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Maybe some day in Washington State ...
Oklahoma bans abortion in state hospitals
Governor declines to sign bill
By Jaclyn Houghton
CNHI News Service
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry allowed an anti-abortion bill to become law on Wednesday by taking no action on the legislation.
The passage of the measure makes Oklahoma the only state this year to pass legislation that would prohibit certain abortions in state-funded medical facilities, according to a research institute.Full story at: http://www.pryordailytimes.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_143204201.html
US and Canada Fertility Rate
House Bill 1163 (Creating a human stem cell research advisory committee.):
Introduced by Rep. Brian Sullivan on January 11, 2007, to create the Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor. The committee would be responsible for developing scientific, ethical, and legal guidelines for stem cell research.
Details and Comments: http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=48894
Parental Consent Laws Give Girls Pregnant Pause
From Family Research Council:
As the old adage goes, knowing is half the battle. That may also ring true in the parental notification debate. New research suggests that states with abortion notification and consent laws on the books actually have lower rates of sexually transmitted diseases. With data collected from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, professors Jonathan Klick of Florida State University and Thomas Stratmann of George Mason University found that teen gonorrhea rates decreased by 20 percent among Hispanics and 12 percent among white girls in states with parental consent laws. The professors conclude that young women are less likely to engage in risky sexual activity if their parents will ultimately be informed of their pregnancies. In the U.S., 44 states have adopted parental notification or consent laws but in nine of those states the provisions have either been blocked by the courts or unenforced. As Congress seeks to unite on "popular" legislation, we urge them to reconsider an issue with 80 percent approval among Americans--tighter parental notification laws like the Child Custody Protection Act.
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FSU study: Abortion notification, consent laws reduce risky teen sex
Study: Consent Laws Reduce Teen Sex
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AFA Journal
November 17, 2006
Next stories will be posted on Nov. 27, 2006
(AgapePress) - According to a new study, abortion notification and consent laws actually reduce risky sexual behavior among teenagers.
The finding is the result of data collected from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and examined by Jonathan Klick, Florida State University College of Law professor, and Thomas Stratmann, economics professor at George Mason University. The men used gonorrhea rates as an indicator of risky sexual activity and compared them to parental notification laws that were in place at the time.
By doing so, they discovered that teen gonorrhea rates decreased by an average of 20 percent among Hispanic girls and by an average of 12 percent among white girls in states where consent laws were practiced.
Full story at: http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/172006e.asp
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The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fewer Oregon women are getting abortions.From 1998 through 2004, the number of abortions in Oregon fell from 14,344 to 11,443, according to state figures.
That was a decrease of about 20 percent. The year 2004 is the last for which the Department of Human Services has a full year of data posted on its Web site.
The state has one of the oldest and least restrictive laws in the nation. It has none of the limits — such as waiting periods, mandated parental involvement or restrictions on publicly funded abortions — that exist in many states. Oregon's abortion rights law, passed in 1969, preceded the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationally ...NARAL Pro-Choice America, a national abortion rights group, ranks Oregon seventh among states on legal and geographic access to abortion. California ranks No. 1, Washington No. 2 and South Dakota No. 47.
Full story at: http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1142282364203680.xml&storylist=orlocal
