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Initiative challenges reproductive rights
The Alaska Department of Law has questioned the constitutionality of a ballot initiative that would recognize fetuses as legal persons, but that hasn't precluded Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell from his duty to approve the vetted petition for signature gathering.
Planned Parenthood sues over abortion, stem cell petitions
Planned Parenthood sued the state Wednesday to object to the language in two proposed anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell funding ballot initiatives.
Personhood initiative lining up friends and foes
A version of the anti-choice initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked as an “egg-as-a-person” initiative.
Proposed Nevada abortion ban slow to gain support
An initiative petition filed this week seeking to outlaw abortion in Nevada is part of a national effort launched in at least eight states that has divided anti-abortion activists.
Anti-Choice Amendment Moves On
If an anti-choice group has its way, Missourians will have the chance to cast their votes on an amendment to the Missouri Constitution in November 2010. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's office gave the green light to Personhood Missouri to begin collecting the 147,000 signatures it will need to put their anti-abortion amendment on the ballot.
Reproductive freedom advocates study Nev. Initiative
Abortion and civil rights advocates said Thursday that they are reviewing the description wording of a proposed initiative petition that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws.
Two Missouri ballot initiatives on anti-choice-related issues OK’d
Two ballot initiatives concerning abortion were approved for circulation this week by the Missouri secretary of state.
National ‘Personhood’ Backers Barnstorm Montana With One Big Exception
Three major players in the absolutist anti-choice movement headed to Big Sky Country last weekend to push a second attempt at a state ballot measure to ban abortion without exception. But the confab is also as noteworthy for the obvious absence of a prominent group in the egg-as-a-person campaign.
Birth control ban a possibility
Petitions to amend the Florida Constitution over the possible banning of birth control and reproductive freedom have been the center of debate in Tallahassee this month.
Stakes high in fight over gay rights
Religious conservatives are telling voters that Referendum 71 is the last chance to stop those who would legalize gay marriage, while their opponents try to keep the debate focused on domestic partnerships — something that to many voters is still unfamiliar.
