Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Fails to Comply with Law, Faces Shutdown Threat

by ICE PAC Staff | Jan 12, 2013 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic missed a Friday deadline to comply with a 2012 state law that requires each of its physicians to get hospital admitting privileges — a law the governor said he signed with the hopes of shutting the clinic down. The state...

Pro-Life Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

by ICE PAC Staff | Jan 7, 2013 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A U.S. Congresswoman has introduced a bill to deny federal family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and anyone who provides elective abortions. Rep. Diane Black, R-TN, introduced H.R. 217, the “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act.” It would not...

New NH Law Will Ban Partial-Birth Abortion

by ICE PAC Staff | Dec 31, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

In a largely symbolic move, New Hampshire is adding to its books Jan. 1 its second law limiting abortion – the state’s only such law affecting adults – a ban on partial-birth abortions. It is the only survivor of five major abortion-related bills...

Judge: Arizona Must Fund Planned Parenthood

by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 22, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A federal judge ruled Friday that Arizona may not stop funding Planned Parenthood with taxpayer dollars, as a court case against a new state law proceeds. The law, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer in May, says the state will not give any public funds to subsidize abortions,...

Virginia Attorney General Approves Abortion Clinic Regulations

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 27, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office Wednesday gave its stamp of approval to new abortion clinic regulations that will compel existing clinics to retrofit their facilities to meet standards for new hospital construction. Cuccinelli’s certification of...

Pharmacists Not Required To Provide ‘Morning After’ Pill, Illinois Court Rules

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 21, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

An Illinois appellate court Friday affirmed a lower court finding that the state cannot force pharmacies and pharmacists to sell emergency contraceptives – also known as “morning after pills” – if they have religious objections. In 2005, former...