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The House of Representatives in North Dakota has just passed two new anti-abortion measures, making the state’s anti-choice climate even worse. North Dakota has only one operating abortion clinic and has been rated the worst state in the country for women. More
The tragic death of a 31 year old dentist, Savita Halappanavar, earlier this week is looking to be a watershed event for Irish abortion law, sparking protests of Ireland’s policy on medical abortion causing fiery debates over Catholic abortion tenets. Overnight, Savita has become a popular twitter hashtag, and many are referring to the current abortion conversations simply as the “Savita debate.” More
It’s a sad day for women’s reproductive rights in Mississippi. Mississippi’s strict new law might soon force its only practicing abortion clinic out of business. The law, which will take effect on Saturday, mandates that all doctors who perform abortions also have admitting privileges at a local hospital. More
Over the weekend, during a debate over abortion amendments, Minnesota Representative Glenn Gruenhagen argued that abortion should be illegal. That’s not shocking for a GOP representative, but his reasoning was: Among his argumetns were the fact that supreme courts ruled in favor of slavery, and turned out to be wrong, and that abortion encourages men to use women. Confused? So are we. More
90% of Anti-Abortion Legislation Happens at State Level: At least 11 states have passed laws regulating or restricting abortion this year, and similar bills have passed in at least one legislative house in four more states. (via The New York Times)
