Posts Tagged anti-abortion legislation

Group pushes more anti-abortion laws with sights on ‘Roe’

By | 02.29.12 | 10:44 am

The national anti-abortion-rights group behind Virginia’s controversial ultrasound bill last week released seven new bills it plans to push through state legislatures this year. More…

(VIDEO) Chris Smith: ‘Obama is the enemy of life’

By | 01.24.12 | 11:05 am

The 24th GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla., Monday night drove home what has become more clear in the past few weeks: The Republican Party, at this stage in time, is not united — at least when it comes to who they think should lead the country instead of Barack Obama. More …

FRC conference sets stage for more aggressive anti-abortion rhetoric, legislation in 2012

By | 01.23.12 | 5:34 pm

Updated Feb. 1 with a clarification*

As anti-abortion activists protested (and abortion-rights activists counter-protested) the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Capitol Hill Monday, lawmakers and policy leaders gathered at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss effective anti-abortion strategy in 2012. Many of the speakers More…

A sonogram image taken from the uterus of a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy on display at the U.S. Capitol as part of an anti-abortion-rights demonstration Oct. 13, 2011 (AMERICAN INDEPENDENT/Sofia Resnick).

Abortion foes use live ultrasounds to highlight anti-abortion-rights legislation

By | 10.13.11 | 6:35 pm

As While House leaders, Democrats and Republicans in Congress engaged in contentious debate over an anti-abortion-rights bill Thursday, anti-abortion-rights activists were at the Capitol using pregnant women and ultrasound technology to make the case that abortion should be illegal. More …

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South Dakota anti-abortion-rights legal fund supported by mostly out-of-state donors

By | 09.26.11 | 12:41 pm

A fund created by the South Dakota Legislature in 2005 to defend a controversial anti-abortion-rights bill introduced that year is largely bankrolled by out-of-state donors, some of whom proclaim to be employees of Jesus, reports the Argus Leader More….

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U.S. House passes ban on tax subsidies for health insurance plans that include abortion coverage

By | 05.04.11 | 5:29 pm

The U.S. House Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure that repeals part of the year-old Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and would, among several provisions More…, ban tax subsidies for private health insurance plans that include abortion as a covered service; prevent citizens from deducting abortion as a medical expense

New model legislation would call for states to investigate all abortion clinics

By | 03.31.11 | 6:22 pm

The anti-abortion rights lobbying and policy organization Americans United for Life has already updated its recently released model legislation guide for 2011 More….
Among the brand new proposals is

Americans United for Life releases 2011 guide for anti-abortion rights model legislation

By | 03.16.11 | 12:20 pm

National anti-abortion rights law and policy group American United for Life, which credits itself with informing anti-abortion and other health-care related legislation, this month released its Defending Life 2011, a comprehensive guide of model legislation specifically for abortion More…,