Legislative News Archive

Dems Call for Funding of 'Abortion-Reduction' Efforts

Congress Strikes Bill that Would Allow Abortion in Military Hospitals

South Dakota's Anti-Abortion Bill Commended by Dem Group

Many States Continue Fighting to Outlaw Abortion

South Dakota's Abortion Petitions Circulated

Santorum and Specter Join on Human Embryo Stem-Cell Bill

Democrats push for stem cell vote in US Senate

S.D. Voters May Decide Abortion Ban

Louisiana Senate Passes Abortion Ban - No Exceptions for Rape or Incest

Alaska Bill Would Criminalize Killing Fetus Except by Abortion

Hawaii's Republican Gov. Signs Child Killing Law

Minnesota House Passes Bill Bans Use Of Taxpayer Money For Abortions

Louisiana Lawmaker Expects A Fight Over Abortion Bill

Arizona Governor Vetoes Abortion Consent Bypass Regulation

Calif. Committee Shoots Down Numb'em Before You Kill'em Bill

Why South Dakota is right

Republicans back anti-abortion petition

Democrat asks Illinois Legislature to push Bush impeachment

Anti-contraception Group Decries Statement of Sens. Clinton and Reid

Strict Abortion Ban Moves Through Senate Committee

Pro-life Legislation Defeated in House Subcommittee 

Alabama Gov. Signs Bill to Outlaw Killing Unborn Children, But Law Has No Impact On Abortion

A question of life: Crusade spotlights issues that affect abortion debate

Unborn Now Have Voice, Say Supporters of New Ala. Law

Aloha State Set to Become Abortion State

Pro-Aborts Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton: Our Proposal Includes Common-Ground, Common-Sense Policies - HA!

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Vetoes Two Abortion Regulation Bills

Colo. Gov. Vetoes Bill That Would Have Given Pharmacists Ability To Write EC Prescriptions

Hawaii First State in US to Enshrine Abortion "Rights" in Law

TN. House Panel Kills Amendment That Would Have Removed 'Abortion Rights' From State Constitution

Arkansas Governor Vetoes Fetal Pain Bill

Hawaii Abortion Tourism

Legislative Attempt to Seriously Hamper Grass Roots Activism Has Passed US Senate

Abortion referendum likely in South Dakota

New Alabama Legislation Conceals an Elegant Fraud on the Unborn

Move to overturn S.D. abortion ban gains ground

Fr. Pavone of Priests for Life Praises Idaho Move to Provide Women with Abortion Information

Abortion foes turn to rarely used Kansas law

Senate leader blamed for abortion bill's demise

South Dakota Bans Abortion, Setting Up a Battle

Crisis Pregnancy Centers Targeted in 'Crackdown on Deceit'

Mississippi Bill Outlawing Most Abortions Dies

Mississippi Lawmakers Extend Deadlines to Review Abortion-Ban Bill

Swing Away

HB 5245 (Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Bill) passes the Illinois House and Senate

S.D. Abortion Ban Sponsors Braced for Counterattack

Georgia House votes to stiffen penalties for attacks on pregnant women

Mississippi Abortion Ban Dies This Session

Spending On S.D. Abortion Vote Could Reach The Millions

Alabama Legislators Push For Law to Ban Abortion

South Dakota's Abortion Ad Blitz

Ohio House May Require Doctors to Record Abortion Patient Data

Emotions High In Fight Over Mississippi Abortion Bill With Rape And Incest Exception

Will Co. Legislators Urged to Block Blagojevich's 2nd Annual Sneak Funding Attempt

Battle begins to overturn S. Dakota abortion law

Miss. Lawmakers Face Monday Deadline on Abortion Bill With Rape and Incest Exceptions

Indiana Senate Fails To Pass 'Fetuses Feel Pain' Abortion Bill

States Consider Abortion Bills

Michigan Seeks to Stop Coercive Abortions

Utah Gov. Signs Parental Consent Bill to Law

Outlawing Conscience

Tourism boycott of South Dakota urged

No 'Morning-After Pill' for Rapists

Missouri House OKs birth control funding ban

Ohio Bill Makes Abortion A Felony

Granholm agrees to abortion regulation

MCCL-backed Nutrition and Hydration legislation passes first hearing in House

Mississippi abortion ban bill could be doomed

Mississippi Senate Seeks Compromise Talks On Abortion Bill With Rape And Incest Exceptions

