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ACLU Urges House to Defeat "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," Says Bill Seeks to Erode Reproductive Freedom (04/25/2001)
WASHINGTON - In what is expected to be the first of many efforts to cut back on reproductive rights in Congress, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the so-called Unborn Victims of Violence Act. The bill is being sold by its supporters as a measure to protect pregnant women, when, in fact, it is nothing more than a subtle attempt to erode a woman's right to reproductive freedom. 

In Victory for Privacy, Supreme Court Rejects State's Drug Testing of Pregnant Women (03/21/2001)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union hailed today's 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court holding that pregnant women cannot be subject to warrantless, suspicionless searches simply because they are pregnant.

ACLU Says "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" Threatens Reproductive Freedom (03/15/2001)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today denounced the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," saying its supporters seek to undermine the constitutional underpinning for reproductive freedom, rather than protect pregnant women. 

Women's Rights and Reproductive Health Care Suffers as the Michigan Legislative Session Ends (12/15/2000)
DETROIT--The fight for women's rights and reproductive health care suffered severe setbacks in the recently concluded legislative session, the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood said today.

ACLU Urges High Court to Void South Carolina Policy That Strips Pregnant Women of Their Rights (06/09/2000)

New Battle On Reproductive Choice Opens in Senate (02/23/2000)
WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel is slated today to examine a bill that would be the first to create independent legal rights for a fetus, a fertilized egg and a pre-implanted embryo. The American Civil Liberties Union said the bill is one of the top legislative priorities for groups that seek to ban abortion.

New Front in Battle to Undermine Reproductive Freedom Opens On The House Floor Today (09/30/1999)
WASHINGTON -- Coinciding with the Christian Coalition's annual convention here, the House of Representatives is slated to vote today on yet another bill designed to erode reproductive freedom. The bill would be the first federal law to give independent legal rights not only to a fetus, but also to fertilized eggs and pre-implanted embryos.

New Fetal Rights Legislation Places Anti-Abortion Agenda Above Women's Health (09/14/1999)
WASHINGTON -- A House panel today approved yet another bill designed to erode reproductive freedom. The bill, which would be the first to give a fetus independent legal rights, is one of the top legislative priorities for groups that seek to ban abortion.

Criminal Bill Seeks to Unravel Roe v. Wade (08/05/1999)
WASHINGTON -- In a fresh assault on Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, a House subcommittee has approved a bill that, for the first time, would protect unborn children with a federal criminal law.

New Battle on Reproductive Choice Opens as House Panel Considers Fetal Rights Legislation (07/21/1999)
WASHINGTON -- Saying its supporters seek to undermine the constitutional underpinning for reproductive freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union today denounced the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act."