Kathryn Smith at Politico reports: Abortion rights advocates are claiming a first-round victory Thursday after an Idaho judge struck down a state law banning most abortions after 20 weeks — the first ruling about one of the “fetal pain” laws that a growing number of states have enacted. “This ruling is a warning to other… Continue Reading »
Bill O’Reilly at 41 Percent NYC reports: Discernible progress is being made in New York City on the ratio of abortions to live births just released 2011 City data shows, but that progress could easily be reversed if Governor Cuomo forces through an abortion expansion measure in Albany that could drive abortion rates higher, the… Continue Reading »
Andrew DeMillo at the Associated Press reports: Arkansas lawmakers overrode a veto Wednesday and gave the state the most restrictive abortion law in the country – a near-ban on the procedure from the 12th week of pregnancy onward that is certain to end up in court. A day after the Republican-led state Senate voted to… Continue Reading »
Suzanne Ward at Georgia Right to Life reports: Georgia Right to Life today called on Georgia’s General Assembly to give voters the opportunity to grant personhood status to all innocent human life from the earliest stages of development until natural death. “Personhood is the human rights issue of the 21st century,” said Dan Becker, GRTL… Continue Reading »
Maryclaire Dale at the San Jose Mercury News reports: Three years after drug agents searching a suspected “pill mill” at a West Philadelphia clinic instead found a medical “house of horrors,” an abortion doctor is going on trial on eight counts of murder. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, the clinic owner, is charged with killing a… Continue Reading »
