Late Term Abortion

State Senate Reportedly Passes Late-Term Abortion Ban

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

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PHOENIX, March 27 (Reuters) - The Arizona state Senate on Tuesday voted to ban most abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to ne...

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Missouri Senate Passes Bill Putting Restrictions On Late-Term Abortions

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2011

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April 7, 2011 10:55:27 PM KANSAS CITY, April 7 (Reuters) - The Missouri Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would put further restrictions on...

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Elise Foley

Jackie Speier On Sharing Her Abortion Story: 'It Just Overwhelmed Me'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jackie Speier listened to debate on the House floor on Thursday evening as a Republican Rep. Chris Smith read a long, detailed desc...

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Filmmakers Document Late-Term Abortion

Catherine Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catherine Epstein

Young women and girls who are victims of sexual abuse sometimes don't recognize their own pregnancy--or may feel too ashamed to tell others--before the second or third trimester.

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Elena Kagan Urged Bill Clinton To Ban Late-Term Abortions In 1997

AP | JILL ZEMAN BLEED | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As a White House adviser in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged then-President Bill Clinton to support a ban on la...

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Scott Roeder Sentenced To Life In Prison: George Tiller's Murderer Describes Abortion In Court

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — Defiant in court, a man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions used his sentencing hearing t...

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George Tiller Murder: Scott Roeder Faces Life Sentence, But Some Argue Abortion Provider's Killer Got His Way

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — The man who gunned down one of the few doctors in the U.S. to perform late-term abortions could be sent to prison Thursday for t...

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What I Learned from Dr. Tiller: Why "Trust Women PAC" and Affected Parents Oppose the Nebraska Abortion Ban

Julie Burkhart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julie Burkhart

What's happening in Nebraska right now isn't local. Abortion rights opponents are trying to shut down one of four US health care providers still performing specialized late-term procedures.

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Boulder Abortion Doctor Receives Death Threat From Washington State

The Boulder Daily Camera | John Aguilar | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal grand jury indicted a resident of Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to kill Boulder abortion doctor Warren Hern and mem...

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Note to O'Reilly: Women Deserve Protections -- Not Fetuses

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

Women deserve legal protection, and as long as a fetus is part of a woman's body, it has protections through her.

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Wichita: Murder, in the Name of Life

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Just two more murdered doctors, you're thinking, and it will have to stop...

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Note to Women: Don't Think! Ross Douthat Is Here to Do It For You

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jodi Jacobson

Women, take off your shoes, get knocked up, and go back to the kitchen, 'cause Ross will tell us everything we need to know and the world will be a better place.

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National Outrage: Wichita Abortion Clinic Now Closed

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

One can't help but wonder what signal permanently closing Tiller's clinic sends to those who would like to put a permanent end to choice.

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A Question for Dick Cheney: Should We Now Waterboard Tiller's Murderer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?

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Searching for Answers in the Shadow of George Tiller's Murder

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan J. Demas

Some people know he did the right thing. What I'm not sure of is where that line is, between utter certitude in your beliefs and the willingness to kill for them. On Sunday, it got a lot blurrier.

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Late-term Abortions: Facts, Stories and Ways to Help

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jodi Jacobson

Tiller was a man who put himself in jeopardy to ensure that a woman would not have to lose her life to infection or complications in an already-doomed pregnancy.

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The Tiller Murder and Its Ramifications: Violence Against Doctors Harms Women Seeking Services

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Northup

Dr. Tiller was one of a few physicians who provides abortions at twenty-two weeks for women who typically face substantial health risks and have been diagnosed with severe fetal abnormalities.

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Abortion Foes and the False Piety of Life's Sanctity

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Abortion foes believe killing in war is justified, as is lethal injection for convicted criminals and they are almost universally in favor of the death penalty.

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Brave Reproductive Health Care Providers Will Continue Dr. Tiller's Legacy

M. Tracey Brooks | Posted 11.17.2011

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M. Tracey Brooks

Dr. George Tiller was continually harassed by abortion opponents for much of his career. None of this stopped him from his commitment to providing women and their families with compassionate care that others were unwilling to offer.

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George Tiller, Kansas Doctor, Acquitted In Late-Term Abortion Case

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — One of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was acquitted Friday of misdemeanor charges stemming from procedures he per...

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McCain Repeats Debunked 'Born Alive' Attacks in Debate

Emily Douglas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emily Douglas

In the debate, McCain repeated long debunked lies about Obama's record on the Illinois Born Alive Protection Act, lies that have been repeated and promoted since Alan Keyes lost to Obama in the

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Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Swenson

Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.

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Dear Sen. Obama, I Had a Late-Term Abortion

Essential Estrogen | Lynda Waddington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Candidate Obama has been drawing heat from supporters recently for remarks he has made about late-term abortions that seem to be a retreat from his pr...

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McCain's Odd Townhall: Woos Clintonistas By Defending "Rights Of The Unborn"

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

This weekend McCain tried to project a moderate image but wound up doing the opposite, extolling military diplomacy, supporting Bush court appointments, and assailing reproductive and gay rights.

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