Legislation targets coercion during pregnancy/abortion

Wisconsin Group Drops Challenge To S.D. Abortion Law

Missouri House Bans State Funded Birth Control

Oklahoma Senate Backs Pharmacists 'Duty To Fill' Bill

Colorado Senate Panel Backs Abortiion Drug Bill

Ohio Lawmakers Outlaw Wrongful Birth Lawsuits

Georgia House Rejects Pharmacists' "Right to Choose"

Minnesota Legislature Poised To Give Pharmacists "Right to Choose"

Attorney: Mississippi's Proposed Abortion Ban Includes 'Socialist' Welfare Stipulation

Parental Notification Laws Work

Parental Law Delays, Lowers Teen Abortion

South Dakota Law Is Clear

South Dakotans Rally For, Against Abortion

New Hampshire House Rejects Pharmacists' Protection On Abortion Drug

Hawaii to Become "Baby Killing Center of Pacific"

Abortion Ban Signed into Law by South Dakota Governor

Amendment would establish life at conception

Mississippi Abortion Ban Bill Passes House; Moves to Senate for Approval

Pro-Lifers Urged to Vacation in South Dakota

Mississippi Close to Banning Abortions--Governor Likely to Sign Bill

Voter Petition In Michigan Seeks State Amendment To Outlaw Abortion

Missouri Senator Proposes Bill Outlawing Abortion

States Poised to Ban Abortion if Roe is Toppled

Feminists Step Up Attempt to Ratify CEDAW Treaty

Mississippi Votes to Abort Roe: Joins Growing Movement to Ban Abortion

Abortion Laws Do Not Always Require Health Exceptions Appeals Panel Rules

Mississippi committee votes to join South Dakota in challenging Roe, Votes To Outlaw Abortions

S.D. Governor's pen poised to ignite Roe battle

The Death of Abortion: analysis of South Dakota House Bill 1215

The South Dakota Abortion Ban

ACLU Sex-Ed Bill in Illinois needs to be stopped

S.D. Governor Leans Toward Abortion Ban

Senate panel rejects a measure on abortion clinics

Could Abortion Ban Happen in Iowa?

South Dakota State Senate Passes Bill to Ban Abortion

Indiana Panel OKs Murdering Babies After Mothers Are Told 'Many Families Are Waiting To Adopt Children'

Oklahoma House Committee Says Killing Unborn Babies Is Murder

S.D. Committee Votes to Outlaw Abortion

For 4th Time, Abortifacient Measure Hits Floor

Foundations of Roe v. Wade are Crumbling

Pro-life Leaders Head to South Dakota for Historic Abortion Ban Vote

Bill makes killing a pregnant woman at any stage a double slaying

"Life Begins At Conception," Indiana Law Would Inform Women Seeking Abortion

Wisconsin Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Birth Control for Minors

Activist Groups for Disabled Protest California Assisted-Suicide Bill

Illinois Remains the Wild West of Human Cloning

South Dakota House Approves Abortion Ban

Alabama Governor Calls for Senate Action On Fetus Bill

States Look to Ban or Limit Abortion

Fetal Pain Bills Advanced in 23 US States

S.D. House Panel Votes to Outlaw Abortion

Delaware Refuses to Authorize Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Pro-Lifers going for 'fresh angle'

