Although Pennsylvania has passed eight anti-abortion measures in the last 15 years, all but one provision have been blocked by court challenges.

"The Wisconsin law is the latest in a number of anti-abortion measures pressed by conservative lawmakers in the nation."

Several months ago, the Pope explicitly endorsed the anti-abortion measure.

We hear it in the halls of Congress, where more than 100 anti-abortion measures have been introduced since 1995.

Pennsylvania is one of only three states in which anti-abortion measures have been making gains in legislatures.

In 2008, Henry vetoed an anti-abortion measure which required, among other things, women to get an ultrasound before having an abortion.

Other issues that generated rounds of applause for the president on Thursday included his strong support for several anti-abortion measures.

This week the special session rejected 10 anti-abortion measures, 5 of them proposed by the Governor.

In 1994, Honaker represented a political action committee that sought to get the anti-abortion measure on the ballot as a statewide initiative.

They said it would make abortion the dominant electoral issue in the next elections and could lead to new anti-abortion measures in a number of states.