"Freedom of Choice Act"
FOCA

NRL News:  The "Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act" -- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Propose FOCA to Invalidate All Limits on Abortion -- April 25, 2007
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Text of "Freedom of Choice Act" (S. 1173), a bill to nullify any state or federal law that would "interfere with" access to abortion -- April 19, 2007
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Text of "Freedom of Choice Act" (H.R. 1964), a bill to nullify any state or federal law that would "interfere with" access to abortion --  April 19, 2007
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To see a current list of House cosponsors of the "Freedom of Choice Act," arranged by state, click here.

Letter to Congress from Cardinal Justin Rigali, for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, against the "Freedom of Choice Act" -- September 19, 2008 (PDF file)

Legal memorandum on the effects of the "Freedom of Choice Act" by Michael F. Moses, associate general counsel, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops -- August 15, 2008 (sent to members of Congress with Cardinal Rigali's September 19, 2008 letter) (PDF file)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) factsheet on the "Freedom of Choice Act." Read this to learn what PPFA admits the FOCA would do. (Factsheet issued January 22, 2004, downloaded from the PPFA website on April 25, 2007.)
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Pro-Abortion Senators Propose Bill To Invalidate All Limits on Abortion -- February 4, 2004

Press release from Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.), issued upon her introduction of the "Freedom of Choice Act" (S. 2020) -- January 22, 2004
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Text of the "Freedom of Choice Act" (S. 2020) introduced in the U.S. Senate on January 22, 2004, by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) and others
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