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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 ...
Will Abortion Fight Kill Health Care Reform?
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 4) -- After a year of debate, it won't be the public option that derails health care reform. Nor will it be death panels. But it might be abortion. A fight over the most divisive issue in American politics could deal the final, fatal blow to Democratic hopes for reform, just as President Barack Obama mounts one last push to pass major legislation through Congress. Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, a leader of anti-abortion Democrats in the House, said Thursday that he and as many as 11 other lawmakers would not vote for the Senate version of the health bill because its language ...
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 ...
Pollster Celinda Lake: Where Women Really Stand on Health Care
By Martha Burk - Politics DailyWomen's groups expressed dismay on November 7 when the House passed a health care bill with unprecedented abortion restrictions. The Stupak-Pitts amendment prohibits any health plan participating in the proposed nationwide exchange from offering abortion coverage, meaning virtually all plans. The initial alarm has now turned to anger and mobilized a backlash against Democrats who voted for the amendment, along with a nationwide push to keep the restrictions out of the upcoming Senate bill. With the full Senate tackling the legislation this weekend, I thought it was a good time to have a ...
Bishops Vow to Fight Obama Abortion Agenda
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, meeting this week in Baltimore, took steps to mount an unprecedented campaign against a signature initiative of a major political party, vowing to aggressively oppose President-elect Obama and the Democrats in their efforts to pass the Freedom of Choice Act. The bill, sponsored by California Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and which Obama said would be among the first pieces of legislation he would sign if elected, would eliminate all conditions placed on access to abortions in the United States. It would also invalidate every state law designed to reduce ...
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