Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Phill Kline (R) on Tuesday filed a motion with a state judge in support of a grand jury subpoena of records from Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri's clinic, Comprehensive Health, related to their handling of fetal tissue after abortions, the AP/Google.com reports. PPKM filed ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Citing "significant issues" regarding patient privacy and a grand jury's authority to issue subpoenas, the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked enforcement of a grand jury subpoena from Sedgwick County, Kan., of medical records of women who obtained abortions after their 21st week of pregnancy ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Tuesday pledged to remain in the presidential nomination race to advocate for a constitutional ban on abortion and ensure that the ban stays on the Republican Party's official platform, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. "The human life amendment has been part of our party's ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
For the second time in four months, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a state law that gives a fetus legal standing, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports.
The case involves Gerardo Flores, who was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison for repeatedly stepping on the ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
A Massachusetts bill that would expand abortion clinic buffer zones from 18 feet to 35 feet provides a "reasonable balance that reasonable people will support," a Boston Globe editorial says (Boston Globe, 10/30).
The state Senate passed the bill last week by voice vote. The current law, which was passed in ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt (R), an abortion-rights opponent, last week convened a task force to examine the potential physical, emotional, social and economic effects of abortion on women, the AP/Joplin Globe reports. The Governor's Task Force on the Impact of Abortion on Women consists of only abortion opponents who were ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The National Right to Life Committee recently defended Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) after he was criticized for meeting with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, to discuss Giuliani's views on abortion, The Hill reports (Bolton, The Hill, 10/26).
Brownback last week said ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Anne Weyman, Chief Executive, fpa said:
"We warmly welcome the conclusions and recommendations of this report. The Science and Technology Committee have conducted a thorough investigation and demonstrated great sensitivity towards the needs of women having an abortion and the health professionals supporting them. The evidence for a radical review of ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) on Thursday said he is "much more comfortable" with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) position on abortion after meeting with him in Washington, D.C., the AP/CBS News reports. Giuliani is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Brownback withdrew from the race last week, and ...
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