Abortion

Two anti-choice bills were heard by House committee this year, but no votes were taken on them.

Two anti-choice bills were heard by House committee this year, but no votes were taken on them. They included the perennial bill requiring women to wait at least 24 hours before obtaining an abortion and imposing on doctors onerous and biased “informed consent” requirements unlike those for any other medical procedure. That bill had passed the Senate in previous years. For now, though, the status quo on reproductive rights in Rhode Island remains.