Nebraska Law on Abortion Screenings to Remain Blocked

by ICE PAC Staff | Dec 16, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a lower court’s decision to block a 2010 Nebraska law that would require mental health screenings for women seeking abortions. Last year, U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp granted a preliminary injunction to...

St. Paul Hospital to Stop Providing Elective Abortions

by ICE PAC Staff | Nov 25, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Regions Hospital in St. Paul said Friday that it will stop performing elective abortions after Dec. 9, when it closes its reproductive GYN Special Services Clinic. The hospital said it reached the decision because the number of abortions has been falling for years and...

New Abortion Regulations on Virginia Governor’s Desk

by ICE PAC Staff | Nov 23, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

New state rules that would regulate abortion clinics like hospitals have landed on Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s desk, awaiting his signature. Having cleared two commonwealth departments – Planning and Budget and Health and Human Resources –...

Family Sues City Over Abortion Death in Philly

by ICE PAC Staff | Nov 23, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A city health department’s “policy of inaction” cost a 41-year-old refugee her life after a botched abortion at a rogue medical clinic, the woman’s family charged in a federal lawsuit. Kamamaya Mongar, 41, died from an overdose of painkillers...

Kansas Abortion Doctors Sue Over New Clinic Regulations

by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 28, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Three doctors who perform abortions in Kansas will challenge new regulations for their clinics even after the rules were revised to placate the physicians, their attorneys said Thursday, arguing that the rules still impose unreasonable and “irrational”...

ObamaCare Opt-Out: Wisconsin Senate Votes to Protect Taxpayers from Paying for Abortion Coverage

by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 20, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Today, SB 92, the Obamacare Opt-Out Bill, passed in the Wisconsin State Senate by a 17-16 vote. This bill protected Wisconsin taxpayers from having to pay for abortion coverage under the health insurance exchanges required under ObamaCare. The federal Patient...