Update

This weekend I have decided to report on the most recent attacks on the the legality of abortion. Roe v. Wade happened 38 years ago and gave women the right to decide what happens to her body, yet that right seems to be in more peril than ever before. While there has always been anti-choice sentiments in this country and to varying degrees in each state, the furor has been intensified to overturn the law of the land. It seems that a total ban of abortion is way off but anti-choice groups will continue to struggle for passing legislation that severely impedes if not out right bans the procedure.

This week a petition initiative was filed in the Nevada courts that would prohibit "the intentional taking of a prenatal persons life."
As you'll see in the article from the Las Vegas Sun, the term prenatal person is defined as "every human being at all stages of biological development before birth."

The Nevada pro-life coalition is not registered with the Nevada Secretary of State’s office to advocate for or against an initiative petition. They would need to file the paperwork and then collect over 70,000 valid signatures from the states three counties to have the initiative placed on a ballot.

The New York Times Sunday opinion article raises an alarm about the erosion of reproductive rights and issued a map displaying the number of harmful restrictions in each state. Also displayed is a graph showing the exponential rise in anti-choice legislation over the last several years.

To end on a more hopeful note, I will leave you with some updated information on the case of Jennie Linn McCormick. McCormick, won a temporary court order barring enforcement of the decades-old law under which she was charged for terminating for own pregnancy. McCormick, aided by her sister, obtained RU-486 from the internet and was charged under a law from 1972 making it a felony for women to end there own pregnancy.