjoin a state law that penalizes doctors, not patients, who perform abortions when the patient's decision is based solely on the gender or ra....... [more]
Supreme Court declines to review Indiana Planned Parenthood case
May 29, 2013
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal by the state of Indiana challenging a lower court decision that blocked patient reimbursement through Medicaid if the health providers performed abortions as a part of overall medical care. Planned Parenthood is one of the largest providers that can n....... [more]
Ninth Circuit strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
May 22, 2013
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Arizona law banning abortions at 20 weeks violates women's rights, making it "per se unconstitutional." The opinion, authored by Judge Marsha Berzon, focused on balancing fetal viability and a woman's right to medical autonomy. The s....... [more]
Federal judge blocks Arkansas 12-week abortion ban
May 17, 2013
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection....... [more]
Federal judge allows challenge to Arkansas abortion law to proceed
May 17, 2013
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Wednesday rejected Arkansas' attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District Judge Susan Webber Wright denied the motion to dismiss, ruling that the lawsuit mad....... [more]
In Alabama, "Back Door" Restrictions on Abortion and Roe
May 15, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist LaJuana Davis of the Cumberland School of Law evaluates the implications of legislative efforts in Alabama and other states to restrict access to abortions...Alabama's recent passage of the Women's Health and Safety Act joins a wave of state abortion reform laws requiring abor....... [more]
Ireland government introduced abortion legislation
May 1, 2013
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday introduced the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013, which would establish new rules determining when abortions may be performed to save the life of the mother. The proposed law would not significantly change the country's strict laws on abortio....... [more]
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