Abortion foes gain on new front

Anti-abortion measure fails

Bill: Tell'em 'Life Begins At Conception' Before The Killing Starts

Indiana House backs bill saying life begins at conception

CWA Urges House to Pass Holly's Law

Sweeping anti-abortion laws proposed

Abortion bill defines when life begins

South Dakota Considers Outlawing Abortion

Bill to Outlaw Abortion

Bill Seeks to Outlaw Abortion In Ohio

Lawmaker's goal: Overturn Roe v. Wade

Bill to Stop Judges from Ruling on Abortion

Ohio Abortion Bill to Test Roe v. Wade

Indiana Bill would Make Abortion Illegal

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Abortion-Pain Bill

Partial-Birth Abortion Returns to the U.S. Supreme Court

Illinois House takes up pharmacy fight

Senate Passes Trafficking Bill After Sen. Biden Relents

House Takes and Interest in the RU-486 Poison Pill

President signs H.R. 2520 into law, funding stem cell research of umbilical cord blood

Senator Biden's Blind Allegiance To The Abortion Lobby Enables Sex Traffickers To Continue Their Trade

The Linguistics of Abortion and Politics

Umbilical Cord Databank to Be Established

Cord-Blood Bill Passes Congress

Congress Passes $300 Million+ Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill

Hypocrisy Over Stem Cells: Senate Dems Object to Cord Blood Bill

Senate Fails to Act on Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill

S Dakota Task Force Approves Final Report On Abortion-Related Issues; Some Members Disappointed With Outcome

Wisconsin Governor to Sign Cord Blood Donation Bill Today

Don't treat girls as women in abortion issue

'Personhood At The Moment Of Conception' voter petition drive launched in Michigan

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005

Missouri's Aborted Baby Pain Relief In Legislation

Senate Aims to Stop Darfur Genocide

Important HHS Conference Report Gets Surprise Defeat in the House

Congress Considers Reducing Abortions on Campus

Statewide Cord-Blood Bank Backed

Cord-Blood Bill 'Held Hostage' in Senate

House Votes in Favor of Parental Rights

Ohio Senate Passes Stem Cell, Cloning Research Bill

Wisconsin gov to veto fetal pain bill

Possible Bill On The Way Banning State Money For Stem Cell Research in Ohio

Prop 73: Powerful Interests Set Back Parents' Rights

Parental notification prop fails

Bill on abortion warnings advances

Murray Withdraws Abortifacient Plan B Amendment

House Mulls Splitting 9th Circuit

FDA Under Attack from Left

Bill Would Push FDA on Abortifacient 'Morning-After Pill'

US Congressional Committee Examines Fetal Pain Legislation

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Cloning Ban

Bill on Morning-After Pill is Politics at its Worst

With the Stroke of His Pen This Afternoon, Governor Doyle Will Leave the Door Open to Unlimited Human Cloning in Wisconsin

House Considers Pain of the Pre-Born

Rep. Steve Chabot Presses Fetal Pain Issue

Springfield, Mo., Abortion Clinic Closes After Implementation of New Missouri Law

Missouri Stem-Cell Initiative Permits All Cloning   

Stem-Cell Bills on Hold

Stem-Cell Bills Put On Hold

House Asks Senate to Pass Cord-Blood Bill

CWALAC Urges Senate to Pass Cord-Blood Bill

Wisconsin Moves Toward Total Ban on Human Cloning; 'Clone to Kill' Amendment Narrowly Defeated

Mass. Legislature Overrides Veto of Bill Requiring Hospitals To Offer EC to Rape Survivors, Allowing Pharmacies To Dispense EC

Doctors Group Seeks to Take Away Doctors' Right of Conscience

Calif. Legislature Approves Bill To Allow Pharmacists To Object To Filling Prescriptions for Moral, Religious Reasons

Federal Age Restrictions on EC Sales Could Trump Massachussetts Bill That Would Allow Nonprescription EC Sales

California, Here We Come

Kansas Abortion Tissue Sample Law to Aid Rape Investigation

Wisconsin Lawmaker Might Withdraw Support of Bill Protecting Pharmacists' Refusal To Fill Prescriptions If Applicable to Contraceptives

Wisconsin Reintroduces Ineffective 2003 "Ban" on Cloning

Christian Coalition Urges Senate to Delay Embryonic Stem Cell Vote; Promising New Research Demands A Delay

Abortion Provisions in Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Could Hamper Measure's Approval, CQ Today Reports

Constituent 'Violated' by Durbin Change on Abortion

Missouri Gov. Blunt, Antiabortion Group Arguing Over Abortion, Stem Cell Research Prior to Special Session

New Hampshire Law Allowing Pharmacists To Dispense EC Without Doctor's Prescription Takes Effect, But Training Needed

'Baby Moses' Laws Popular

Not So Perfect Timing

N.Y. Governor Outlines Changes Needed To Avoid Veto of Legislation Making EC Available Without Doctor's Prescription

President Bush Reiterates Threat To Veto Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act Despite Frist Endorsement

Stem-Cell Veto in Jeopardy?

