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August 04, 2008
Lawsuit Calls for Removal of Misleading Language About Parental Notification Measure From Voter Guide
Public Release Date: 4-August-2008
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and other groups on Friday filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court that asks the California secretary of state to remove misleading language about a parental notification ballot initiative from the official voter guide, the Los Angeles Times reports.
July 28, 2008
Poll Finds 48% Support for, 39% Opposition to California Parental Notification Ballot Initiative
Public Release Date: 25-July-2008
About 48% of likely California voters said they support an initiative on the state's Nov. 4 ballot that would require parental notification before minors could receive abortions, while 39% of likely voters said they oppose it, according to a Field Poll released earlier this week, the Contra Costa Times reports. The poll was conducted among 672 likely voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 percentage points (Harmon, Contra Costa Times, 7/22).
July 16, 2008
Legislators, Advocates Respond To Potential Federal Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access
Public Release Date: 16-July-2008
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and several family planning advocates on Tuesday responded to a regulation being developed by the Bush administration that would effectively allow abortion to be defined to include commonly used contraceptive methods and would protect the rights of medical providers who refused to offer them, Reuters reports.
May 21, 2008
Federal Appeals Court Declares Virginia Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Public Release Date: 21-May-2008
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., declared a Virginia law banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion unconstitutional, the Washington Post reports. In a 2-1 decision, the panel said the law infringed on a woman's constitutional right to abortion (Barnes, Washington Post, 5/21).
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August 20, 2007
Medical Abortion Found as Safe as Surgical Termination
Public Release Date: 15-August-2007
BETHESDA, Md. -- Medical abortion does not lead to extra adverse effects on outcomes of a first subsequent pregnancy, compared with surgical abortion, found a nationwide Danish registry.
The registry revealed essentially no differences between the outcomes of subsequent pregnancies of 2,710 women who had first-trimester medical abortions and 9,104 who had surgical abortions.
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August 13, 2007
Colorado, Illinois, Maryland Take Action on Abortion, EC, Sex Education Measures
Public Release Date: 8-August-2007
The following highlights recent state actions on legislation related to abortion, emergency contraction and sex education.
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July 19, 2007
Pence Amendment Threatens Access to Family Planning Services – Action Needed Today!
Public Policy Alert: 19-July-2007
Today, Representative Mike Pence (R- IN) plans to offer an amendment that would deny Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics. This would be an amendment to the House Labor/HHS Appropriations bill that also gives Title X a historic $28 million increase.
June 20, 2007
Actions Taken on Women's Health-Related Legislation, Programs in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas
Public Release Date: 19-June-2007
The following highlights recent news of state and local actions on women's health-related issues.
June 14, 2007
Mapping Our Rights
SisterSong, Ipas, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have created a brilliant interactive Flash map.
Click here to see your state's reproductive policies!
June 07, 2007
House Panel Approves Bill That Would Allow Contraceptive Donations to International Groups Barred From Funding Due to Abortion Policies
Public Release Date: 6-June-2007
A House appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation that Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said would allow the federal government to give contraceptives but not money to international groups that have been barred from receiving U.S. aid due to their abortion policies, the AP/San Diego Union-Tribune reports (Abrams, AP/San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/5).
April 23, 2007
Abortion Does Not Add to Breast Cancer Risk
Public Release Date: 23-April-2007.
BOSTON, April 23 -- Neither abortion nor miscarriage contributes to breast cancer risk, according to a prospective observational study of more than 100,000 women.
In the Nurses' Health Study II, premenopausal women were not at an elevated breast cancer risk after induced (hazard ratio 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.88 to 1.17) or spontaneous abortion (HR 0.89, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.01) found Karin B. Michels, Sc.D., Ph.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital here, and colleagues.
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