A Massachusetts bill that would expand abortion clinic buffer zones from 18 feet to 35 feet provides a "reasonable balance that reasonable people will support," a Boston Globe editorial says (Boston Globe, 10/30). The state Senate passed the bill last week by voice vote. [click link for full article]
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday delayed a grand jury investigation of abortion provider George Tiller and his Wichita, Kan.-based clinic until it determines if the panel should convene, the AP/Guardian reports (Manning, AP/Guardian, 10/27). [click link for full article]
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt (R), an abortion-rights opponent, last week convened a task force to examine the potential physical, emotional, social and economic effects of abortion on women, the AP/Joplin Globe reports. [click link for full article]
The National Right to Life Committee recently defended Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) after he was criticized for meeting with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, to discuss Giuliani's views on abortion, [click link for full article]
Anne Weyman, Chief Executive, fpa said: "We warmly welcome the conclusions and recommendations of this report. The Science and Technology Committee have conducted a thorough investigation and demonstrated great sensitivity towards the needs of women having an abortion and the health professionals supporting them. The evidence for a radical review of the 1967 Abortion Act to modernise abortion services is now overwhelming. [click link for full article]
Although some voters might "care deeply" about how a candidate views abortion "because that stance is accurately considered an important signifier of the candidate's sensibilities and sympathies, and of his or her notion of sound constitutional reasoning," those views are "not especially important" when it comes to abortion policy [click link for full article]
The link "implied" by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, between an increase in the number of adoptions and a decrease in abortions in the city is "unsupportable," Cory Richards, senior vice president and vice president for public policy at the [click link for full article]
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri last week filed a second lawsuit in Jackson County, Mo., asking the court to exclude clinics that offer only medical abortions from a state law ( [click link for full article]
Attorneys for abortion provider George Tiller last week filed a motion with the Kansas Supreme Court to block a grand jury investigation of him and his Wichita, Kan.-based clinic, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. The grand jury is scheduled to convene Tuesday in Sedgwick County, Kan. (AP/Kansas City Star, 10/24). [click link for full article]
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) on Thursday said he is "much more comfortable" with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) position on abortion after meeting with him in Washington, D.C., the AP/CBS News reports. [click link for full article]
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