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Legislative Action

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In roughly the last year, six states have passed laws to ban abortion at the 20th week after conception. The legislative approaches are different, but the goal is pretty much the same: to get around the 1973 Supreme Court decision that declared a woman’s right to abortion.

We think abortion should be a choice available to all women, paid for by the government if necessary, and without a lot of hypocritical regulations and limitations intended to make it difficult to obtain. But we respect the right-to-life movement as one of the only major interest groups in American politics that is dedicated to promoting interests other than its own.  Read more... (334 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

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Parental Notification

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The Senate Law and Justice Committee was packed Wednesday with supporters and opponents of Senate Bill 5156, which would deny a pregnant minor an abortion unless she had given at least 48-hours’ notice to one parent or a legal guardian.

“This bill is not trying to stop abortions,” Sen. Don Benton, a Republican from Vancouver who sponsored the measure, told the committee. “What this bill is about is notifying parents of their children’s activities before they engage in them. It’s a common-sense right.”  Read more... (216 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

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Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003

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On November 5, 2003, President George Bush signed into law the Partial-Birth Abortion Act, which included a sole exception to preserve the lives of women, and also calls for a minimum two-year jail term for violators.

Says the first paragraph of the Act, “A moral, medical and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion…is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited.”

Within hours of becoming law, judges in three cities blocked it from taking force. Three federal appeals courts have since ruled that this federal ban is unconstitutional on many legal grounds. The 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Act has never been enforced.  Read more... (710 words, estimated 2:50 mins reading time)

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Pregnancy Assistance Fund

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One of the most overlooked achievements of the Affordable Care Act was the inclusion of the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (formerly part of the Pregnant Women Support Act). This provision gives grants to states to establish pilot programs aimed at assisting women in crisis pregnancies and helping them bring their pregnancies to term. Seventeen states are running successful pilot programs that help pregnant and parenting college women complete their degrees and find jobs, help pregnant teens complete their high school education, and provide job training and other support. None of this grant money can be used for abortion.  Read more... (194 words, estimated 47 secs reading time)

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Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act (PRENDA)

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The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), is a sex selective abortion Bill proposed by Trent Franks (R-AZ) that would ban doctors from performing abortions based on the sex of a “fetus” which is illegal, so it is not knowingly done by any abortion doctor. Today’s final vote for H.R. 3541 was 246-168. The Bill required a two-thirds majority to pass.

The Bill would protect the nonexistent “civil rights” of a fetus, by banning physicians from performing abortions based on the sex of the fetus. The Bill would target doctors that perform the abortion who could be sued for damages; the woman receiving the abortion would not face any prosecution.  Read more... (357 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

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