Senate Democrats block GOP’s ‘born-alive’ abortion bill
Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get Democrats on the record as voting against a bill being framed as anti-infanticide.
Senate Democrats Block G.O.P. Effort to Criminalize Some Abortion Providers
The bill would require that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection as any newborn baby, and threaten medical providers with prison time for failing to resuscitate them.
First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats
U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established penalties for health care professionals who don’t provide medical care for infants born following an attempted abortion,
Senators spar over abortion policy as Democrats kill Born-Alive legislation
Senate Democrats on Wednesday derailed a bill that would have required medical providers to perform life-saving care for babies born alive after a failed abortion.
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Trump’s hands-off abortion stance faces political reality
President-elect Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, but that could prove a tough promise to keep as ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, senior Republican lawmakers say Texas should clarify abortion ban
"I do think that we need to clarify any language so that doctors are not in fear of being penalized if they think the life of ...
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3 GOP-led states can challenge abortion pill rules, Texas judge says
Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can proceed with their push against abortion pill mifepristone, a judge in Texas ruled Thursday.
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Missouri voters protected abortion up to 'fetal viability.' Now GOP lawmakers want to define that
The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters protects abortion access until the point of fetal viability, when a ...
Missouri Republicans unlikely to face backlash for going after voter-approved abortion rights
The Republican supermajority in the Missouri Legislature contends rolling back some, if not all, of the abortion rights ...
Republican states can move ahead with abortion pill lawsuit in Texas
Three Republican-led states can go forward with their lawsuit that seeks to restrict the availability of the abortion pill ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas Legislature should clarify abortion ban’s emergency exceptions
Patients and doctors have said the ban's only exception is so vague and the penalties are so steep that providers are ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk
Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion ...
Candidate Trump was an abortion moderate. What will President Trump be?
Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to ...