5 States Where GOP Extremists Are Pushing Repugnant Anti-Women Laws

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http://www.alternet.org/gender/5-states-where-gop-extremists-are-pushing-repugnant-anti-women-laws


A sign at a NYC rally for choice.
Photo Credit: Sarah Seltzer

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1. Ohio. Already during Ohio's lame duck session, members of the state GOP decided that it might be a good idea to revive some battles they lost, like the dangerous and restrictive “heartbeat ban,” which would ban abortion while a fetal heartbeat was detected (and whose potential effects many have compared to the situation in Ireland that led to Savita Halappanavar’s death). They also tried to defund their state’s Planned Parenthood--again.

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2. Arizona is worthy of a double prize, not only because the state is continuing to fight an appeal in court to keep funding away from Planned Parenthood--even though they’ve lost.


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3. Arkansas GOPers, finding themselves in charge of both legislative chambers, are wasting no time trying to do what they do best: get all up in Arkansas uteri. They are introducing measures to ban abortion by “telemedicine” as well as a controversial 20-week ban:

Mayberry said he plans to reintroduce legislation next year that would ban abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy, based on the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain after that point. Mayberry's bill was one of 10 anti-abortion measures that failed to clear the House Public Health Committee during last year's session, and it's one of three measures that Arkansas Right to Life says it plans to push for in the legislative session that begins Jan. 14.