Abortion-rights advocates in Oregon recently said that a draft HHS regulation that would redefine abortion will jeopardize a state law requiring hospitals to inform rape survivors about emergency contraception, the AP/Oregonian reports (Silverman, AP/Oregonian, 8/2).
The draft regulation, which is still being reviewed within HHS and has not yet been released for public comment, defines abortion as "any of the various procedures -- including the prescription and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action -- that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation."
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