A Reason to Celebrate: 80+ Pro-Life Laws Passed This Year

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 22, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

State legislatures in 2011 have passed more than 80 bills aimed at restricting access to abortion. That’s up from 23 such laws enacted last year. These measures would variously ban abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat, specify which drugs and...

Planned Parenthood to End Abortions at Ten Clinics in Three Arizona Cities

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 19, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Planned Parenthood is ending the provision of abortions at ten of its clinics in three Arizona cities (Prescott Valley, Flagstaff, and Yuma) due to their inability to comply with a 2009 state law that restricts abortions. The law, recently upheld by an Arizona appeals...

Numerous Planned Parenthoods Close in Wake of New Texas Law

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 18, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

Still reeling from funding cuts in Texas, Planned Parenthood is closing clinics and merging affiliates throughout the state, Texas Right to Life reports. The national abortion giant received a major blow this summer when Texas Governor and presidential contender Rick...

Group Sues Over New Arizona Pro-Life Law

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 18, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is suing the Arizona Department of Revenue’s director over a new pro-life law. A portion of the state law, set to take effect in December, would stop people who make charitable donations from getting a state income...

Kansas Abortion Insurance Restrictions Are Challenged in Court

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 16, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a new Kansas law that bans the coverage of abortion as part of standard private health insurance plans. Of the 13 abortion coverage bans that have been passed in state legislatures since...

Arizona Court Lifts Injunction on Abortion Law

by Eleanore Strong | Aug 12, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy

An Arizona appeals court, in a victory for pro-lifers, tossed out an injunction on Thursday that blocked key parts of a 2009 Arizona abortion law from taking effect. A three-member panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court judge was wrong in...