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States seek new ways to restrict abortions
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| Last Edited | kal Apr 26, 2010 07:04am |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Monday, April 26, 2010 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dozens of states are passing or debating new restrictions on abortion, a trend fueled in part by passage of the nation's new health care law.
Both sides of the hot-button issue are seeing new approaches to reduce abortions.
"This year, particularly in the past couple of weeks, it's really turned into a free-for-all on trying to restrict abortions," said Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute, a research group focused on reproductive health and rights.
So far, 2010 has been "very successful," said Mary Spaulding Balch of the National Right to Life Committee.
The most significant legislation, both sides say, is a Nebraska law signed by the governor this month that would ban most abortions at the 20th week of pregnancy based on a new rationale that the fetus feels pain. Legal challenges are likely. Previously, abortion bans were based on when a fetus could survive outside the womb, generally beginning around 22 weeks, according to medical studies.
At least 22 states have bills to increase counseling or waiting periods; 18 states have bills to expand the use of ultrasound, Nash said.
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