by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 14, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
Planned Parenthood has begun using the RU-486 webcam abortion technique in Minnesota. According to Planned Parenthood Minnesota spokesperson Connie Lewis, the organization began providing webcam abortions at their Rochester, Minnesota clinic. This marks the first time...
by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
The House of Representatives passed a measure Thursday evening in a 251-172 vote to amend the federal health care bill to include protections against federal tax funding of abortion, as well as strengthened conscience rights for health care providers. The measure...
by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, Parental Rights, State Abortion Policy
A newly enacted Arizona law appears to be having an immediate and dramatic effect on the number of abortions performed statewide. The Abortion Consent Act, passed by the Legislature in 2009, took effect shortly after the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled it...
by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 12, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) this week lost a federal contract for working with victims of sex trafficking. The group has been awarded a federal grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 2006. The first was...
by ICE PAC Staff | Oct 12, 2011 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, Ultrasound
A new bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, would require abortion providers to make an unborn child’s heartbeat visible and audible to its mother in order for her to give her informed consent for an abortion. “A pregnant woman who enters...
