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Reform...at What Cost?

Susan Bevan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moderate Republicans, Moderates, Republican-Majority-for-Choice, Abortion Rights, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Anti-Abortion, U.S. House of Representatives, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Susan Bevan

Like it or not, abortion is a legal medical procedure and a decision that has to be left to doctors and families. Why are women being singled out and denied coverage, even through private plans?

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Cartoon: Iceberg Dead Ahead!

Shan Wells | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Abortion, Congress, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Democrates, Obama Health Care, Denver, Barack Obama, Sentate, House, White House, Insurance, Abortion Laws, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, Denver News
Shan Wells

I wonder if electing a pack of blue dogs in order to gain a "majority" was worth the now very real risk that the party will chew itself to pieces via stubborn ideological bickering.

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Bridgeton High School Student Sues School After Being Barred From Abortion Protest

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Mount Laurel, First Amendment, Bridgeton High School, Abortion Protest, Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity, Religious Freedom, Stand True, Anti-Abortion, Alliance Defense Fund, Pro Life, New York News

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-s...

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Anti-Abortion Group To Protest Sarah Palin

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Sarah Palin Pro-Life, Sarah Palin Abortion, Pro-Life Protest Palin, Palin Abortion Protest, Abortion Debate, Sarah Palin, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion Protest Palin, American Right to Life, Politics News

When she was running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Sarah Palin reportedly said that even if her then-14-year-old daughter were raped, she would "cho...

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Ben Nelson Wants Anti-Abortion Measures In Senate Health Bill

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Health Care Reform, Abortion Senate Health Bill, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson Health Bill, Anti-Abortion, Senate Health Bill, Ben Nelson Health Care Reform, Abortion Provision, Abortion Amendment, Ben Nelson Abortion, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the Hous...

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Abortion in Health Care Reform: The Fight is Far From Over

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Choice, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

The so-called Stupak Amendment is an outrageous denial of choice to women, dictated behind the scenes by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and their army of lobbyists.

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Illinois Abortion Law Blocked By Judge After Earlier Clearance

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Illinois Abortion Law, Parental Notice of Abortion Act, Anti-Abortion, Abortion Notification Law, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Choice Abortion, Abortion Law, Illinois Abortion, Illinois Parental Notification Law, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's pare...

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Catholic Pastors Directed To Distribute Anti-Health Care Reform Material At Mass

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion Health Care Reform, Catholics Health Care Reform, Catholics Health Insurers, Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life Health Care Reform, Health Insurers Abortion, Priests Health Care Reform, Anti-Health Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care Reform Abortion, Politics News

This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to...

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EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor George Tiller

Politics Daily | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro Choice, Shelley Shannon, Abortion Providers, Crime, Ebay, Anti Abortion, Abortion Doctors, Scott Roeder, Goerge Tiller, Murder, Kansas, Defense Fund, Online Auction, Auction, Pro Life, Prison Drawings, Prison Cookbook, Extremism, Politics News

EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featur...

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Randall Terry Urges "Burn In Hell Protests"; Abortion Foe Calls For Burning Pelosi And Reid Effigies

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Randall Terry Abortion, Randall Terry Burn in Hell, Nancy Pelosi Abortion, Randall Terry Burning Effigies, Burn in Hell Protest, Anti-Abortion, Burn in Hell Contest, Randall Terry, Randall Terry Protest, Harry Reid Abortion, Anti-Abortion Protest, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry is calling on people to burn effigies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader...

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Oklahoma Abortion Laws Forcing Women To Reveal Their Race And Relationships Spark Court Battles

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Abortion Laws, Abortion Protests, Abortion Rights, Right to Choice, Anti-Abortion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Abortion, New Abortion Laws, Pro-Life, Abortion Court Cases, Pro-Choice, Oklahoma Abortion Laws, Politics News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws i...

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Daley Will Sign Abortion Protest Buffer Zone Law

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Chicago City Council, Chicago Abortion Protests, Mayor Daley, Anti-Abortion, Chicago Abortion Ordinance, Daley Abortion, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Chicago News

In a political about-face, Mayor Daley said Friday he would sign legislation creating a protective zone around Chicago hospitals and clinics to keep p...

