26
January
2012
House GOP proposes three bills to restrict abortion
Coinciding with the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, House Republicans have introduced three new bills to restrict access to abortion.
House Republicans proposed three bills that would restrict abortion rights, doing so Monday, the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision granting those rights to women.
The bills also coincided with Monday's March for Life, in which thousands of anti-abortion-rights activists held a rally in Washington.
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) introduced the first of the three bills, H.R. 3802, which would require abortion providers to obtain written certification from a woman seeking an abortion, then to wait 24 hours after that certification before performing the abortion.
Read more at The Hill Blog
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