Abortion
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D.C. abortion bill up for House committee vote
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A House committee is scheduled to vote on a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Virginia, Maryland new laws take effect
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New laws on abortions, guns, drunk driving and taxes are going into effect in Maryland and Virginia.
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Virginia Board of Health rejects most controversial abortion clinic regulation
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The board voted 7-4 Friday to strike a requirement that existing clinics meet the same strict building standards as new hospital construction.
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Va. Health Dept. releases proposed permanent abortion clinic regs
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The Virginia Health Department has released its proposed permanent regulations governing abortion clinics. The State Board of Health will vote on the regs on June 15. Emergency regulations have been in effect since Jan. 1.
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Virginia abortion protesters will avoid jail
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The 30 protesters arrested at the state Capitol in March while demonstrating over abortion-related legislation will escape jail time.
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D.C. fetal pain bill debated in Congress
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A bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy will get its first hearing in the House.
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Abortions in the district: Should Congress have the right to enact limitations? (poll)
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A bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy will get its first hearing in the House. Do you think Congress should enact such limitations on abortion?
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Oklahoma court halts 'personhood' rights for embryos
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The state's highest court ruled unanimously that a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that would define a fertilized human egg as a person violates a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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Federal appeals court hears Maryland abortion center free speech case
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Is it unconstitutional for two Maryland communities to require anti-abortion pregnancy counseling centers by to post signs stating that they do not provide medical services?
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Gov. Bob McDonnell signs controversial pre-abortion ultrasound bill
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The original version of the bill was modified after it was lampooned on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, called the law "an appalling and offensive government overreach."
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Steven Brigham, Nicola Riley have charges dropped in abortion case
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Authorities have dropped murder charges against two abortion doctors accused of killing fetuses in Elkton.
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Virginia House passes controversial ultrasound bill
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The House of Delegates approved a measure maing abdominal ultrasounds mandatory for women seeking abortions. Governor Bob McDonnell is expected to sign it into law.
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Virginia Senate passes ultrasound abortion bill
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The Virginia Senate has passed a bill requiring women to get an external ultrasound before an abortion.
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Emily Rapp challenges Santorum about prenatal testing
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Mother Emily Rapp is asking Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum to meet her 1-year-old son who suffers from the genetic disease Tay-Sachs and challenging his stance on prenatal testing.
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Virginia Medicaid abortion fund ban killed
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On a 13-2 vote, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to kill a bill that would have eliminated state funding for low income women who have learned that their fetuses have incapacitating and perhaps mortal deformities.
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Jon Stewart, SNL help doom Va. 'transvaginal' abortion bill with ridicule
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Once the word "transvaginal" became a big joke on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," it wasn't long before Virginia's conservative Republicans realized they had overreached on abortion.
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Virginia 'personhood' bill dies
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Virginia's controversial proposed bill that would define life starting at conception has died.
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Bob McDonnell backs away from controvertial abortion bill
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“No person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state, without their consent, as a precondition to another medical procedure," McDonnell said Wednesday.
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