Abortion Debate

Images That Do Violence

Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr. | Posted 05.07.2012

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The Los Angeles Times exposé a couple weeks ago offers chilling testimony of how badly sentiments and moral judgments can slide out of kilter in time of war.

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Denying Women Their Rights, Criminalizing Doctors

Anu Kumar | Posted 04.25.2012

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Having been successful in creating onerous barriers to abortion -- technically still a legal procedure in the United States -- at the state level, anti-abortion activists continue their assault.

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Some States Buck National Trend, Expand Abortion Access

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As many states debate and pass new restrictions on abortion, often against increasing resistance, a small number of others are consideri...

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Taxpayer-Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Using Religion To Oppose Abortion

Posted 04.24.2012

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By Sofia Resnick WASHINGTON -- If you want to help carry out the anti-abortion mission of the taxpayer-funded Care Net Pregnancy Resource Cente...

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Republican Propositions on Women's Reproductive Rights: A Move Toward Sharia Law?

Anisa Noormohamed | Posted 04.11.2012

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The issues surrounding the debate on abortion and reproductive rights seem to be the same across the globe, whether in Muslim countries or in America.

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In Argentina, Court Reaches Out to Rape Victims

Amanda Klasing | Posted 04.03.2012

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The Argentine Supreme Court's ruling in the case of a 15-year-old girl who became pregnant after her stepfather raped her humanizes the judicial process for rape victims seeking timely medical intervention after suffering unspeakable violence.

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Why Stop at Abortion? Let's Demean and Humiliate Gays, Smokers and the Obese!

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.23.2012

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Why not force gays and lesbians to watch heterosexual pornography before they get hitched in the handful of states where they can legally marry? Maybe by watching men and women having sex, gays and lesbians will realize the error of their sinful ways!

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Tennessee Abortion Bill Is Dangerous

Neon Tommy | Posted 05.21.2012

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The Tennessee anti-abortion bill is yet another assault on women's rights, because yes, they are rights ever since the Supreme Court decided so in Roe v. Wade. This country has had this argument already. Why does it need to have it again?

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The Hypocrisy of the Abortion Debate: Why Conservatives Should Vote Pro-Choice and Leave Planned Parenthood Alone

Eric Segall | Posted 05.13.2012

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Anti-choice republicans and conservatives only believe in small government and personal liberty when it is their personal, subjective, and contestable views of freedom that get to carry the day.

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Study Linking Abortion, Mental Illness Faces New Scrutiny

Posted 03.06.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/05/2012 06:43 PM EST on LiveScience A study purporting to find a link between abor...

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GOP Governor Says He Hasn't Studied Controversial Ultrasound Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.27.2012

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) said Sunday morning that he has just learned about the transvaginal ultrasound bill pending in the state...

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New York State Lawmaker Seeks Updated Abortion And Contraception Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.24.2012

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A Democratic New York state senator is pushing a bill to establish one of the most liberal state abortion laws in the country by effectively codifying...

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'This Is The Largest And Most Sweeping Overhaul,' Says Abortion Rights Advocate

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.06.2012

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Kansas lawmakers have been given six days to consider one of the most sweeping state anti-abortion bills to be introduced. A Kansas House committee...

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Nurses Don't Have To Assist In Abortions, Hospital Agrees

Posted 12.05.2011

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By David Giambusso Religion News Service A teaching hospital will hire additional staff to help perform abortions after a group of nurses claimed ...

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Conservative Religious Organizations Wage Another Battle Against Contraception

Sally Steenland | Posted 12.25.2011

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Religious organizations cannot have it both ways. They cannot claim a religious exemption and at the same time employ people whose worldview and beliefs are very different from theirs.

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UN Special Rapporteur: Abortion Restrictions Don't Work

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.20.2011

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Sure, the criminalization of abortion might be an impediment to getting a safe and timely abortion, but never a real barrier to getting one at all. Spread the word: abortion restrictions just don't work.

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Evangelicals Don't Believe Life Begins At Conception

Jonathan Dudley | Posted 09.20.2011

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It makes little sense to reject pacifism, to insist abortion is morally equivalent to the organized slaughter of millions of children and then to say that violence should never be used to end abortion.

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Kansas Abortion Clinics Face Shutdown Risk

Posted 08.30.2011

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Abortion clinics in Kansas run the risk of being denied licenses and could be closed on Friday. A new state law that requires abortion providers to...

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Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill Advances In Ohio

Posted 08.29.2011

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COLUMBUS (Reuters) - The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, which can be as ea...

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Planned Parenthood May Take North Carolina To Court Over Funding Cut

Posted 08.16.2011

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By Jim Brumm WILMINGTON, North Carolina -– Planned Parenthood said on Thursday it is considering a legal challenge of North Carolina's decisi...

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Minnesota Governor Veteos Controversial Abortion Law

Posted 07.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -- Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton on Wednesday vetoed Republican-led laws aimed at restricting abortions after 20 weeks of p...

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Kansas Poised To Pass Controversial Anti-Abortion Measure

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 07.13.2011

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas legislators approved restrictions on private insurance coverage for abortions and adopted a state budget stripping funds f...

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New Guttmacher Video: Abortion in the United States

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Myths and facts presented out of context are all too common in the U.S. abortion debate. Misinformation extends to even the most basic questions: Who ...

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House Republicans Attempt Backdoor Maneuver To Advance Legislative Language Redefining Rape

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 07.03.2011

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Republicans pulled controversial "forcible rape" language from a pending bill, but they're trying a backdoor maneuver to ensure the legislation achiev...

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Kansas Governor Signs Controversial Abortion Restrictions Into Law

Reuters | Kevin Murphy | Posted 06.13.2011

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed two anti-abortion bills, including one that bans abortion after 21 weeks based on the view that a fetus can f...

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