Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Abortion bill

  • Tennessee lawmakers are debating legislation that calls for posting online the names of doctors who perform abortions and that could also identify their patients, The Tennessean says.
  • (USA Today)
  • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsins largest medical association asked Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday to veto a bill that would add new requirements for doctors to ensure a woman isnt forced into an abortion.
  • (nola.com)
  • A Republican state legislator in Arizona reportedly wrote an email to a constituent saying that women should witness an abortion before having an abortion.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • CONCORD, N.H. -- A House committee is suggesting criminal penalties be removed from a bill requiring New Hampshire doctors to provide women seeking abortions with specific information about potential health risks.
  • (WMUR.com)
  • OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers say they will try to pass a bill during special session that requires insurers who cover maternity care to also pay for abortions.
  • (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
  • Nuxoll says lawmakers, their families, Capitol staff and media will be allowed inside. The bill to force Idaho women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion passed the Senate Monday, 23-12. Its been among the 2012 Legislature most-contested issues.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • A new anti-abortion bill in Tennessee would "require the state to publish the names of each doctor who performs an abortion, and detailed statistics about the women having the procedure," according to the Huffington Post.
  • (Neon Tommy)
  • Recently, we've told you about anti-abortion measures being considered in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but now it's Tennessee that has a new angle.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • CONCORD, N.H. (WTW) — A House committee is suggesting the harshest criminal penalties be removed from a bill requiring New Hampshire doctors to provide women seeking abortions with information about potential health risks.
  • (Post-Crescent)

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