By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Editor’s note. On Tuesday, we posted a story headlined, “Idaho House committee votes 13-4 in favor of law to curb web-cam abortions” As we noted in the opening sentence, NRLC’s Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, director of Education &...
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Iowa Supreme Court to hear challenge to law banning webcam abortions
By Dave Andrusko If there is a “face” of webcam abortions, clearly it is the massive Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (home headquarters, Des Moines, Iowa). More than 6,800 women have had abortions using the system since PPH began webcam abortions in 2008. When a...
Pretending not to understand why it’s okay to use telemedicine for life-affirming purposes but not for abortion
By Dave Andrusko Okay, I don’t have access to POLITCO PRO (it costs a small fortune), but the excerpt printed this morning is more than enough. The bizarre headline is “Abortions via telemedicine not so bipartisan.” What in the world is Ashley Gold reporting...
Iowa Board of Medicine considering new rules governing web-cam abortions
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Editor’s note. In an earlier version of this article, published Friday, August 9, 2013, we mistakenly left the impression that the petition signed by 14 medical professionals and the public petition gathered by Iowa Right to Life and...
Another Planned Parenthood press release dressed up as a news story
By Dave Andrusko You’d never know it by the headline in USA Today—“New abortion restrictions take a digital turn”—but the story is actually about webcam abortions. Before dissecting Kimberly Railey’s oddly-written story, you need some background. Why has NRL News...
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will re-file case in state court after federal judge rejects settlement
By Dave Andrusko How does that saying go again? Never assume because…. Last week NRL News Today reported on a series of “stipulations” which Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and the state Department of Justice reached on the 2012 “Coercive and Web Cam Abortion...