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By Dave Andrusko A bill that would modify and strengthen South Dakota’s 2011 informed consent law arrives this week on Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s desk. The measure passed the State Senate Thursday 24-9 after passage in the House last week. Currently, under HB 1217, there...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life legislative director Editor’s note. This week NRL News Today readers benefited from two stories Kathy wrote. The first was about a wonderful website run by the Kansas state health department that, among other fine qualities, offers...
By Kathy Ostrowski, legislative director, Kansans for Life It is an overarching crime of "battery" for any medical procedure to be performed without the patient's full and informed consent, except in the cases of true medical emergency and when the is patient mentally...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life legislative director In 1997 Kansas enacted state-issued informed consent provisions for abortion, with a 24-hour phone hotline and printed informational booklets. Part of the "Woman's Right to Know" law required abortionists to...
By Dave Andrusko You can’t write about everything, unfortunately, when it occurs, but I do try to catch up as quickly as possible . So, here’s a few words about “Where are the doctors,” which appeared recently in USA Today. This op-ed by Marcia Angell, MD, and Michael...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life South Dakota scored a win Friday when a three-member appeals court panel ruled that abortion-seeking women must be informed they have a legally protected “existing relationship” with their unborn child....