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Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...Tags: Rick Snyder, Elections, Voting, Incest, Family Planning
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Michigan proposal bans insurance coverage of abortion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A citizen-led measure would prohibit Michigan health insurance plans from covering elective abortion unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy. A group called No Taxes for Abortion Insurance soon plans to...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Government, Insurance, Social Issues, Politics
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Pa. abortion doctor gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus." Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the...
Tags: FBI, Punishment, Laws, Lawyers, Prescription Drugs
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Pa. abortion clinic trial jurors break for weekend
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury is breaking for the weekend amid deliberations in the capital murder case of an abortion provider. Jurors return Monday to weigh charges that 72-year-old Dr. Kermit Gosnell killed a patient and four babies...
Tags: FBI, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Trials, Abortion Issue, Science and Technology, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pence signs bill for tighter abortion pill rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed into law a bill tightening the state's regulations on distribution of the abortion pill and clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions. The governor's office says Pence on Wednesday...
Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues
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Mich. lawmakers seek answers about abortion doctor
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Senate panel is seeking answers from the state's licensing department over the handling of complaints against a Muskegon doctor who performed abortions. The Senate Judiciary Committee called in officials from the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Television Industry, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawyer: Pa. abortion clinic no 'house of horrors'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The description of a shuttered abortion clinic as a "house of horrors" is a "political press fabrication," a lawyer for a doctor charged with killing four babies allegedly born alive there said Monday. Authorities say Dr....
Tags: Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Judges, Murder, Woodbridge
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3 murder charges against Pa. abortion doc tossed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three of eight murder charges were thrown out Tuesday against a Philadelphia abortion provider whose clinic was called a "house of horrors," apparently because the judge had not heard sufficient evidence from prosecutors that the...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Judges
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North Dakota governor signs 'fetal pain' measure
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law a measure that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that at that point a fetus can feel pain. The law signed Tuesday is another in a list...Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Politics
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PA abortion clinic worker: I saw 10 babies breathe
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former abortion clinic worker capped the five-week murder trial of her former boss with powerful testimony that she saw more than 10 babies breathe before they were killed. "I thought they were breathing," Kareema Cross...
Tags: FBI, Trials, Pain, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pa. abortion trial: Assistant gave anesthesia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman trained only as a medical assistant told jurors Wednesday that she gave anesthesia, set dosing amounts and performed ultrasounds when she worked at a now-shuttered abortion clinic whose owner is charged with killing a...Tags: Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Laws, Lawyers, Procedural Sedation
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