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 Welcome to the Capitol Senators Gural and Bachaud New York State, Washington State Safe Abortions, The Woman's Right to Choose **The National Issue of Abortion ** - There are two views, Pro-life and Pro-Choice. Democrats tend to side with Pro-Choice advocacy, while Republicans tend to be Pro-Life supporters. I am a firm believer in being Pro-Choice, which, I must clarify, is //not// Pro-Abortion. I am more concerned with supporting and ensuring women's right to choose, and support women's health care and protection. Though I support giving women the right to choose, I am also in favor of decreasing the number of abortions per year. The matter of abortion is complicated - it is a grey area, and should not simply be dealt with by banning and completely denying women's rights.

 To find out more about my view on Abortion, you can go to my blog here: http://blogswithtori.blogspot.com/


 * History of Abortion in the United States**
 * 1800's - laws prohibiting abortion first introduced
 * 1900's - most abortion procedures prohibited
 * 1960's - abortion laws more liberalized, reflecting the changed morals of the public
 * 1973 - Roe v. Wade
 * 1992 - Planned Parenthood v. Casey - Supreme Court overturned Roe's trimester approach and introduced the concept of viability and undue burden (abortion laws could not place an undue burden on women)
 * 1990's - House and Senate legislate ban on partial birth abortion
 * 2003 - Congress passes the Partial Birth Abortion-Ban Act, Federal legislation act drafted after a law in Nebraska was deemed unconstitutional


 * History of Mifepristone (RU - 486), "The Abortion Pill" **
 * Mifepristone -- a synthetic steroid used as an abortifacient in the first two months of pregnancy
 * Smaller doses -- used as an emergency contraceptive


 *  In the United States **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">First Bush Administration -- banned Mifepristone for personal us in 1989
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">September 2000 - approved for abortion by the FDA during final months of the Clinton Administration
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Legal and available in all 50 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico

<span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Senate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1st Session  ** <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;">A bill to ensure reproductive rights for all women through financial aid for any desired contraceptive. <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">IN THE MCGEHEE CONGRESS April, 2009 <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;">Sponsored by Senator Gural of New York and Senator Bachaud of Washington Co-Sponsored by Senator Chambers of Nevada
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">S. **

A Bill A bill to ensure reproductive rights for all women through financial aid for any desired contraceptive. //<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Congress // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;">of the United States of America in Congress assembled, //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">SECTION 1. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;"> Reproductive Rights For All Women Act

This Act may be cited as the “Reproductive Rights For All Women Act.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;">Prior to the early 19th century, abortion was not only legal but commonplace. However, regulations began in the 1820’s, leading to most procedures being prohibited by the 1900’s. Liberalization of these regulations began in the late 1960’s, beginning with Colorado, with Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington following suit. All regulations on abortion were changed dramatically with the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, in which the court ruled in favor of abortion rights, saying that a woman had the right to choose under the Right to Privacy clause in the Constitution. This was helped by the 1992 verdict of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which they decided that abortion regulations and laws could not place an undue burden on women. Later that decade, Congress placed a ban on late term or partial-birth abortions, passed in 2003. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal;">This bill ensures reproductive rights for all women, including those who could not previously afford it, by covering Plan B emergency contraception, the RU 486 abortion pill, and any other birth control contraceptive under Medicaid. <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All women will be eligible for RU - 486 (with parental consent for minors and a prescription from doctors) under this bill. Women with medicaid who cannot afford to buy their own contraceptives will eligible to receive birth control and the Plan B emergency contraceptive, as well as RU - 486. <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(1) All women receiving low cost health insurance from Federal Medicaid will be eligible. (2) Birth control, RU 486 abortion pill, and Plan B emergency contraceptive will be completely covered by Medicaid, with or without prescription. (3) Consultation with patient's primary physician is required for RU 486 abortion pill. (4) Parental consent is required of minor patients, before they can receive RU 486. (5) States will be required to comply with this act in order to receive Federal Medicaid Funding. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> A Bill created to decrease the rate of teenage abortions across the nation and to promote more responsible and informed teenage decisions TERMS AND BENEFITS OF SERVICE: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">(1) All females 16 years of age and younger are required to receive parental consent before receiving an abortion (2) Parents include biological birth mothers and/or fathers and legal guardians (3) Consent from at least one parental figure is mandatory (4) Parental consent may be surpassed by the decision of a judge or professional doctor (5) A doctor that performs an abortion on a female 16 year old or younger without notifying the parent when notification was a possibility will receive the consequence of a year in jail and a suspended license upon his/her release (6) When parental consent is unavailable or the pregnancy teen is viable to death or serious illness, the doctor may perform an abortion without parental consent or notification based on his/her own findings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">SECTION 2. FINDINGS **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">SECTION 3. PURPOSE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">SECTION 3. ELEGIBILITY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">SECTION 4. TERMS AND BENEFITS OF SERVICE **
 * Amendment**: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Leaving the Lone Decision Behind: Compulsory Consent, also known as L2C2