Mar 29 2016
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Utah Governor Gary Herbert has signed a bill requiring that doctors administer anesthesia to people receiving…
Mar 4 2015
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New Mexico—my home state and the best place on earth—has always been an oasis of common sense and compassion when it…
Feb 6 2015
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Dear God, it's like they're actively trying to get us to insult them: yet another Republican politician has argued…
Jul 1 2013
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Great news, everybody (not), last night Ohio Gov./terrible human John Kasich signed the state's new two-year, $62…
Jun 14 2013
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35 Ohio House Republicans introduced an exhaustive anti-abortion bill yesterday that would require doctors to lie to…
May 23 2012
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Arizona Congressman Who Proposed DC Abortion Ban Gets Hilarious Payback from Pissed Off DC Residents
Trent Franks, the Arizona Republican who proposed a 20-week abortion ban in Washington, DC and then barred DC's…
Apr 2 2012
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Georgia is just a governor's signature away from totally banning abortions that occur after 20 weeks of pregnancy…
Mar 12 2012
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Like the "enhanced screening room" and the inbox of Chris Brown's publicist, nothing good happens on the floor of…
Mar 8 2012
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This year, a rash of legislation has left the country inflamed and itchy with extreme abortion restrictions that, in…
Mar 2 2012
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Undaunted by public outcry against Virginia's mandatory ultrasound law, lawmakers in several other states have taken…
Feb 22 2012
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Today, a panel of Democratic lawmakers in Georgia will convene for a historic debate on a bill that proposes limits…
Sep 26 2011
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Jennie Linn McCormack, who was jailed for terminating her pregnancy with abortion pills she bought online, won a…
Sep 9 2011
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In the past two years, six states have banned abortion after 20 weeks on the grounds that that's when fetuses can…
Jun 27 2011
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The "fetal pain"-inspired abortion bans at 20 weeks sweeping states aren't just unconstitutional and lacking…
Apr 7 2011
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Following Nebraska's lead, 16 states are considering bills that would ban abortion at 20 weeks, because that's when…
Dec 28 2010
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It's not your imagination: Abortion rights are under assault in the U.S. as never before. And you can thank a 2007 Su…
Oct 17 2010
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Nebraska Senator (and former Bush Agriculture Secretary) Mike Johanns is sponsoring federal legislation to make…
Jun 25 2010
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A recent Nebraska law banned abortions before 20 weeks because, it claimed, that's when fetuses feel pain. But…
Apr 14 2010
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On the heels of a law requiring a variety of screenings before women can get an abortion, Nebraska has now…