Abortion Archives - Page 4 of 5
March 27th, 2018
Last week, Mississippi passed HB 1510, a law which outlaws abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and gives no exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The new law now becomes the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, but pro-choice groups have been quick to challenge it in court.
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January 19th, 2018
In a stark reversal of previous policy, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it will offer protection to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers who refuse to participate in certain procedures -- such as abortion -- due to their religious beliefs.
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January 5th, 2018
Ohio has passed a bill which will institute a state-wide ban on abortion for babies with Down syndrome. The new law stipulates that abortion can no longer be authorized based solely on the fact that a fetus has Down Syndrome. Instead, affected babies must now be carried to term.
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November 9th, 2017
A former nurse who worked in the hospital at Duke University has filed a federal lawsuit alleging religious discrimination. The woman, Sara Pedro, claims that Duke violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to accommodate her religious objections to aidin
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October 30th, 2017
It’s been 44 years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided to extend a woman’s right to privacy to include the decision to have an abortion. However, the issue only seems to have become more divisive over time. Every year since the 1973 decision, opponents of
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October 12th, 2017
Should a business be allowed to deny service to customers that have offensive beliefs? That’s the question being asked after a now-viral altercation between the owner of a Seattle coffee shop and members of an anti-abortion group. It all started when activ
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September 28th, 2017
Colleges have begun using an unconventional (and controversial) strategy to expand access to contraceptives on campus: vending machines. Stanford University joined the party with Plan B vending machines.
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September 14th, 2017
The Satanic Temple is filing a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, alleging that the state’s anti-abortion laws violate their religious beliefs. The conflict began when a Missouri resident and Satanic Temple member (referred to in the lawsuit as “Mary
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August 11th, 2017
Back in 2011, Texas lawmakers decided to cut millions of dollars in funding for family planning services like Planned Parenthood in favor of an abstinence-only approach. Should schools teach safe sex?
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July 28th, 2017
Kentucky may soon become the first state in the country without a single abortion clinic. Nearly overnight, the city of Louisville, Kentucky has transformed into ground zero for the fight over abortion. Christian fundamentalists have descended upon the EMW Wom
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