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Kentucky Senate Passes Ultrasound Bill
The Kentucky senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require women seeking abortions to undergo mandatory ultrasounds and have the results described to them. SB 8 passed overwhelmingly on a 33-5 vote...
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Tennessee Lawmaker Introduces First of What Could Be Many Anti-Choice Laws...
Tennessee state lawmakers wasted no time taking advantage of a new constitutional amendment, passed on Election Day, that allows the state legislature to pass laws restricting abortion rights. Rep....
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North Carolina Ultrasound Law Blocked, Deemed Unconstitutional
A panel of federal appeals court judges on Monday permanently blocked a 2011 North Carolina law that forces pregnant patients to undergo a narrated ultrasound before having an abortion, even if the...
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Kentucky’s Senate Republicans Advance Forced Ultrasound Bill
Republicans in the Kentucky state senate last week continued to push their anti-choice agenda, this time with a measure that would require doctors to perform an ultrasound and describe the image to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Forced Ultrasound Bill Officially Kaput, At Least for this Year
We’ve learned better during the 2012 legislative session to call a bill dead before it is completely gone. Some, like the Idaho ultrasound bill, seem gone only to make one more brief appearance when...
View ArticleMajor Medical Societies Call For End to Legislative Intrusion Into Women’s...
The October 18 edition of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) features a compelling “sounding board” titled, Legislative Interference with the Patient-Physician Relationship....
View ArticleMichigan Legislators Reintroduce Forced Ultrasound Bill
Tuesday, anti-choice Michigan legislators re-introduced a piece of legislation I wrote about last session, that will force all women seeking safe abortion care to undergo an ultrasound with the most...
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