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Hyde Amendment. On October 22, 1993, President Clinton signed into law the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994.[3] The Act contained a new version of the Hyde Amendment that expanded the category of abortions for which federal funds are available under Medicaid to include cases of rape and incest.[4] Effect on low-income women[edit] State actions[edit] States that fund abortions State funds abortions voluntarily State funds abortions under court order The cutoff of federal Medicaid funds prompted some states to provide public funding for abortion services from their own coffers.

Related laws[edit] The Hyde Amendment inspired the passage of other similar provisions extending the ban on funding of abortions to a number of other federal health care programs. The Stupak–Pitts Amendment, an amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act, was introduced by Democratic Rep. See also[edit] References[edit] Pew Forum: Abortion Laws Around the World. Why Can't We Love Them Both? On Line Book by Dr. and Mrs. Willke. Editor's Note: Please visit our home page for a full listing of abortion facts. (Questions and Answers About Abortion) - John C. Willke, MD & Barbara H. Willke, RN Preface This is the third book in a series over 25 years. In 1985 we saw the need for a totally new book. Except for a few classic papers, we used new and updated scientific articles to support our answers. It did fill the shoes of Handbook. It is now 26 years since we entered this struggle.

Love Them Both proclaims the new theme that our research has shown is the way to turn the tide as we move into the 21st century. Broad areas in society, major church bodies and political parties have joined the pro-life side, but, in opposition, we have not yet seen the full fury of the pro-abortion ideologies and of the pro-abortion industry. Accordingly, we offer this new educational tool, hoping it too will fill the need its two predecessors did.

And we offer this book. Dr. & Mrs. Chapter 1 - The Situation Compromise? Adoption: Contraception: U.S. "Mexico City Policy" concerning abortion in foreign countries. Thus, an agency's funding might be cut off from its contraceptive/family planning counseling services in one country if it had any abortion activity in the same or in another country. Reagan's rationale was that even if an agency involved in both family planning and abortion were given funding only for their family planning functions, that it would release funds within the organization for their abortion activity. This executive order has since been called the Mexico City policy. "During the 9 years that the ban was in effect, funding increased substantially for USAID population planning assistance, and 350 private, foreign organizations received aid.

" 2 International Planned Parenthood Federation, and a few other agencies, refused to conform to the Mexico City policy. They continued to direct part of their budget to abortion provision, and to political activity to advocate for access to abortion. They were denied all U.S. government funding. 1997: Opposition to the funding ban: Federal Abortion Laws. Format Document. Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert: “Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-108, to read: START_STATUTE15-108.

Preference for childbirth; allowable presentations A. in view of the state’s strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL in this state may ENDORSE OR PROVIDE FINANCIAL OR INSTRUCTIONAL program SUPPORT TO ANY PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT PRESENT CHILDBIRTH AND ADOPTION AS PREFERRED OPTIONS TO ELECTIVE ABORTION. B. in view of the state’s strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL in this state MAY ALLOW ANY PRESENTATION DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OR FURNISH ANY MATERIALS TO PUPILS AS PART OF ANY INSTRUCTION THAT DOES NOT GIVE PREFERENCE, encouragement and support TO CHILDBIRTH AND ADOPTION AS PREFERRED OPTIONS TO ELECTIVE ABORTION.”END_STATUTE Amend title to conform.

Pregnancy. An embryo is the developing offspring during the first 8 weeks following conception, and subsequently the term fetus is used until birth.[1][2] In many societies' medical or legal definitions, human pregnancy is somewhat arbitrarily divided into three trimester periods, as a means to simplify reference to the different stages of prenatal development. The first trimester carries the highest risk of miscarriage (natural death of embryo or fetus). During the second trimester, the development of the fetus can be more easily monitored and diagnosed.

The third trimester is marked by further growth of the fetus and the development of fetal fat stores.[3] The point of fetal viability, or the point in time at which fetal life outside of the uterus is possible, usually coincides with the late second or early third trimesters, and is typically associated with high degrees of morbidity and mortality.[4] Terminology Physiology Initiation Fertilization and implantation in humans.

Maternal changes Duration. Harris v. McRae. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court decision on July 3, 1989 upholding a Missouri law that imposed restrictions on the use of state funds, facilities, and employees in performing, assisting with, or counseling on abortions. The Supreme Court in Webster allowed for states to legislate in an area that had previously been thought to be forbidden under Roe v. Wade. Background of the case[edit] The state of Missouri passed a law which, in its preamble, stated that "the life of each human being begins at conception" and "unborn children have protectable interests in life, health, and well-being.

" The statute The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri struck down the above provisions, and prohibited their enforcement. The Supreme Court's decision[edit] The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the lower court, stating that: The opinions[edit] References[edit] Doe v. Bolton. History of case during the 1970s[edit] The Georgia law in question permitted abortion only in cases of rape, severe fetal deformity, or the possibility of severe or fatal injury to the mother. Other restrictions included the requirement that the procedure be approved in writing by three physicians and by a special committee of the staff of the hospital where the abortion was to be performed.

In addition, only Georgia residents could receive abortions under this statutory scheme: non-residents could not have an abortion in Georgia under any circumstances. The plaintiff, a pregnant woman who was given the pseudonym "Mary Doe" in court papers to protect her identity, sued Arthur K. Bolton, then the Attorney General of Georgia, as the official responsible for enforcing the law. The anonymous plaintiff has since been identified as Sandra Cano, a 22-year-old mother of three who was nine weeks pregnant at the time the lawsuit was filed. Broad definition of health[edit] See also[edit] Abortion in the United States. Abortion in the United States, and abortion-related issues, are the subject of intense public and political debate and discussion in the United States. Various anti-abortion laws had been on every state statute book since at least 1900.

Abortion was prohibited in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances (such as pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, and date drug.) in 20 states. The Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade invalidated all of these laws, and set guidelines for the availability of abortion. Roe established that the abortion right "must be considered against important state interests in regulation That decision was modified by the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Before Roe v. The pro-choice position was most popular in the early to mid-1990s [3] and has since declined somewhat to levels slightly above its popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s.[3] Terminology[edit] History[edit] Pre-1960s[edit] Abortion laws in the U.S. before Roe. Illegal. (30) Legal in case of rape (1)

Roe v. Wade. In disallowing many state and federal restrictions on abortion in the United States,[3][4] Roe v. Wade prompted a national debate that continues today about issues including whether, and to what extent, abortion should be legal, who should decide the legality of abortion, what methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication, and what the role should be of religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe v. Wade reshaped national politics, dividing much of the United States into pro-choice and pro-life camps, while activating grassroots movements on both sides. Background History of abortion laws in the United States According to the Court, "the restrictive criminal abortion laws in effect in a majority of States today are of relatively recent vintage.

" Prior history of the case In June 1969, Norma L. In 1970, Coffee and Weddington filed suit in a U.S. Before the Supreme Court Roe v. Arguments were scheduled by the full Court for December 13, 1971. Right to privacy. Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state regulations regarding abortion were challenged. The Court's plurality opinion upheld the constitutional right to have an abortion and altered the standards for analyzing restrictions of that right, invalidating one regulation but upholding the other four. Background of the case[edit] Five provisions of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 authored by Rep.

The case was a seminal one in the history of abortion decisions in the United States. At this point, only two of the Justices were obvious supporters of Roe v. The case was argued by ACLU attorney Kathryn Kolbert for Planned Parenthood, with Linda J. The case defined where the role of women was seen in law. The District Court's ruling[edit] Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision[edit] The Supreme Court's consideration[edit] The Court's opinions[edit]