Abortion

Trial challenging Alaska abortion notification law begins

A trial began Monday in Planned Parenthood's ongoing challenge of a law requiring minors in Alaska to notify their parents before getting an abortion.

Advocates push for a boost in Denali KidCare funding

Denali KidCare supporters are making what could be a last-ditch push against Gov. Sean Parnell to restore the state health insurance program for lower-income children and pregnant women to its 2003 level.

Judge orders a full hearing over abortion notification law

Opponents of a new state law requiring that parents be notified when their daughters seek to get abortions will have a chance to present full arguments at a hearing challenging some provisions of the law.

'Choose life' plate clears committee

Alaskans against abortion might get a chance to display that message on their license plates.

Abortion initiative ruled unconstitutional

Alaska attorney general John Burns has found unconstitutional a proposed ballot initiative that was essentially seeking to outlaw abortion in Alaska.

Judge allows law on abortion notification, strikes penalties

A new Alaska law requiring that parents be notified before a girl younger than 18 can get an abortion will take effect as scheduled today after a judge denied a request to block it. However, he struck down parts of the law.

Suit challenges law requiring parent abortion notification (Nov. 24, 2010)

Suit challenges law requiring parent abortion notification

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and two doctors have sued the state to block a new law requiring notification of parents before their teenage daughters obtain an abortion.

Group opposing abortion initiative has big cash lead

Alaskans Against Government Mandates has more than five times the money as the ballot group supporting an initiative that would require parental notification for minors seeking abortions.

Initiative opponent breaks disclosure rules, group charges

A group supporting a parental notification initiative for Alaska minors seeking abortions says an opposition group is breaking state disclosure rules.

Legislators reluctant to override governor's KidCare funds veto

Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens says he doesn't think there's enough support for an override of Gov. Sean Parnell's veto of money to expand Denali KidCare, and he opposes calling a special session.

KidCare spent $384K on 'abortion related services' in '09

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Abortion initiative will appear on ballot

The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an initiative requiring parental notification for girls younger than 18 seeking an abortion will be on the August primary ballot.

State high court justice steps away from abortion lawsuit

Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen is stepping down from hearing a lawsuit against a ballot initiative that would make doctors tell a teenage girl's parents before she could get an abortion.

State's high court to hear about abortion initiative

Oral arguments are set for May 20 in a case seeking to keep a proposed abortion initiative off the ballot, according to the schedule recently released by the Alaska Supreme Court.

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling on abortion notification

Planned Parenthood of Alaska is asking a court to invalidate an initiative that would ask voters if a doctor planning to perform an abortion on a girl under 18 should have to notify her parents.

Parental-consent initiative has enough signatures to go on ballot

Enough signatures have been gathered to put to voters an initiative that would require parental notice or consent before a minor can have an abortion.

Abortion notification ballot initiative argued in court

Lawyers battled in state court Wednesday over the legality of an initiative headed toward the August ballot that would force doctors to notify a parent before a girl under 18 could have an abortion. The judge could rule in less than a month.

Court to hear challenge to parental abortion notification

A ballot initiative aiming to change Alaska law so doctors performing abortions on girls under 18 would have to notify a parent is being challenged in state court today.

New fight develops over rights of fetuses

A ballot initiative that sponsors hope will outlaw abortion in Alaska by declaring fetuses to be "legal persons" appears headed for a court fight.

Lawsuit targets initiative requiring abortion notification

Planned Parenthood of Alaska and an Anchorage high school teacher are suing the state to block a voter initiative that would make it illegal for minors to get abortions without notifying a parent.

Health director says she was forced out

One of the state's top public health officials says she was forced out of office because Gov. Sarah Palin felt she wasn't in step on social issues.

Palin backs initiative on parent notification of abortion

Gov. Sarah Palin is backing a ballot measure to bypass the Legislature and make it illegal for teenagers to get an abortion without telling their parents.

Palin stands firm on consent