Category: Waiting period

By Right to Life UK A review of Ireland’s abortion law is expected to recommend the abolition of the three-day waiting period between an initial consultation and an abortion despite the fact that thousands of  women had their babies instead of an abortion after the three-day waiting period. When abortion was made legal in Ireland …

By Dave Andrusko At last! After a six year tug of war, Tennessee’s 48 hour waiting period has withstood all legal challenges and will remain in effect! Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery on Friday said the timeline to challenge that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court ran out this week. “This law was on the …

By Right to Life UK Almost 1,500 women did not go through with their abortion after an initial consultation and a three-day consideration or waiting period, newly released data in Ireland has revealed. As part of a response to a parliamentary question in Ireland last week, it was revealed that there had been 8,057 initial …

By Dave Andrusko Back in mid-December, we reported on the utterly predictable decision rendered by Senior United States District Judge Bernard A. Friedman who brusquely brushed aside Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s request that Friedman put his order enjoining enforcement of Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period on hold while the state appealed to the 6th U.S. …

By Dave Andrusko Pro-life Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds came through once again for the babies on Monday. The same day the Supreme Court handed down its foolish decision overturning a protective Louisiana law, Gov. Reynolds signed a law that provides an abortion-minded woman with a 24 hour wait-and-reflect period. For her part, Gov. Reynolds said, …

By Dave Andrusko One more piece of pro-life legislation will be on the books in short order in Iowa. Over the weekend, a bill to require a 24-hour period of reflection passed the state House and the state Senate. The House vote was 53-42 ; the Senate passed the bill 31-16. It is now on …

By Nancy Flanders In a legal challenge, abortionists in Tennessee are claiming that a 48-hour waiting period for abortion in the state is a burden on women. The problem is, they don’t seem to be able to produce any proof of that claim. From 1978 to 2000, Tennessee had a 48-hour waiting period for abortion, …

By Dave Andrusko It was over three and a half years ago that we reported that pro-life Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin had just signed HB 1409 into law. With her May 6, 2015, signature, it meant that there were then four states that allowed women considering an abortion 72 hours to ponder this life-and-death decision. The …