Medicaid Official Rules Against Ind. Abortion Law

by ICE PAC Staff | Jul 8, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Indiana’s decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said. The state had asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in...

Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Challenges Law that Puts New Requirements On its Doctors

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

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic sued Wednesday to stop a law that it says will effectively ban abortion in the state and endanger womens health by limiting access to the procedure. Jackson Womens Health Organization said in the federal lawsuit that the...

Michigan State House Panel Passes Bills Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

by ICE PAC Staff | Jun 7, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A Michigan State House committee this morning advanced a package of bills that would impose new regulations on abortion providers. One of the three bills includes a ban on late-term abortions for unborn children 20 or more weeks developed, with an emergency exception...

Indiana Abortion Rate Declines

by ICE PAC Staff | Jun 6, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Fewer abortions were performed in Indiana in 2010 than in any other year in the past three decades. A little more than 10,000 procedures took place that year, based on the most recent data from the Indiana State Department of Health.  Thats a 5% drop from 2009. Its...

House Rejects Abortion Ban Based on Sex of Fetus

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

Today the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus. In the House, 246 representatives backed the bill while 168 voted against it, leaving the proposal short of the two-thirds total necessary for passage. Most...

States Restrict Abortion Like Never Before

by ICE PAC Staff | May 19, 2012 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

In 2011, states passed a record number of abortion restrictions, with 92 new laws taking effect in 24 states. Momentum has continued in 2012 in what has become a two-year major overhaul in many of the states’ abortion laws. The laws range from imposing new...