Rockford Abortion Clinic’s License Suspended Indefinitely

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 30, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

The Illinois Department of Public Health has suspended the operating license for the Northern Illinois Women’s Center, a Rockford abortion clinic. According to a notice written by the state department, it “found conditions that are directly threatening to...

ACLU Challenges New North Carolina Abortion Law in Court

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 29, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy, Ultrasound

The American Civil Liberties Union and four other groups sued to challenge a new North Carolina law requiring abortion providers to display and describe ultrasound images of a fetus. The suit, filed in federal court today, alleges that the statute violates the...

At Flagstaff Clinic, Women Seeking Abortions Told to Go to Phoenix

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 29, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Planned Parenthood halted abortions at clinics in Flagstaff, Prescott Valley, and Yuma because of provisions in state laws that took effect this month. Legislation passed this year requires that only licensed physicians provide abortions, while a 2009 law that Planned...

Judge Lets Kansas Abortion Law Stand During Court Challenge

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 29, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage for elective abortions will remain in effect while a court challenge proceeds. A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to temporarily block the law, which was passed by the...

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

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

Michigan lawmakers gave final legislative approval today to the key bill in their latest attempt to enact a state-level ban on partial-birth abortion. The bill that would put a ban in state law was approved by a 75-34 vote in the House and a 29-9 vote in the Senate,...

House GOP Probing Planned Parenthood’s Records on How it Spends Taxpayer Money

by ICE PAC Staff | Sep 27, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

A Republican-led House panel has asked the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to hand over more than a decade’s worth of documents in a probe of whether the organization improperly spends public money on abortions. At issue is whether American taxpayers...