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- From: vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ()
- Subject: Re: FOCA Text Wanted
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:11:08 GMT
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- margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
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- >In <C11BJK.36H@world.std.com> tonym@world.std.com (Tony Matt) writes:
- >>Could someone mail me / provide ftp site for / provide details of
- >>publication of the FOCA?
-
- >From a post by Susan Garvin ...
-
- >(This is from the 101st Congress, 1st session)
-
- > A Bill
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- >To protect the reproductive rights of women, and for other
- >purposes.
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- > Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives
- >of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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- >Section 1. Short Title.
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- > This Act may be cited as the "Freedom of Choice Act of 1989".
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- >Section 2. Right to Choose.
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- > (a) In General. - Except as provided in subsection (b), a
- >State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate
- >a pregnancy -
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- > (1) before fetal viability; or
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- > (2) at any time, if such termination is necessary to
- >protect the life or health of the woman.
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- > (b) Medical Necessity Requirements. - A State may impose
- >requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of
- >women referred to in subsection (a).
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- >Section 3. Definition of State.
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- > As used in this Act, the term "State" includes the District of
- >Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each other territory
- >or possession of the United States.
- >--
- >Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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-
-
- I believe this is not the bill before Congress right now (my copy of this
- is lent out). Could someone please post the real one? (Where these
- imbeciles claim abortion is a form of contraception...).
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- E.S.
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