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Measures enacted last year or under consideration this year include counseling requirements or waiting periods before women can have an abortion, tightening of parental involvement laws, and extra layers of regulations for abortion clinics. A bill endorsed Wednesday by an Arizona legislative committee would require doctors to tell women seeking abortions that their fetuses could experience pain even if the women receive pain medication.
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California lawmakers on Tuesday defeated legislation that would have informed women considering an abortion that a fetus feels intense pain during the abortion procedure. The measure would have ... provided women with the option of giving the fetus anesthesia beforehand to lessen the pain. Source.
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During the abortion, Thul says a nurse told Healow he was being "overzealous." After it was complete, Thul was released from the abortion business and went to a local hotel where she was staying. She was told to return two days later for a follow-up, according to the lawsuit.
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Among the states getting F’s in NARAL’s report are Indiana and Ohio, where conservative lawmakers are introducing bills to ban abortion outright. They hope their measures become law and then face legal challenges that lead to a Supreme Court reconsideration of the 1973 Roe ruling that established abortion rights nationwide.
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The Bellotti v. Baird decision reaffirmed the Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri vs. Danforth decision that ruled state laws requiring all minors to have parental consent for abortion are unconstitutional unless they provide a judicial alternative. The Bellotti v. Baird v. Baird case ... reinforces the minor's right of access to contraception.
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A Federal District Court Judge ruled Tuesday that abortion clinic doctors and other professionals are not required under Kansas law to report underage sex between consenting youths. In making its ruling, the court rejected the argument by the Kansas Attorney General that a 1982 Kansas law requiring doctors, teachers and others to alert the state and law enforcement about potential child abuse covers consensual sex between minors and applies to abortion clinics, and other health professionals and teachers. It is not certain whether the ruling will be appealed.
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