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The replacement of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) -- whom President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate for secretary of homeland security -- with Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer (R) would likely shift the state's abortion laws toward more restrictive policies, the Arizona Republic reports.
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President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which "seeks to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law," is "setting up a showdown with the Vatican" and will "trigger a harsh response" from Pope Benedict XVI and "political revolt among practicing American Catholics," columnist Jeffery Kuhner writes in a
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On Tuesday, the Guardian newspaper in England examined increased efforts by abortion-rights opponents there to make antiabortion presentations in school religious education classes.
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Women who have an abortion face a small increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from New Zealand. But the researchers, writing in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, say their findings point to a "middle-of-the-road" position on abortion - and do not support either the strong pro-life or pro-choice arguments.
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President Bush has "never paid much attention to public opinion. Or legal opinion. Or expert opinion. Or scientific opinion," a Eugene Register-Guard editorial says. It therefore is "no surprise" that Bush is "plowing full speed ahead" with a proposed HHS conscience
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The following is a summary of selected women's health-related blog entries.~ "Progressive and Pro-Choice: Obama's Latest Team Members," Amie Newman, RH Reality Check: Newman reports that two of President-elect Barack Obama's latest appointments to his incoming administration "offer much hope to advocates of women's rights.
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President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, intended to codify abortion rights outlined in Roe v. Wade, is the "most radical attack yet on the deep beliefs of millions of American pro-lifers," according to abortion opponent and
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Roman Catholic bishops' warning at their fall meeting earlier this month that Catholic hospitals might be forced to perform abortions if President-elect Barack Obama signs the
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With Republican majorities in both the state House and Senate, abortion-rights opponents in Tennessee are launching a long-term effort aimed at passing a state constitutional amendment that would clear the way for limiting protections for abortion rights, the Tennessean reports. The constitutional amendment would state that Tennessee law does not explicitly protect abortion rights.
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Why Abortion? a new educational DVD exploring the realities faced by women with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, is being launched today by fpa. An excellent new resource for schools and adult community groups, the DVD will help people think about and understand the reasons behind why a woman may choose an abortion.
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In issuing the proposed HHS conscience rule, President Bush wants to "change the rules so anyone employed anywhere that gets federal funding could refuse to conduct a health-related service, sale, referral or research that he or she considers in conflict with personal moral or religious beliefs,"
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Lawmakers in Uruguay last week failed to garner the three-fifths vote in each chamber needed to override the recent presidential veto of a bill that would have decriminalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 11/20).
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A pretrial hearing in the case against Kansas late-term abortion provider George Tiller adjourned "abruptly" last week, with testimony scheduled to resume in January, the AP/Wichita Eagle reports (Hegeman, AP/Wichita Eagle, 11/21).
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The Washington Post Magazine on Sunday examined challenges medical students face when considering whether to become abortion providers. According to the Post Magazine, the number of abortion providers in the U.S. is declining, and "unless a new generation [takes] their place, the right to abortion might be rendered meaningless.
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Reuters on Sunday examined how abortion rights advocates "expect to advance their agenda" under President-elect Barack Obama, an abortion-rights supporter. The increase in Democratic support for abortion-rights issues "signal[s] fresh battles over the highly charged issue[s]," such as international family planning policies, access to contraception and abortion, and judicial appointments.
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The following is a summary of selected women's health-related blog entries.~ "Sens. Clinton and Murray Introduce Legislation To Block New HHS Rule From Going into Effect," Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check:
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USA Today on Friday featured an editorial and an opposing opinion piece examining the debate among antiabortion groups over whether to work with abortion-rights groups to reduce the number of abortions through improved social programs. ~ "
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Ghana's government should increase efforts to encourage safe abortion procedures and provide reproductive health education to reduce its maternal mortality rate, Jehu Appiah -- country director of Ipas Ghana -- said in a recent speech during an advocate training meeting at the University of Ghana, Ghana's
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The conservative group Family Research Council said President-elect Barack Obama's selection of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as HHS secretary demonstrates that the next president will not govern from the "middle" on issues related to abortion, CNSNews.com reports (Jones, CNSNews.com, 11/20).
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Choosing to "ignore the experts," the Bush administration plans to move forward with a proposed HHS rule that allows health care providers to opt out of care based on their moral or religious beliefs, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial says.
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A South Dakota law that requires a physician to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being" with whom she has an "existing relationship" signals "a new step in states' efforts to restrict abortion," Zita Lazzarini of the University of Connecticut Health Center and
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The Republican Party will regain political power only if its leaders remain firm in their socially conservative positions, including the party's antiabortion stance, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention said this week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Land is the president of the
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The defeat of abortion-related ballot initiatives in California, Colorado and
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The Chinese government reportedly has abandoned plans to force a woman who is six months pregnant to have an abortion under the nation's one-child policy, CNSNews.com reports. Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) -- both members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China -- said the case demonstrates that the U.S.
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Just two weeks after the victory of President-elect Barack Obama, "the ground is already shifting underneath U.S.-Vatican relations," as officials in Rome voice concerns that Obama will implement policies supporting abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research, Time Magazine reports.
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