Round 2: Alaskans to testify on bill clarifying there’s no state right to abortion
If the first round of testimony is any indication, Friday’s hearing on a bill clarifying that nothing in Alaska’s Constitution can be interpreted as granting a right to abortion should be eventful. More than 100 people were left waiting to testify on
Pro-life Alaskans outnumber opposition in testimony on const. amendment
More than 100 people signed up to testify on a bill that would amend Alaska’s Constitution to clarify that nothing in the Constitution can be interpreted as granting a right to abortion or public funding of abortion. The law would not ban abortions
Alaska senators split on pain-capable abortion ban, agree on banning infanticide
Alaska’s U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan cast votes on two high profile pro-life bills this past Tuesday. Sullivan voted to pass both the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (SB 3275), which would ban abortions after 20 weeks, and the
Bill requires abortionist to help babies born alive
Rep. Sarah Rasmussen, R-Anchorage, introduced two pro-life bills in the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 24. The first would require abortionists to care for a baby that is born alive during a failed abortion, and the second attempts to ban some abortions after the
Bill may restrict some abortions if baby’s heartbeat detected
A bill aimed at prohibiting abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected was introduced in the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 24, the last day to propose new legislation. Sponsored by Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, House Bill 302 states that “a person may not
Alaskans needed to brave snow & opposition to pray for unborn babies
Alaskans from all walks of life are continuing to gather outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Anchorage and Soldotna to peacefully pray for unborn babies and to help mothers choose life. The prayer vigils, which run through April 5, are part
Sullivan, Murkowski have chance to vote on pro-life bills Feb. 25
Alaska’s U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan will have a chance to vote on two pro-life bills this Tuesday. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (Senate Bill 3275) and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (Senate Bill 311)
Planned Parenthood trained teens urge Alaska legislators to back explicit sex-ed
On Feb. 18, members of the Health & Social Services Committee in the Alaska House sat through a presentation featuring teenagers from Anchorage and Juneau who have been recruited and trained by Planned Parenthood to disseminate the abortion business’
Four more senators co-sponsor bill clarifying there’s no right to abortion in Alaska
Seven senators in the Alaska Legislature are now co-sponsors of a resolution stating that Alaska’s Constitution cannot be construed as establishing a right to abortion. On Feb. 14, Republicans Senators David Wilson of Wasilla, Mia Costello of Anchorage and
U.S. Senate begins process to vote on late term abortion ban
On Feb. 11, Republicans in the U.S. Senate initiated the process to vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to ban most late-term abortions on babies past five months gestation. It does not, however, protect babies conceived through rape or
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