Archive for February, 2009
Arkansas House Passes Abortion Ban
By micro99 at 13 February, 2009, 4:46 pm
The Arkansas state House passed a bill on Thursday that will ban late-term abortions in the state, making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure.
In an 84-6 vote yesterday the state legislature passed with no debate and no one speaking on the House floor about the bill.
“I was very excited and surprised,” representative [...]
Indiana Considers Fetal Homicide Bills
By micro99 at 3 February, 2009, 4:30 pm
Two legislators in Indiana have proposed bills that would increase the penalties for a crime in which a fetus dies, but they say the bills are not an attempt to change abortion state laws.
According to the Indianapolis Star, the bills would add up to 55 years in prison to a person convicted of a crime [...]
