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A federal district judge handed a victory to abortion rights groups Wednesday when he struck down part of a Texas law curbing access to the most common second-trimester abortion procedure, called dilation and evacuation. In a decision that will be appealed before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Lee Yeakel said the provision imposes an "undue burden" on women seeking second-trimester abortions in the state.
An all-volunteer group of activists has defied the odds by collecting hundreds of thousands of voter signatures for a 2018 initiative to overhaul redistricting in Michigan - without having to pay a dime for a signature. It's a rarity in state politics outside of anti-abortion ballot drives, which have had a large base of support within churches and crucial organizational backing from Right to Life and other organizations.
Dozens of Christian, Conservative and Pro-Family Leaders Sign Letter in Support of Judge Roy Moore - Will Attend Rally Tomorrow At the Press Conference, hosted by Faith2Action President Janet Porter and Dr. Steven Hotze, CEO of Restore Our Godly Heritage PAC, media will be presented with a letter signed by pro-family leaders and pastors from across the nation which states: "We stand with Judge Roy Moore, a man of integrity who has never wavered from his valiant defense of the unborn, the Ten Commandments, and the Constitution. We are confident the voters of Alabama will not be fooled by suspiciously timed accusations without evidence, and will reject the politics of personal destruction led by the Washington Post.
The American Bar Association said Wednesday it didn't ask one of President Trump's judicial nominees about his personal opinions on abortion, saying the ABA's negative evaluation of him was instead based on peers who doubted he could leave his politics behind if he becomes a federal judge. Pamela Bresnahan, chair of the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, was defending her organization's role in the vetting process for federal judges, which involves rating a president's picks.
The FBI has reportedly asked the Senate for unredacted documents obtained from abortion providers, which may signal an investigation into Planned Parenthood and other parties involved in the market for fetal tissue from abortions. The document request occurred recently and was directed to the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Hill reported.
Abortion is currently illegal in Brazil except in a few extreme circumstances. In this July 27, 2013 photo, people protest at a pro-choice rally in Rio de Janeiro.
A white male Democrat said Star Parker, a black pro-life activist, was being "ignorant" during a hearing on a pro-life bill, suggesting that she lacked the ability to properly deal with Congress members. Parker, the founder of Center for Urban Renewal and Education, testified on the Heartbeat Protection act earlier this week and the ways abortion affects the black community when Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen got upset about her remarks.
Rep. Steve Cohen became very angry Wednesday during a hearing about a bill that would prohibit abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. He called Star Parker, a pro-life advocate and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education , ignorant because she told him it was "disingenuous" to equate abortion with other challenges facing poor communities as he did in his earlier questioning.
The government made the "wrong argument" in the case of a pregnant illegal immigrant who sought an abortion and should have stressed the teen had no constitutional right to the procedure, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said Tuesday. In remarks on " The Joe Pags Show " on Newsmax TV , Paxton said instead the Department of Justice argued it did not want to facilitate an abortion, but a federal appeals panel decided the government could not block the 17-year-old from having it done.
A U.S. judge on Thursday struck down two abortion restrictions in Alabama that limited how close clinics can be to public schools and banned a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester. The decision is a blow to abortion opponents in Alabama, who have joined conservatives in other states in enacting new laws that critics said were chipping away at the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v.
America has two political parties, but only one of them has a reasonably coherent political vision, a leadership that isn't under the thumb of an erratic reality television star, and a worldview that implies a policy agenda rather than just a litany of grievances. Unfortunately for the Democrats, their vision and leaders and agenda also sometimes leave the impression that they never want to win another tossup Senate seat and that they would prefer Donald Trump be re-elected if the alternative requires wooing Americans who voted for him.
In her dissent in the 1983 case Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote, "The Roe framework ... is clearly on a collision course with itself."
Wisconsin lawmakers and pro-life leaders have joined together to urge Congress to vote on and adopt a set of bills that would ban the sale of aborted fetal tissue and tighten regulations on fetal remains restrictions. Introduced by Sen. Terry Moulton and Rep. Joel Kleefisch, the Fetal Remains Respect Act and the Unborn Child Disposition and Anatomical Gift Act would ban the sale of fetal tissue and require hospitals to give parents of stillborn or miscarried babies the option to donate the child's remains to research, according to the Madison Host .
Texas has a long and complex history with the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. Click through to see more about how it has played out over the last four decades.
With nearly $1.2 million in the bank and a laundry list of accomplishments he's touting to Republican voters that include tax cuts and several new abortion restrictions, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson at first glance should be in a comfortable position for the 2018 GOP primary as he ramps up his re-election bid. But a potential primary campaign against Hutchinson next year may test how much room, if any, there is to challenge his conservative credentials.
Gov. Bruce Rauner would probably end up empty-handed if he sought endorsements from area Republican lawmakers - at least for now. In phone interviews, Republican Reps.
A home was evacuated after a propane tanker truck rolled on its side during a multi-car crash Monday and sprung a small leak, New Hampshire State Police said.
Yesterday's 'Irish Times' MRBI poll on abortion supports much of what the Citizens' Assembly returned earlier this year - that a desire exists for a change to the Constitution on the limits to access to abortion. In the MRBI poll, 70pc of respondents said the Oireachtas should be allowed to legislate for abortion by repealing the Eighth Amendment and opening up abortion services in less limited situations.
GOP Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, an anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly urged his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant, is resigning from Congress. "I've spoken to Tim quite a bit the last few days," Ryan told reporters at an event in Chestertown, Maryland.
Pro-life Republican congressman Tim Murphy who told his mistress to get an abortion abruptly QUITS - without completing his term US Congressman Tim Murphy announced Wednesday night that he would retire at the end of his term in January 2019 Murphy applauded the HR 7 bill in January which states no federal funds will be used to pay for abortions: 'I proudly sponsored and voted for this important bill' An anti-abortion Republican congressman who once asked his mistress to terminate a pregnancy abruptly resigned from the House of Representatives on Thursday, less than 24 hours after he had said he would retire at the end of his term in January 2019.