Abortion Restrictions

The GOP's New Sneak Attack On Abortion

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Abortion, Hyde Amendment, Todd Rokita, Doug Johnson, Timothy Jost, Judy Waxman, Abortion Restrictions, War on Women, Sara Rosenbaum, Josh Britton, State Health Flexibility Act, Gop, Medicaid, hr4160, Republican Party, Paul Ryan, Politics News

A group of congressional Republicans are pushing a bill to put key health care decisions in the hands of the states, rather than the federal governmen...

Read Whole Story

Laura Bassett

State Abortion Restrictions Hit Record High In 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Abortion, Mandatory-Ultrasound, Anti-Abortion, Video, State-Abortion-Laws, Abortion-20-Weeks, Abortion Restrictions, Fetal-Pain, Politics News

Conservative state lawmakers set a record in 2011 for the highest number of anti-abortion and anti-family planning provisions enacted in a single year...

Read Whole Story

Stringent Abortion Measure Stirs Controversy

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Abortion, Ohio, Ohio Abortion Bill, Ohio Abortion, Abortion Restrictions, Video, Lynn Wachtmann, Fetal Heartbeat, State Abortion Laws, Ohio Fetal Heartbeat Bill, Abortion Law, Ohio Abortion Laws, Ohio Legislature, Politics News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio lawmaker on Wednesday touted the importance of the fetal heartbeat as an indicator of life as he urged a legislative pa...

Read Whole Story

The New Republican Abortion Agenda

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, House Republicans, House Republicans Abortion, Abortion Restrictions, Politics News

If you thought the abortion battle during the health care debate was fierce, just wait until Republicans take over the House in January. Strengthened ...

Read Whole Story

New Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked

AP | TIM TALLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oklahoma Abortion Law, Abortion, Oklahoma Anti-Abortion, Anti-Abortion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Abortion, Oklahoma Abortion Rights, Abortion Restrictions, Politics News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma's attorney general agreed Monday to temporarily block enforcement of a controversial new state law that requires pregna...

Read Whole Story

More Uncomfortable News for the Right: Decades of Work by Anti-Choicers Does Nothing to Decrease Abortions

Kelli Conlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kelli Conlin, Abortion, Access, Naral, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Abortion Restrictions, Guttmacher Institute, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

If anti-choice activists are really interested in reducing abortions, then they would be wise to take the statistics into account before pressing forward with further barriers to women's access.

Read Post