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British woman jailed for giving herself late term abortion

Monday, September 17th, 2012

Sarah Louise Catt, 35, of Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, England has been sentenced to 8-years in prison after she gave herself an abortion one week before her baby was due. The incident happened in 2009. Catt claims that when she figured out she was pregnant, she panicked because the pregnancy was a result of an ... read more »

Idaho Senate passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

The Idaho state Senate has passed a bill by a margin of 24-10 that would make performing an abortion on any woman past 20 weeks into her pregnancy illegal. Idaho Senate Bill 1165 was approved by committee last week, and a supporter of the bill, law professor Teresa Collett, claimed before the committee that “there ... read more »