Legal News: Abortion laws

David E. Hoy • Attorney and Counselor at Law

Seventy bills limiting abortion and 57 increasing abortion rights were passed last year in the United States ReligionToday January 24, 2000

Reported from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. Neither side in the debate was pleased with the results.
...Texas and Michigan passed the most laws restricting abortion, seven each, the report said. North Dakota surpassed Louisiana as the state where abortions are most difficult to obtain because of legal restrictions. Sixteen states passed laws promoting abstinence over other forms of birth control.
...Abortion rights groups applauded passage of laws requiring
insurance coverage for contraceptives in nine states, and a New York law protecting clinics from violence and harassment.

http://www.religiontoday.com/
Reprinted with permission from Religion Today.

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