by APFLI | Oct 9, 2005 | Legislation / Court Cases
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn the Weldon Amendment, a law forbidding state and local governments that receive federal funds from discriminating against health-care providers because they refuse to perform or refer patients for abortions....
by APFLI | Sep 22, 2005 | Legislation / Court Cases
Many nurses and other medical professionals are unaware that they have the legal right to refuse to participate in an abortion. Georgia law, for example, protects nurses from assisting in abortions and related procedures, if the nurse will simply notify her...
by APFLI | Apr 27, 2005 | Legislation / Court Cases
Senators Find Common Ground: Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act CIANA: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act Right Of Conscience for Medical Professionals Stands Life At Conception Act IL Pharmacists Sue Over ‘Must Dispense’ Order…...
by APFLI | Nov 27, 2004 | Abortion - Archive
Trauma Symptoms After Abortion Common – Women Attribute Substance Abuse, Sexual Disorders, and Suicidal Thoughts to Abortion Abortion Linked to Later Anxiety Problems – Women Who Give Birth after “Unintended Pregnancies” Do...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Legislation / Court Cases
In the USA, we still have "conscience protection" so that we are NOT REQUIRED to refer for abortion. This is found in the Weldon Amendment, passed yearly by the federal legislature along with government medical funding legislation. You may remember that the...