Frist's Folly

Health Act May Inadvertently Protect Abortion Providers

New York Governor To Veto Legislation Making EC Available Without Doctor's Prescription

NRLC statement on Senator Bill Frist's July 29, 2005 speech on embryonic stem cell research

A Heart After...Bad Science

Frist Support for Specter's Embryo Research Funding Bill Called "Betrayal"

Sen. Frist Announces Support for Bill Loosening Restrictions on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Vote Unlikely Before Recess

Senator Threatens Maverick Stem-Cell Funding Amendment

Sen. Coleman Crafting Seventh Embryonic Stem Cell Research-Related Bill; Other Stem Cell Bills Likely Delayed

President Threatens to Veto Attempt to End 'Mexico City' Policy

Take Abortion Pill Off the Market Now, Lawmaker Says

Cardinal Urges Senate to Support Cord Blood Stem Cell Research, Reject Bill Requiring Embryo Destruction

Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Alternative Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation Promoting New, 'Unproven' Techniques

Senate Eyes Voiding Bush Stem-Cell Policy

US Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Abortion Cancer Links

Senate Committee Approves Bill That Would Encourage Umbilical Cord Blood Collection for Stem Cell Research

Expected Senate Action on Umbilical Cord, Stem Cell Legislation

Sen. Brownback Holds Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Roe v. Wade as Part of Series on Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Maine Governor Signs Bill Increasing Penalties for Crimes Against Pregnant Women

California Voters Narrowly Support Parental Notification Ballot Initiative, Poll Says

New York Passes Legislation Approving Over-the-Counter Abortifacient Pill

Wisconsin Cloning Ban Bill and Cord Blood Bank Bill Perfectly Compliment Each Other

Brownback Sets Sights on Roe

New York Senate Approves Bill That Would Make Emergency Contraception Available Without Doctor's Prescription

Wisconsin Legislative Committees Approve Bills That Would Ban All Human Cloning

Birth Control Notification Bill Offers 5-Day Alert to Parents

CWA Applauds Congressional Efforts to Restore a Parent's Right to Know

Wisconsin Assembly Approves Bill Prohibiting State University System From Advocating, Providing EC

House Votes Down Attempt to Restore UNFPA Funding

Efforts to curb abortion proliferate at state level

Embryo-protective laws common in other nations

Many of Bush's Promised Vetoes Involve 'Culture-of-Life' Issues, Washington Times Reports

Wisconsin Democratic Legislators Introduce Measure Requiring Pharmacists To Dispense Contraceptives

California Assembly Approves Bill Allowing Pharmacists To Refuse To Fill Prescriptions if Employer Previously Informed

Massachusetts Legislature Overturns Veto - Ready to Start Cloning for Parts

Conn. Legislature Approves Bill Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Banning Reproductive Cloning; Governor Expected To Sign

Florida Governor Signs Abortion Clinic Regulation Measure

US Senator Brownback Calls for a Limit to the Number of Embryos Created During IVF

Bush Repeats Pledge To Veto Legislation That Would Loosen Restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Parental Notification Progressions

Florida Governor Signs Abortion Parental Notification Bill

New Hampshire House Approves Bill That Would Allow EC To Be Sold Without Doctor's Prescription; Governor Expected To Sign

US House Passes Embryo Research Funding Bill - Not By Enough to Override Presidential Veto

House Passes Defense Bill Without Amendment That Would Have Allowed Abortions at Overseas Military Clinics

