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‘This Dangerous Bill’: House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban

After Trent Franks flubbed his lines, Marsha Blackburn was brought in to manage passage of a bill drawn by the National Right to Life Committee as a challenge to Roe v. Wade.

After Trent Franks flubbed his lines, Marsha Blackburn was brought in to manage passage of the bill, which was designed as a challenge to Roe. The floor debate included one Republican’s interpretation of a fetus’ hand movements as “Be patient; I’ll be out soon.”

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How Republicans Are Distorting the Gosnell Case to Push a Federal 20-Week Abortion Ban

Rep. Virginia Foxx cries about "America's sin" on the House floor during Tuesday's debate over HR 1797.

Gosnell’s murders were already illegal under current law, so neither HR 1797, nor any other 20-week ban, would prevent another Gosnell. But anti-choice laws could push more women to obtain unsafe abortions.

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West Virginia AG Investigates Regulation of State Abortion Clinics

Citing the Gosnell case and a lawsuit over an incomplete abortion performed in 2012, West Virginia State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has sent inquiries to the state's two abortion clinics asking for a wide range of information about how they operate.

Citing the Gosnell case and a lawsuit over an incomplete abortion performed in 2012, the state attorney general has sent inquiries to the state’s two abortion clinics asking for a wide range of information about how they operate.

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Texas Legislator Drops 20-Week Abortion Ban to Give Other Anti-Choice Measures a Better Shot

Many who attended yesterday's hearing decked out in 1950's and 60's-era Mad Men-style clothes worry that SB5 will send Texas back in to a pre-Roe v. Wade era, with women crossing the border into Mexico hoping to get abortion pills, or resorting to back-alley procedures from unlicensed providers.

The sponsor of Texas’ omnibus abortion bill dropped a 20-week abortion ban from his legislation yesterday, but it still has plenty of teeth.

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How to Engage Women in Maternal Newborn and Child Health Advocacy and Services

I have been asked to suggest how we constructively engage women in Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) issues as “more than patients”, so I have come up with six suggested steps that we might all take together to achieve success.

I have been asked to suggest how we constructively engage women in Maternal Newborn and Child Health issues as “more than patients,” so I have come up with six suggested steps that we might all take together to achieve success.

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Supreme Court Considers Entering Mandatory Ultrasound Debate

The Supreme Court could decide as early as Thursday whether its next term will include a major abortion-rights case.

The Supreme Court could decide as early as Thursday whether its next term will include a major abortion-rights case.

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Personhood Ohio Leader Selling Assault Rifle to Fundraise for ‘Personhood’ Effort

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Personhood Ohio has had a tough time getting a “personhood” amendment on the Ohio ballot. Now, the group’s leader has offered to sell off some of his most prized possessions to help fundraise for the effort: his assault rifles and ammunition.

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Effort to Strengthen Abortion Rights in New York Fails Amid Bipartisan Pushback

Senator Jeffrey D. Klein (D-Bronx).

A new bill to support women’s rights in New York State has been stripped of an amendment that would codify the right to an abortion.

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Statement From Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Federal 20-Week Abortion Ban

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03).

Once more, the Republican controlled House is seeking to limit women’s access to safe reproductive health care through the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.”

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Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban

The hands of the male fetus may sometimes appear to be gripping its genitals. And that, says Rep. Michael Burgess (above), is why abortion should be banned even earlier in pregnancy than the GOP is seeking in a bill on its way to the floor.

The hands of the male fetus may sometimes appear to be gripping its genitals. And that, says Rep. Michael Burgess, is why abortion should be banned even earlier in pregnancy than the GOP is seeking in a bill on its way to the floor.

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