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THE ABORTION CHOICE ACT MODEL LEGISLATION 12/8/96 Synopsis: Creates the Abortion Choice Act. Requires physicians providing abortions to inform women of their rights under the law, of all risks and alternatives to the abortion which would be relevant to the decision of a reasonable patient, of unique and predisposing risk factors which she may possess, […]
Legislative Hearings On Standard of Care Issues Regarding Abortion The legislature can be asked to hold hearings on whether or not clinics are operating according to the ideal standard of care for screening, full disclosure, individualized counseling based on individual risk factors and health needs, protection from coercion, and the formulation of informed medical recommendations. […]
Woman’s Right to Know Act June 27, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Woman’s Right to Know Act. Section 5. Legislative findings and purposes. (a) the Legislature of the State of Illinois finds […]
Proposals for Legislation A Superior Approach to Banning Abortions: The Woman’s Health Protection Act A shorter version of the Women’s Health Protection Act Protection from Coercion and High Risk Abortion Act These Previous versions have additional features that have been sacrificed to reduce length but still warrant consideration. Protection from Coercion and High Risk Abortion […]
The Morning After Abortion Pill Act In order to expose the truth about the “morning after pill,” I would encourage state and federal legislators to consider a consumer protection law that would ensure that women receiving a prescription for “emergency contraceptives” are provided with a “plain language” explanation of how this hormonal therapy works. Before […]
THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT January 15, 1998 Text from Mississippi Senate Bill 3039 THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT Synopsis: Creates the Protection From High Risk And Coercive Abortion Act. Requires physicians and the facilities where they are providing abortions to inform each woman of her rights […]
The Right to Full Disclosure Act — a voter initiated referendum to amend a state constitution “Women have a civil right to full disclosure of all risks, alternatives, or other information which a patient might reasonably consider relevant to a decision to refuse a recommendation for abortion. The State may not limit a woman’s right […]
The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act – Summary of Nine Major Points – This bill will protect women from undergoing unwanted or contraindicated abortions. It will save the lives of their wanted children and save these women from an surgical operation that, at least in their unique high risk situation, is more […]
Should Abortionists Be Excluded From Tort Reform? The argument will be made that Republicans are the champions of tort reform but here we are trying to broaden an area of the law to encourage more law suits. To address this issue we must try to clarify the reasons given for tort reform and explain either […]
APPEAL TO CONGRESS adopted by unanimous vote as a resolution at the FIRST NATIONAL WOMEN AT RISK CONFERENCE August 8, 1998 WHEREAS, abortion is a highly complex decision that encompasses more medical, psychological, familial, social, and moral issues than any other type of surgery; WHEREAS, women have routinely been deprived of information regarding proven or […]
Women at Risk — “One Voice Now” We are a national coalition of women and their families who have had abortions and have either been: Pressured into unwanted abortions by others; Mistreated by abortion practitioners or abortion counselors; Deprived of information relevant to making an informed decision; Injured physically, psychologically, and/or emotionally; Denied legal recourse […]
First National Conference of “Women at Risk” Slated (Springfield, IL – May 12, 1998) Women at Risk, a national coalition of women and their family members who have been hurt by past abortions, will be holding their first national conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 7th and 8th, 1998. “The goal of this national […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. During the last ten years, post-abortion issues have become increasingly important to the pro-life movement. But within the overall pro-life strategy, post-abortion issues are still just an add-on–an extra argument, an extra service. They have yet to become as central to the pro-life strategy as they must be if we […]