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Utah Becomes First U. S. State to Pass Longest Abortion Waiting Period

By UCN on May 9, 2012 3:05 PM

Utah now has the longest abortion waiting period in the country, but groups opposed to the new law have no immediate plans to challenge it in court.

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Bill Banning Funding for Planned Parenthood

By UCN on May 5, 2012 4:49 PM

Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to taxpayer money funneled through the state for non-abortion services.

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Judge Rules Texas Cannot Ban Planned Parenthood from State Funds

By UCN on May 5, 2012 3:11 PM

Mary Green, Peg Armstrong, and Jan Perrault hold up signs during an event in March in San Antonio, held to protest the Texas legislature's move to cut Planned Parenthood out of Women's Health Program. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Helen L. Montoya)

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas cannot ban Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds, at least until a lower court has a chance to hear formal arguments.

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2012 Anti-Abortion Push Sees Record Number of Abortion Restrictions Sweeping Through Legislatures Across U. S.

By UCN on April 26, 2012 1:29 PM

Hundreds of people around the Georgia Capitol protest in March after the Senate passed measures banning abortion coverage under state employees' health care plans. (David Goldman, AP)

New restrictions on abortion are sweeping through legislatures from Virginia to Arizona, and voters in some states could see proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots that would define life as beginning at conception.

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Former Girl Scout Now Bakes and Sells "Cookies for Life"

By UCN on April 24, 2012 7:10 AM

Recently a pro-life health care clinic opened next door to Boise, Idaho's Planned Parenthood, giving pregnant women an alternative to the abortion provider.

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Mississippi Governor's Signing of Law Could Close State's Only Abortion Clinic

By UCN on April 17, 2012 5:17 AM

Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill that could close the only abortion clinic in Mississippi. (AP Photo)

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law on Monday a bill that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state, hailing it as an important step to "ensure that the lives of the born and unborn are protected in Mississippi."

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions

By UCN on April 13, 2012 8:18 AM

A measure signed by Gov. Jan Brewer will bar most abortions in Arizona after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a ban supporters say protects both mothers and fetuses but one that abortion-rights advocates say is among the most restrictive in the nation.

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Planned Parenthood Launches Prayer Campaign In Support of Abortions

By UCN on April 13, 2012 7:47 AM

Erica Moses, 21, of Bethlehem, Pa., left, Rachel Graf Evans, 20, of Westtown Pa., and Hope Rehak, 21, of Chicago, take part in a rally in support of Planned Parenthood, April 7, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

A Planned Parenthood group in California is launching a prayer campaign in support of abortion, called "40 Days of Prayer: Supporting Women Everywhere."

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Arizona House Sends Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions to Governor for Approval

By UCN on April 10, 2012 3:55 PM

Arizona's state House of Representatives voted to enact a bill on Tuesday that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, sending the closely watched measure on to the Republican governor for approval.

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1 In 5 British Abortion Clinics Violating Law

By UCN on April 3, 2012 3:08 AM

As many as 20 percent of Britain's abortion clinics may be guilty of violating the law, according to a government investigation reported on by The Daily Telegraph.

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