R.I. lawmakers push to wipe out outdated abortion laws
One law requires prior notice to a spouse. Another prohibits insurance coverage for an abortion in most cases unless the woman has paid a premium for a policy that gave her the option. A third mandates the imprisonment for up to seven years of anyone who attempts to induce a "miscarriage" in a pregnant woman. And a fourth, dating back to 1973, says: "human life commences at the instant of conception."
All were effectively rendered moot by the
But "we have a president who is anti-choice, no friend of women, and has demonstrated a reckless disregard for the
"We have anti-choice leaders in both chambers of
"Our state has lacked the political will to repeal these unconstitutional laws, and that inaction is now putting the health and rights of
Abortion-rights advocates have called a State House news conference for Tuesday to talk about the legislation that a number of Democratic women legislators introduced in the
The other lead sponsors in the House include Moria Walsh,
The media advisory said: "Planned Parenthood Votes!
Ajello said the legislation is significantly different than last year's version, which contained wording that was sharply criticized as "extreme" by the Rhode Island Right to Life Committee -- which held its annual "Pro-Life Rally" at the State House on
The core of the reworked bill remains the same. The legislation prohibits the state, and any of its political subdivisions, from placing any restrictions on the termination of a pregnancy "prior to fetal viability," which is defined as "that stage of gestation where the attending physician, taking into account the particular facts of the case, has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus' sustained survival outside of the womb with or without artificial support."
"In short, it remains seriously misleading to characterize this bill as merely 'placing an abortion-rights guarantee in state law.' "
His view: "It goes way beyond that and would make
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