Indiana judge blocks anti-choice law in Indiana, marking a win for Planned Parenthood

A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against an Indiana law that would have prohibited abortions sought specifically because the fetus had been potentially diagnosed with Down syndrome or other disabilities. The law also would have required that aborted fetuses be buried or cremated and that abortion providers notify patients that seeking an abortion because the fetus may be disabled was against the law in the state.

The restrictions were signed into law in March 2016 b...

Republican plan to defeat Obamacare looks doomed as Susan Collins says no to bill

  • Maine senator calls bill ‘deeply flawed’ and says she will not vote for it
  • Number of Americans with cover would be ‘reduced by millions’, CBO finds

The latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare appears doomed to fail after a key senator came out strongly against it within minutes of an analysis which said the plan would strip health insurance from “millions” of Americans.

Moments after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a partial analysis of the Republicans’ plan, Maine Senator Susan Collins announced she would not vote for the bill, and called it “deeply flawed”.

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