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Starbucks has 240,000 U.S. employees; it was not immediately clear what percentage of them are enrolled in the company's health care plan. Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions ...
The Hyde Amendment does allow for federal funds to be spent on abortions if continuing a pregnancy endangers the life of the mother or if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.
Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates — controlled by Democrats who flipped the chamber in November after campaigning on abortion rights — decisively voted down a bill that would have ...
Abortion in the U.S. state of Virginia is legal up to the end of the second trimester of a pregnancy. [1] Before the year 1900, abortion remained largely illegal in Virginia, reflecting a widespread trend in many U.S. states during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Abortion was viewed as a criminal act and subject to state laws that prohibited it.
Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL), a nonprofit organization advocating an end to abortion in Virginia; it is the oldest anti-abortion organization in the US. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Family Foundation of Virginia , a lobbying organization focused originally on opposition to sex education that has expanded to opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage ...
The group supported the passage of legislation in Virginia, banning a late-term abortion procedure. [7] In 2006, the organization supported legislation that was proposed in 21 states, which aimed to require that doctors who perform late-term abortions inform their patients that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina, said on Monday the EEOC exceeded its authority by adopting the rule. "The term ‘abortion’ is not once mentioned in the law," Foxx said in ...
Executive Order 13535 is an executive order announced by President Barack Obama on March 21, 2010, and signed on March 24, 2010. It reinforces a commitment to preservation of the Hyde Amendment's policy restricting federal funds for abortion within the context of recent health care legislation.