State abortion laws

• TUPELO, Miss.
(Huffington Post)
• Health officials have inspected Mississippis lone abortion clinic, the first step in a process that could lead to its closure if a new state law survives a legal challenge.
(AP - NBCNews.com)
• "The [anti-abortion movement] is really reaching with these laws," Smith said, at least if the Court respects its own precedent on states banning pre-viability abortions.
(Salon)
• The procedures are reportedly performed by out-of-state physicians who have not been able to obtain practicing privileges at local hospitals.
(Los Angeles Times)
• In many countries of the world, including China, Iran and Islamic states, abortion is regarded as murdering such a ban could be introduced in Azerbaijan.
(Sacramento Bee)
• Bob McDonnell, said Tuesday. Under state law, attorneys general in Virginia routinely weigh in on proposed regulations, whether they govern trash barges, alcohol billboards, adoption, autism or abortion.
(Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatened to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for a woman to get the procedure in the state. U.S. District Judge Daniel P.
(Washington Post)
• "Protecting maternal health is a legitimate state interest," Bryant said. The judge asked about public comments from elected officials about their desire to see the law end abortion in Mississippi.
(NE Mississippi Daily Journal)
• 2011 was a banner year for state laws restricting abortion. And 2012 looks like runner-up. Thats the central finding of the midyear report from the Guttmacher Institute, the reproductive policy research group that keeps track of such things.
(NPR News)