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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that authorizes the production and sale of “Choose Life” specialty license plates, the AP/Tennessean reports (Kinney, AP/Tennessean, 11/2). The measure

The Wisconsin Assembly on Tuesday approved 61-34 a bill (AB 175) that would further restrict minors’ access to abortion, the AP/St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Under current state law, minors seeking abortion are required to obtain written consent from a parent, guardian, adult family

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Patty Judge on Monday criticized fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Mike Blouin for his opposition to abortion rights, the AP/Cedar Rapids Gazette reports (AP/Cedar Rapids Gazette, 11/1). While in Congress in the 1970s, Blouin sponsored two

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Saturday looked at how the focus on abortion-related legislation since Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that effectively barred state abortion bans — has shifted from the federal government to state legislatures, where abortion-rights

The BMA believes the High Court has made the right decision today in rejecting Sue Axon’s Judicial Review which challenged the Department of Health’s guidance for providing confidential abortion services for girls under 16.

Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA’s Head of

Abortion-rights opponents on Monday marched in Washington, D.C., to mark the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that effectively barred state abortion bans, the New York Times reports. The march, which began on the National Mall and ended at the Supreme Court, featured

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday is expected to vote “largely along party lines” on whether to recommend Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito for confirmation by the full Senate, the Baltimore Sun reports (Reynolds, Baltimore Sun, 1/24). President Bush in October 2005

Eyal Press, writer of “Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City and the Conflict That Divided America,” in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday examined the controversy surrounding Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court case that effectively outlawed state abortion bans.

The Nebraska Legislature on Wednesday voted 39-1 to give first-round approval to a bill (LB 57) that would allow criminal charges to be brought against a person for injuring an “unborn child,” the AP/Lincoln Journal Star reports (O’Hanlon, AP/Lincoln Journal Star, 1/19). The

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