Last month’s Supreme Court ruling on a Texas law that closed dozens of abortion clinics has been hailed as the most significant court decision related to abortion since Roe v Wade in 1973.
The decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt was important because it tackled two specific and key provisions of a sweeping law to restrict abortions that Texas’s conservative legislature passed in 2013, namely:
1 The requirement of doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at...
Read More
Abortion
Virginia’s Ultrasound Law is the Latest Chapter in a Legal Battle over Abortion
Veritas Legal Media -757-582-1836, veritaslegalmedia@hotmail.com
A controversial bill in signed this month in Virginia that has made ultrasounds for women seeking abortions mandatory, again highlights the division in America over the issue of abortion.
Abdominal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in the Commonwealth will become mandatory after July 1, 2012. The measure was recently signed into law by Virginia’s Republican governor Bob McDonnell.
The bill was signed amid scenes of prote...
Read More