View source for Abortion legislation 2011

By June 2011, most state legislatures will have adjourned for the year, and some for two years.  What did politicians who campaigned by claiming to be [[pro-life]] actually accomplish?

== The Ten Best ==

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|Kansas
|Requires local hospital privileges before an [[abortion]] can be performed, establishes meaningful parental consent, stops some insurance funding of abortion, adds ultrasound disclosure, bans webcast abortions, requires facility standards, and prohibits late-term abortions based on fetal pain.<ref>http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/05/2011-pro-life-laws-passed-in-kansas/</ref>
|This may curtail the large numbers traveling from Missouri to have abortions in Kansas, due to its prior lack of protections.
|A Democratic Governor and Attorney General were replaced by Republicans.
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|Indiana
|Defunded [[Planned Parenthood]].
|Any organization which performs abortions is ineligible to receive tax dollars.
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|South Dakota
|Reduces coercive abortions by establishing a 3-day waiting period plus counseling by pregnancy help centers.
|The abortion industry is not fooling any pro-life leaders in South Dakota.
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|Nebraska
|Banned remote webcast abortions and slightly strengthened parental consent.
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|Ohio
|Many bills have passed committees, such as a law prohibiting abortion if a heartbeat is detected (there are exceptions)
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|New Jersey
|Cut $7.5 million in funding for [[Planned Parenthood]], despite [[pro-abortion]] control of the [[Democratic]] legislature; also made "[[Choose Life]]" plates available.
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|Utah
|Expanded the freedom of conscience of providers and hospitals to reject abortion.<ref>http://universe.byu.edu/node/16005</ref>
|Strong leadership in Utah on this issue enables it to benefit from the lowest abortion rate in the nation
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|Texas
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|Florida
|a weak ultrasound bill (patients can be coached to decline seeing images), a ban on insurance coverage for abortion in a future [[ObamaCare]] State exchange, and restrictions on bypass of parental notification for abortions by underage girls; a ban on abortion funding was set for going on the ballot in 2012
|Lots of fanfare, but not much achieved
|Is this the best an all-Republican statehouse and governor can do?
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== The Ten Worst ==

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|Tennessee
|Despite big majorities claiming to be pro-life, they passed no abortion law and instead gave pro-aborts a gift by approving putting abortion on the ballot (SJR 127), where the abortion industry can defeat pro-life candidates and the referendum by spending money on its defeat
|There's been a lack of socially conservative legislation for years there
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|Arizona
|Despite big majorities claiming to be pro-life, Arizona passed only three worthless laws: HB 2416, HB 2384, and HB 2443.<ref>http://newmexicoindependent.com/69773/arizona-ends-legislative-session-with-several-laws-limiting-abortion-access-funding</ref>
|The [[RINO]] Speaker of the House Adams -- now running for [[Congress]] -- refused to allow a vote on meaningful [[pro-life]] legislation, despite passing by big majorities in committees.
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|Missouri
|Nothing, despite passing good laws in prior sessions.
|A [[RINO]] was Speaker of the House.
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|Oklahoma
|Nothing, despite claiming to have the most pro-life legislature (and a pro-life governor) in the nation.
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|Wisconsin
|Despite having the votes to pass any conservative law, it has done nothing on the issue of abortion.
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|Georgia
|Not a single pro-life bill passed, despite the governor and many legislators winning elections by claiming to be pro-life
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|North Dakota
|Pretended to support a ban on abortion, but actually passed nothing
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|Wyoming
|Though supposedly a conservative state, it failed even to pass an ultrasound bill, with a Republican legislator casting the deciding vote against it in the Senate.<ref>http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_555def8b-7111-5063-9463-f4029552bf96.html</ref>
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|California
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== References ==

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== External Links ==
* [http://conservativestates.wordpress.com/champions/ State Champions For Life]

[[Category:Abortion]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]