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Constitutional law experts say the nation's strictest abortion law passed recently in Iowa likely will not have an easy path to the U.S. Supreme Court where supporters had hoped it would help end legalized abortion. The Iowa affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit this week challenging the constitutionality of a law set to go in effect on July 1 that would prohibit most abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
The Legislature has approved a measure that would require doctors to ask women seeking an abortion in Minnesota if they want to first view images from an ultrasound scan. The state House voted 79-48 on Thursday to approve the bill, which was identical to one approved earlier this month by the Senate.
Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday that he'll veto a House Republican's primary season attempt to chip away at abortion rights, calling it a "dangerous and unconscionable attack on women's healthcare." The legislation sponsored by Rep. Rick Saccone, of Allegheny County, would ban abortion at as early as six weeks, which is before most women even know they're pregnant.
On Friday, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa wrote her signature on one of the most limiting abortion bills in the country . In what's referred to as the "heartbeat bill," this legislation bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected-at about six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they're pregnant.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which often occurs at six weeks and before a woman even realizes she is pregnant, and Reynolds acknowledged the likelihood of a court challenge. The measure, which Iowa's Republican-controlled state legislature passed on Wednesday, is the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States.
South Carolina's Senate has effectively killed a ban on almost all abortions in the state, voting early Friday morning to return the bill to committee. Five Republicans joined Democrats in the 24-21 vote, which came after Democrats held the Senate floor for an hours-long filibuster.
South Carolina's Senate has effectively killed a ban on almost all abortions in the state, voting early Friday morning to return the bill to committee. Five Republicans joined Democrats in the 24-21 vote, which came after Democrats held the Senate floor for an hours-long filibuster.
In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine speaks before introducing Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted during a news conference in Dayton, Ohio.
South Carolina lawmakers on Thursday were expected to continue consideration of a ban on almost all abortions in the state. In a surprise 24-1 party line vote late Wednesday, the state Senate passed a proposal only allowing abortions in cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life is at risk.
Many students and alumni stopped by the building to check on the progress and received tours from construction experts and faculty members. "We have two regulation size gymnasiums for the kids, state of the art science labs, all of our classrooms have extended learning areas on them so they can open doors and do extended learning in group sessions.
Three reproductive rights groups are suing the Trump administration over changes to the federal Title X program -changes that restrict comprehensive health services for women. Two separate lawsuits were filed against the Department of Health and Human Services: one by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, and another by Planned Parenthood affiliate groups in Wisconsin, Ohio and Utah.
DES MOINES, Iowa >> Republican lawmakers with control of the Iowa statehouse fast-tracked a bill early Wednesday that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, sending what could be the nation's most restrictive abortion legislation to the governor. Critics say the so-called “heartbeat” bill would ban the medical procedure before some women even know they're pregnant, and it sets the state up for a legal challenge over its constitutionality.
Cecile Richards received a hero's send-off on her last day as president of Planned Parenthood , but pro-life activists say her uncompromising stance on abortion and alliance with the Democratic Party have left the organization on shaky ground. During her 12-year tenure, which officially came to an end Monday, Ms.
Hiral Tipirneni, the Democratic candidate for Arizona's eighth congressional district, believes partial-birth abortion should be legal and said she doesn't think abortion should be limited in any way, Sunday on MSNBC's "Kasie DC." "I'm a physician, and I have seen and witnessed women making - or having to face that choice.
About 1500 people are seen marching through the heavy snowfall in support of International Women's Day in Toronto, Ont., March 8, 1980. Canadian security agents were so busy looking for Communist infiltrators in the flowering women's liberation movement, they all but missed a genuine social revolution that transformed millions of lives, says a newly published book.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked an Ohio law that tried to divert public money from Planned Parenthood in an anti-abortion push by GOP lawmakers. The Ohio law targeted the more than $1.4 million in funding that Planned Parenthood gets through the state's health department.
Simmering hot-button issues - such as imposing tougher abortion restrictions and authorizing taxpayer-funded vouchers to attend private schools - could approach a boiling point as the Republican-led Legislature pushes toward adjournment.
Anti-abortion rhetoric is intensifying ahead of midterm elections as officials in Republican-dominant states push legislation that would punish both doctors and patients, even though such laws are likely unconstitutional. In Idaho, Republicans competing in a crowded field for governor have made it a major campaign issue ahead of the May 15 primary.