Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Reaction Surrounding Proposed Abortion Bans, US

Main Category: Abortion
Article Date: 08 Mar 2006 - 18:00 PST

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Several newspapers recently have examined reaction from governors, lawmakers and advocates to bills or constitutional amendments pending in the state legislatures of Mississippi, Missouri and South Dakota that would ban most abortions. Some of the articles are listed below.

Mississippi

• AP/Biloxi Sun Herald: "Mississippi Lawmakers Jump Into National Fray Over Abortion Issue" (Wagster Pettus, AP/Biloxi Sun Herald, 3/5).
  


• London's Times: "U.S. States Join Abortion Revolt To Bring Back Ban" (Baxter, Times, 3/5).
  

Missouri

• AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Blunt, Antiabortion Group Concerned About Bill Banning Abortion" (Lieb, AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/2).
  


• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Missouri Antiabortion Leaders Question Strategy of Bills To Ban Procedure" (Franck/Rivoli, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/2).

South Dakota

• AP/ABC News: "S.D. Conservatives Seek Roe v. Wade Fight" (Walker, AP/ABC News, 3/5).
  


• Kansas City Star: "Abortion Challenge Brews in S. Dakota" (Canon, Kansas City Star, 3/5).

PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer": The segment includes comments from state Sens. Julie Bartling (D), Dave Knudson (R) and Bill Napoli (R); state Reps. Clayton Halverson (D) and Elaine Roberts (D); Miriam McCreary, a physician who provides abortion services; Gov. Mike Rounds (R); Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota; and a woman who drove more than five hours to undergo an abortion (de Sam Lazaro, "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," PBS, 3/3). The complete transcript is available online. The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

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