
Black antiabortion advocates later this month plan to host three events in the San Francisco Bay Area in an "aggressive push" to reduce the disproportionate number of abortions among black women, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Issues4Life Foundation on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan.

The following highlights recent news of state and local actions on women's health-related issues.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a June 2007 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that struck down a Michigan law banning some types of abortions, including so-called "partial-birth" abortion, the AP/MLive.com reports. Supreme Court justices did not comment on their decision to let the lower court ruling stand (AP/MLive.com, 1/7).
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