Today in Planned Parenthood v. Rounds, the Eighth Circuit upheld South Dakota’s “suicide advisory”—that portion of its informed consent law requiring that women be informed that there is an increased risk of suicide ideation and suicide following abortion. AUL filed an amicus brief twice—once before the original Eighth Circuit panel, and then again when the […]
Guttmacher Study on informed consent flawed and biased
In the June publication of “Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health” (a Guttmacher Institute publication), pro-abortion researchers argue in the article Attitudes and Decision Making Among Women Seeking Abortions at One U.S. Clinic that laws requiring that women be given pertinent information before choosing abortion are unnecessary. But this study contains major flaws: it studies […]
Abortion Proponents Argue Against Medical Standards of Care
What happens when abortion providers don’t follow practices of standard medical care? You get Kermit Gosnell. Or Steven Brigham and Nicola Riley. You get unsafe, unsanitary conditions. You get a “back alley.” In order to better protect the health and welfare of women seeking abortion, states regulate abortion clinics and require informed consent before obtaining […]
Fifth Circuit Upholds Comprehensive Texas Ultrasound Law
Today, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision upholding a newly enacted Texas ultrasound law and completely vacating a lower court’s injunction against the law’s enforcement. At issue were provisions requiring that abortion providers display an ultrasound and provide a medical description of the dimensions of the embryo […]
In addition to healthcare reform, U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the implications of assisted reproductive technologies
The current U.S. Supreme Court session is proving to be an exciting one. In addition to granting review of healthcare reform cases today, the Court also granted review in Capato v. Astrue—a case involving the rights of posthumously-conceived children. In this world of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), the facts of this case are all too […]
Majority of Americans support basic abortion restrictions, but conscience protections misunderstood
On Monday, Gallup published the results of a recent poll demonstrating that “[l]arge majorities of Americans favor the broad intent of several types of abortion restriction laws that are now common in many states, but have mixed or negative reactions to others.” On one level, the results affirmed what AUL has been saying for years: […]
Ohio Court: Planned Parenthood Violated the Law
In a ruling that may be the first of its kind, a state trial court ruled on Tuesday that an Ohio Planned Parenthood clinic violated state law by not abiding by the state’s mandatory 24-hour reflection period before a woman can obtain an abortion. Adding to the drama of this case is the fact that […]
South Carolina Legislature Acts to Protect Women from the Harms of Abortion
Women in South Carolina will soon be better protected from the harms of abortion. Early this morning, the legislature passed a bill that will increase the state’s reflection period from one hour to twenty-four hours. Previously, abortionists were permitted to perform abortions on women just one hour after giving them information outlining the risks of […]
