Abortion Restrictions and Fetal Pain

ARPA Note: Many American states have successfully passed abortion limitation laws. Here is another example of the types of laws that can be passed. It was surprising, when watching the leadership debates for the Republican party two weeks ago, with how the seven candidates were trying to demonstrate how they were more pro-life than the other candidates. If only in Canada… 

ERIK ECKHOLM The New York Times, June 26, 2011 – Dozens of new restrictions passed by states this year have chipped away at the right to abortion by requiring women to view ultrasounds, imposing waiting periods or cutting funds for clinics. But a new kind of law has gone beyond such restrictions, striking at the foundation of the abortion rules set out by the Supreme Court over the last four decades.