By Dave Andrusko Back on July 10, we reposted a story that was both amusing and telling. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy had decided to cut from the budget of the state Supreme Court the amount it cost the state of Alaska to fund abortions, a requirement (you guessed it) of...
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Alaska governor to state Supreme Court: The abortion funding you mandated is coming from your budget
By Claire Chretien Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post that appeared at LifeSiteNews. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ALASKA, July 1, 2019 – Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has a message for the state’s Supreme Court: If you’re going to force taxpayers to fund abortions,...
UPDATE: March 28 hearing on bill to legalize doctor-prescribed suicide in Alaska
Editor's note. This appeared in the Catholic Anchor, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska. A hearing has been set for March 28 at 3 p.m. on a bill that aims to legalize doctor-prescribed suicide in Alaska. House Bill 54, sponsored by Anchorage...
More than 300 people turn out for pro-life march in Palmer, Alaska
Editor’s note. This appeared in the Catholic Anchor, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Alaska, and is reposted with permission. Mat-Su is short for Matanuska-Susitna Valley, which is located in South Central Alaska. More than 300 people turned out for what many...
Pro-abortion lawsuits are a proven strategy in Alaska
By Mario Bird, Catholic Anchor On Nov. 30, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) teamed up with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands to sue the State of Alaska over abortion restrictions. This marks the sixth time since 1996 that the ACLU...
Wouldn’t You Want to Know if Your Underage Daughter was Having an Abortion?
By Marissa Mayer As a parent, do you care about your child's health and well-being? In 2010, Alaska voters approved a state law that requires parental notification when their minor daughter requests an abortion (with a bypass option for special circumstances). The...
Alaska Supreme Court strikes down parental notice on abortions
By Joel Davidson Editor’s note. We posted a story last week about this unfortunate decision by the Alaska Supreme Court. The following from the Catholic Anchor (the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Anchorage) goes into greater depth. In split decision, the Alaska...
Alaska Supreme Court strikes down state’s parental notification law
By Dave Andrusko When last we wrote about Alaska’s parental notification law, Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest had just appealed Anchorage Superior Court Judge John Suddock’s 65-page decision that upheld the constitutionality of most of the law....
Alaska’s annual abortion report rife with vague answers & partial responses
By Patricia Coll Freeman, CatholicAnchor.org Alaska’s latest annual report on abortions reveals that abortion practitioners are increasingly failing to provide specific answers to questions about their practice or only partially filling out responses to queries...
Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on state’s parental notification law
By Dave Andrusko When last we wrote about Alaska’s parental notification law, Anchorage Superior Court Judge John Suddock had just upheld the constitutionality of most of the law. The law was a reflection of an August 2010 voter initiative (Ballot Measure 2)...