Lawmakers Nationwide Launch Concerted Assault on Women's Rights [View all]

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/20/lawmakers-nationwide-launch-concerted-assault-womens-rights



"As an increasing number of states pass the same type of restriction on abortion, the anti-choice community is able to declare that the policy is gaining momentum," says Tara Culp-Ressler.

Lawmakers Nationwide Launch Concerted Assault on Women's Rights
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
Friday, February 20, 2015

An array of anti-choice legislation is being rolled out in state houses around the country, putting women's health at risk and illustrating how Republican gains in the 2014 elections have exacerbated the fight over reproductive rights.

Already, 57 percent of American women of reproductive age live in states that are considered 'hostile' or 'extremely hostile' to abortion rights, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which studies sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world.

That percentage could go up if recent proposals are enacted into law.

In Ohio, for example, lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected—as early as six weeks into a woman's pregnancy.

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