House Vote for Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill

Values Voters' Betrayed Twice in One Week

Minnesota Governor Signs Bill To Allocate State Funding for Adoption, Other Abortion Alternatives

House Expected To Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Bills

U.S. House Will Vote Tuesday, May 24, on H.R. 810, a Bill to Fund Stem Cell Research That Kills Human Embryos

Bush Vows To Veto Bill That Would Loosen Restrictions on Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Divergent Bills Spotlight Stem-Cell Debate

California Initiative That Would Require Abortion Parental Notification Qualifies for Next Ballot

Texas House Approves Bill Including Amendments Requiring Parental Consent, Restricting Access to Third-Trimester Abortion

Update on Emergency Rules effecting Pharmacists

Stem-Cell Bill to Come up for Vote

Missouri Governor Calls for Special Legislative Session To Consider Abortion-Related Measure

Bill Mandating Embryonic Stem Cell Research Introduced

Congress' Support of Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Shows Lack of Education on Issue, Rep. Weldon Says

Ohio State Legislators Introduce Bills To Restrict Access to Abortion, Including Measure That Would Ban Abortion

Dems' Pro-Abortion Efforts Stifled

House Republicans Revise Committee Report on Federal Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill Funding Embryo Research Gaining Ground

Mass. House Approves Bill Allowing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Banning Reproductive Human Cloning

Nebraska Senate Approves Amendment That Would Provide $500,000 for Two-Year Abortion Alternatives Pilot Program

Fla. Senate Defeats Amendment to Bill That Would Increase Regulations of State Clinics Offering Second-Trimester Abortions

Oregon House Approves Bill Requiring Parental Notification for Minors Seeking Abortion

Portuguese Referendum on Decriminalizing Abortion During First 10 Weeks of Pregnancy Delayed Until 2006

House Republicans Reject Democrats' Critique of Language in Committee Report on Federal Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Senate is Final Hurdle for Key Abortion Bill

Abortion Notification Laws Supported by Large Majority of Americans 78% Says Poll

Pro-Lifer Defends Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Family Advocates Hail House Passage of Parental Notification Bill

New Push for Protecting Infants Who Survive Abortions

Christian Science Monitor Examines Federal Bill That Would Bar Transport of Minors Across State Lines To Avoid Abortion Parental Involvement

California's Assisted-Suicide Bill Decried as Dangerous

Cloning Legislation Reintroduced

Congressional Democrats Unveil Agenda, Including Bill Aimed at Reducing Abortions by Increasing Family Planning Funding

The Hill Examines Prospects of Federal Bill That Would Bar Transport of Minors Across State Lines To Avoid Abortion Parental Notice

Law Protects Babies Born Alive after Abortion - Bush Administration Vows to Enforce

U.S. House Expected To Vote on Bill Barring Transport of Minors Across State Lines To Avoid Abortion Parental Notification

NRLC Statement on Announcement by D.H.H.S. on Born-Alive-Infants Protection Law

Plan to Reduce the Number of Abortions Unveiled; Congressman Tim Ryan to Introduce Legislation Modeled After DFLA's 95-10 Initiative

Sen. Boxer Decides Against Push for Removal of Abortion-Related Language Included in FY 2005 Omnibus Spending Measure

Lawmakers Lauded for Knocking Off Bankruptcy Bill's Pro-Abortion Rider

Congress to Hold Disability-Rights Hearings

Sen. Boxer Introduces Federal Legislation To Require Pharmacies To Fill All Prescriptions, Including Contraceptives

U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Requiring Pharmacies To Fill All Prescriptions, Including Contraceptives

Interstate Abortion Bill Moves Forward in House

Congressional Clashes Near On Major Pro-Life Issues

Legislation Seeking to Criminalize Ultrasounds without Doctor's Order Moves in Springfield

Nationwide Legislative Update

Morning-After Pill Approval Process Moving Ahead

House Judiciary Subcommittee Approves Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill That Would Ban All Forms of Human Cloning

Illinois Senate Committee Approves Bill Authorizing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Funding Ballot Initiative

Bi-Partisan Cloning Ban Introduced in Congress

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