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Abortion Foes Have High Hopes for New Congress
By not in system - AOL NewsAs abortion opponents prepare for their annual March for Life on the Mall in Washington on Monday, pro-life activists are revitalized by the prospect of a Republican-dominated House they view as friendlier to their agenda than at any time since the Jan. 22, 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. ...
Fetuses Don't Feel Pain Before 24 Weeks, Experts Say
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyA new report out of the U.K. bolsters evidence that fetuses don't feel pain before 24 weeks. Most doctors are using the conclusion to confirm the legitimacy of current abortion limits in the country, while anti-abortion advocates are suggesting that the review was marred by biases. The analysis of prior research, done by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, found that the brain's nerve connections are inadequately established to process pain before 24 weeks. Furthermore, the womb environment is akin to unconsciousness, leaving fetuses "undeveloped and sedated." The RCOG ...
Nebraska Bill Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Feb. 25) -- Nebraska lawmakers have found a new tactic in the fight against abortion: If a fetus can feel pain, they say, it cannot be aborted. So they are moving forward with the Abortion Pain Prevention Act, a bill aimed at ending the "substantial pain" to the "unborn child" caused by abortion. If the bill passes, the state will become the first in the country to forbid abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's life is threatened. If the bill passes, it likely will be challenged in the Supreme Court. The vast majority of abortions, just under 90 percent, take place before ...
Does Ireland's Abortion Law Violate Human Rights?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, Ria and Melinda, it looks like you aren't the only ones questioning whose rights are really at stake in the abortion debate. Yesterday, in a potentially landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, heard the case of three women seeking to overturn Ireland's strict abortion law on the grounds that it violated their human rights. ...
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