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Monday, May 28th, 2012

Posts Tagged Roe v Wade

FRC pledges full assault on abortion rights this year

By | 01.24.12 | 5:07 am

As anti-abortion activists protested (and abortion-rights activists counter-protested) the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Capitol Hill Monday, lawmakers and policy leaders gathered at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss effective anti-abortion strategy in 2012. Many of the speakers used super-charged language when discussing abortion and contraception, and goals centered on the GOP taking control over the Senate and White House in November to advance federal anti-abortion legislation.

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Failed in Colorado, anti-abortion personhood movement winning in Mississippi

By | 08.31.11 | 10:31 am

Colorado voters in 2008 and 2010 roundly rejected “personhood” initiatives that aimed to grant full legal rights to human eggs from the moment of fertilization. The national organization behind the idea, Personhood USA, then took its campaign to Mississippi, betting the state’s large bloc of religious voters might put it over the top and set the stage to challenge Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in 1973.

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Fetal homicide bill killed by misinformation

By | 03.17.11 | 5:18 pm

Misinformation ended the life of House Bill 1256 that would have made the willful killing of a fetus up to a 2nd degree felony in Colorado statutes, according to Republican prime sponsor Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs. Waller said emails he received made it clear the bill would become the focal point for a fight over abortion, a fight neither he nor others wanted this year.

Obama radio ad: ‘McCain will make abortion illegal’

By | 09.03.08 | 12:44 pm

The Obama campaign began airing a radio ad in Colorado and at least six other swing states this week that takes on John McCain’s opposition to abortion, Politico’s Ben Smith reports.