UK High Court rejects bid to loosen abortion rules

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Now for something across the pond....

LONDON – Britain's High Court has rejected an attempt to loosen the law so that women can take a second dose of a pill at home to complete early abortions.

Currently both doses for what is known as an early medical abortion, and what is sometimes called an "abortion pill," must be taken at a hospital or other medical premises.

Abortion provider the British Pregnancy Advisory Service argues medical advances mean it is safe to allow the second dose to be self-administered. It says that is the case in the U.S., France and Sweden.

The government opposed the change. High Court judge Michael Supperstone on Monday rejected the advisory service's legal challenge.

There are about 70,000 early medical abortions during the first nine weeks of gestation in Britain each year.

South Dakota Moves to Legalized Killing Abortion Doctors

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

...yep, you read that right ladies and gentlemen

A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of "justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote, and is expected to face a floor vote in the state's GOP-dominated House of Representatives soon.

You'll love this snippet:
The original version of the bill did not include the language regarding the "unborn child"; it was pitched as a simple clarification of South Dakota's justifiable homicide law. Last week, however, the bill was "hoghoused"—a term used in South Dakota for heavily amending legislation in committee—in a little-noticed hearing.
Very sneaky, isn't it? Makes you wonder if this hearing was well known that they may have failed to change the language.

Now, excuse me while I throw up as these people prove once again that fetal life is more important than people who are actually born and aren't really pro-life after all.