May 18, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Abortion Clinics

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Southern State's Lone Abortion Clinic In Danger

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

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JACKSON, Miss. — It can't meet the mandates of a 2012 state law and the governor wants to shut it down, but Mississippi's only abortion clinic i...

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Alabama Gov. Signs Restrictive New Abortion Law

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

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By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 9 (Reuters) - Doctors who provide abortions will face stricter standards in Alabama starting in...

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Abortion Clinic Challenges New State Law

Reuters | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

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By Alicia Underlee Nelson FARGO, N.D., April 1 (Reuters) - North Dakota's only clinic that offers abortion services is vowing to chall...

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3 Maryland Abortion Clinics Suspend Procedures

The Baltimore Sun | Andrea K. Walker | Posted 05.09.2013 | DC

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March 13--State health officials have suspended surgical abortion procedures at three clinics, including one in Baltimore where a patient suffered car...

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Pro-Life Activists Seek Justice After Woman's Abortion-Related Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 02.12.2013 | DC

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WASHINGTON -- Maryland pro-life activists are demanding legal and political action following the death of a 29-year-old woman who passed away Thursday...

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State's Only Abortion Clinic Gets Harsh Warning

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 01.26.2013 | Politics

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's only abortion clinic said it received notice Friday that the state Health Department intends to revoke its operating l...

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GOP Gov Quietly Certifies Revised Abortion Clinic Regulations

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

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Gov. Bob McDonnell has certified health regulations that impose strict hospital construction standards on Virginia abortion clinics -- triggering the ...

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Michigan Gov Signs Abortion Clinic Limits

Detroit News | KAREN BOUFFARD AND CHRISTINE MACDONALD | Posted 12.28.2012 | Politics

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Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill requiring that abortion clinics be licensed but will veto another that would have required Blue Cross Blue Shield o...

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Gender Gap Costly: Women's Votes Decisive in Presidential and Senate Races

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics

The problem the Republican Party has with women is deep and costly. Their attacks on women's rights all add up to a widely perceived Republican War on Women that significantly influenced the outcome of the election by creating impactful gender gaps in many key races.

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Despicable: Mourdock, Walsh and Akin

Merle Hoffman | Posted 12.25.2012 | Politics

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Now, the decision to have an abortion when faced with a life-threatening pre-pregnancy condition is a hard choice. Under President Romney, there would be no choice.

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State's Only Abortion Clinic On The Brink

AP | JEFF AMY | Posted 09.16.2012 | Politics

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JACKSON, Miss. — Health officials have inspected Mississippi's lone abortion clinic, the first step in a process that could lead to its closure ...

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State Could Become Only Without A Single Abortion Clinic

Reuters | Posted 08.27.2012 | Politics

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* Some lawmakers say hope law will end abortions in state * State has low abortion rate, high teen pregnancy rate By Emi...

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Judge Rules It's Fair to Appropriate Abortion Clinic's Video

Michael Rose | Posted 08.26.2012 | Politics

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A Federal Judge ruled against an abortion clinic operator whose video had been obtained without permission by anti-abortion activists and used as part of a new video that humorlessly discredits the clinic's counseling services.

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16 & Pregnant & Having an Abortion

Cristina Page | Posted 03.21.2012 | Home

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There's another voice you must add to 16 & Pregnant: That of the 16 year-old girl who is pregnant and chooses to have an abortion.

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Virginia Tells Abortion Clinics Where To Set The Thermostat

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.25.2011 | Women

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The Virginia Department of Health will release proposed clinic regulations on Friday that target abortion providers and could potentially shut many of...

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Roe v. Wade v. Silence

Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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I live in a country where it is OK to distribute "WANTED" posters that not only display photos of abortion service medical providers, but include their names and addresses.

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The Myth Of Abortion Trauma

Nada Logan Stotland, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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The scientific evidence from studies of large populations of women indicates that having an abortion neither alleviates nor causes psychiatric disorders.

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Reproductive Health Care Providers Deserve Our Protection

Sam Hoyt | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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While Dr. Tiller's work and his unflappable defense of a woman's right to choose abortion was extremely high profile, many physicians and abortion center staff face serious harassment.

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Nun Rebuked For Volunteering At Abortion Clinic

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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With pressure mounting from inside and outside the Church hierarchy, an order of nuns has rebuked a Chicago-area member for volunteering at an abortio...

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Wichita: Murder, in the Name of Life

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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No-Choice: 87% Of U.S. Counties Have No Access To Abortion Clinic (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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There are three states in the country that have only one abortion clinic, Rachel Maddow reported on MSNBC last night. Others heavily restrict abortion...

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