abortion

Indiana House Panel Approves Amended Abortion Bill

Rick Howlett and Associated Press — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:45:18 +0000

Indiana lawmakers are dropping a proposal that would require clinics offering the abortion pill perform ultrasounds on women seeking the drug.

A House committee removed that provision Wednesday from a broader Senate bill that would force clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions to meet the same facility requirements as clinics that perform surgical abortions.

The committee voted 8-5 to advance the bill to the full House.

Kentucky Senate Passes Pair of Abortion Bills

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:36:19 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Doctors would be required to make ultrasound images available to women seeking abortions under legislation passed by the Senate on Friday.

Mourdock: Donnelly Playing "Sleazy Politics"

Phillip M. Bailey — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:52:11 +0000

In a new television ad airing statewide, Republican Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock is going on the offensive in response to a series of attacks from his opponent and national Democrats.

The spot slams Congressman Joe Donnelly for "sleazy politics," and escalates what has become a national race for control of the Senate. Mourdock's camp is specifically responding to tough ad put out by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that targets the GOP nominee's comments about that pregnancies resulting from rape were intended by God.

Mourdock's campaign says Donnelly and the Democrats are "twisting" his word and "attacking his faith" over the issue of abortion.

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Anti-Abortion Candidate Plans Graphic TV Ads

Rick Howlett and The Associated Press — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:11:44 +0000

An anti-abortion activist who filed for Congress so he could run TV ads supporting his cause plans to air an especially graphic ad showing a dismembered fetus on nine stations.

Andrew Beacham is running in Kentucky's 2nd District but not with the intention of winning.

Official: Indiana Abortion Law Violates Medicaid Rules

Rick Howlett — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:30:46 +0000

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has won an administrative victory in its opposition to a state law that seeks to block Medicaid funding for the reproductive services organization.

But the standoff with the state over the 2011 statute is far from over.

A federal hearing officer has upheld an earlier ruling by Medicaid officials that the state law denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers.