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2010 Pro-Life Victories
Part Two of Three Pro-life victories started in March when Idaho successfully passed a law which provides comprehensive conscience protections for health care professionals. The measure protects health care workers from being required to participate in abortion or euthanasia. West Virginia quickly followed with the passage of a law that protects a mother's right to view an ultrasound prior to an abortion by requiring the abortionist to inform her that she has the right to view one. On that same day, April 2, Oklahoma had three prolife bills signed into law. The first one, similar to Idaho's, would protect health care professionals' freedom of conscience by affirming their right to refuse to participate in the taking of a human life. The second regulates the use of the dangerous abortion drug RU 486. And the third one prohibits abortions that are done for sex-selection reasons.
Less than two weeks later, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed two pro-life bills into law -- one measure that would prevent abortion of unborn children (20 weeks or older) who are capable of feeling pain. The other requires the abortionist to screen women for statistically significant risk factors that may put them at higher risk for psychological or physical complications following an abortion--and to advise the women of the results of the screening. On April 19, despite his pro-abortion stance, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen surprised pro-life advocates by signing The Freedom from Coercion Act which requires abortion facilities to prominently post policies against coercion in an effort to stop forced abortions. And last week, on April 20th Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a law that requires accurate abortion statistics to be recorded throughout the state and reported. |
