Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
8/8/2017 A House committee in Texas has approved a bill that would require abortion clinics to report complications and maternal deaths to the state Health and Human Services Commission within 72 hours: House Bill 13 by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, would require abortion providers and health care facilities to report within three business days to the Texas […]
7/28/2017 Massachusetts is considering a bill that would lower the age of consent for abortion from 18 to 16, allowing for abortions to be performed on girls 16 or older without parental consent or notification. The bill, S. 754, is being presented under the guise of “safeguarding the health care decisions of young adults.” But […]
6/23/2017 A statement released last month from the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has called out abortion clinics in the state for violating a law that requires them to report complications. Randall Williams stated that his department will enforce the law: Since 1979, Missouri law has required providers of […]
4/17/17 By Chuck Donovan In recent years, advocates of legal abortion have turned their attention to limiting or interfering with the work of pregnancy help centers (PHCs), typically nonprofit groups that offer a range of free or heavily discounted services to women and girls who think they may be pregnant. These centers have sprung up […]
3/3/2017 As the debate over whether to allow abortion in Ireland continues, an Irish professor has stated that the claim that abortion is bad for women’s mental health is a “fringe view” that is not supported in science or medicine. Veronica O’Keane, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, told the The Irish Times […]
