by admin | Jul 3, 2019 | Front Page, ICE-PAC's Advocacy, Illinois Politics, Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
New “Reproductive Health Act” Narrows the Definition of “Viability” and Makes Other Changes to Existing Law, Expanding Late-Term Abortions OVERVIEW. The Reproductive Health Act, SB 25, HFA 1 (“RHA“) narrows the definition of “viability” of the unborn child,...
by Eleanore Strong | Feb 24, 2014 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
Abortion advocates at the Guttmacher Institute and other pro-abortion institutions say they are “fighting back,” introducing more legislation to expand access to abortion than in any year in recent memory. But pro-life advocates say that public opinion,...
by Eleanore Strong | Feb 24, 2014 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
The Supreme Court this morning effectively killed an Arizona bill that would have denied Planned Parenthood any share of state Medicaid dollars, declining to hear an appeal from the state. The law would have deemed abortionists not “qualified” to receive...
by Eleanore Strong | Jan 24, 2014 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
Professor Michael J. New has written an excellent piece at the National Review Online about the progress pro-lifers made in calendar year 2013, particularly in state legislatures. Some highlights: A Texas bill was passed that banned abortions after 20 weeks gestation...
by Eleanore Strong | Dec 30, 2013 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
A survey of abortion clinics in the United States has concluded that a record number of 87 surgical abortion clinics closed in 2013. The survey, conducted by pro-life organization Operation Rescue, found that the total number of surgical abortion clinics remaining in...
by admin | Jun 18, 2013 | Issues, News, News & Opinion, State Abortion Policy
The House Tuesday passed a bill that would ban most abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The most far-reaching abortion legislation in the House in a decade, it was passed 228-196, mostly along party lines. Source: Politico.com