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Anti-Abortion Activists Required To Keep Distance From Clinics, People Under New Ordinance

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Chicago Abortion Protests, Chicago City Council, Chicago Abortion Ordinance, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Chicago News

The Chicago City Council today voted 27-11 to pass an ordinance creating a so-called bubble zone requiring anti-abortion activists to keep their dista...

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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No On Abortions, Yes On Bill, Says GOP Congressman Cao

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Cao, Louisiana, Congresswoman Lois Capps, Obama Abortion, Obama, Congress, Healthcare, Bill 3200, Abortion Rights, President Obama Speech, Abortion, Congressman Cao, Joint Session of Congress, Anti-Abortion, Congressional Democrats, Katrina, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Republican, Health Care, Capps Amendment, Reversing Roe vs Wade, Roe vs Wade, Public Option, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"Basically, I do agree with the President that we need some kind of health care reform," says Anh in a Q and A. "Now, what kind of reform are we going to get? That is the question."

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Roots of Right-Wing Populist Rage -- Reds to Beds

Chip Berlet | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality, Values Voters, Populism, Family Values, Evangelical Christians, Sociology, Anti-Abortion, Christian Right, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Sex Education, Politics News
Chip Berlet

There are tens of millions of conservative Christian evangelicals who read, watch, or hear crazy messages on a weekly basis. Stop laughing and start organizing.

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Harlan James Drake: Anti-Abortion Activist Killed Outside Michigan School

AP | TIM MARTIN and ED WHITE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Anti-Abortion, Michigan State Police, Owosso, Michigan, Activism, Shiawassee County, Mike Fuoss, Detroit, James Pouillon, Politics News

OWOSSO, Mich. — A man carrying grudges against several people set off on a shooting spree Friday morning, authorities said, killing an abortion ...

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Pregnant Women and Mothers Deserve Better

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life Movement, Women-Health-Care, Women-Health, Pregnant Women, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion-Violence, George Tiller Murder, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Choice Movement, Dr. Tiller, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

Implying that the decisions individual women make to have abortions is the same or worse than a holocaust denying and it should stop.

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Preliminary Hearing for Scott Roeder Reveals Details

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scott Roeder, Preliminary Hearing, Trial Date Set, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller, Pro-Life Movement, Abortion Rights, George-Tiler-Murdered, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Anti-Choice Movement, Dr. Tiller, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

Scott Roeder, wearing a greenish suit with a red tie, sat impassive and stone-faced throughout the hearing. He had served time in prison before.

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Anti-Abortion Activists Push New, Radical Egg-As-Person Measures

RHRealityCheck.org | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Abortion Personhood Measures, Ballot Mesaures Anti-Abortion, Abortion Personhood, Anti-Abortion, Abortion Ballot Measures, Personhood Ballot Measues, Politics News

A resurgent movement to place "personhood" measures on state ballots across the nation to ban abortion and comprehensive reproductive care could have ...

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Pro-Life Dems Warn Pelosi: No Support Unless Reform "Explicitly Excludes" Abortion Funding

U.S. News & World Reports | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Research Council, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Conservative Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Pelosi, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Democrats, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Politics News

The Family Research Council isn't usually in the business of praising Democrats. But it's giving props to 19 House Dems for writing to Speaker Nancy P...

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Come Together to Prevent My Murder

Jen Boulanger | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, Anti-Abortion, Obama Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Abortion Rights, Politics News
Jen Boulanger

In my 15 years as the executive director of the Allentown Women's Center, a reproductive health care facility that also performs abortions, I have never felt more vulnerable.

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Abortion Protest Leaves Tiller Clinic To Avoid Confrontation

McClatchy | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Newman, Abortion, George Tiller, Anti-Abortion, George Tiller Murder, Christian Defense Coalition, Operation Rescue, Tiller, Politics News

A possible confrontation over abortion never came to pass Saturday as opposing groups convened at noon at different locations. About 30 abortion oppo...

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Higher Ground

Cristina Page | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Anti-Abortion, President Obama, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Extremism, Dr. Tiller, Politics News
Cristina Page

The brutal murder of Dr. Tiller threatens to poison the nascent dialogue Obama initiated.

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Anti-Abortion Leaders Jailed Protesting Focus On The Family

Colorado Independant | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Bob Enyart, James Daly, Denver Bible Church, James Dobson, Anti-Abortion, Kenneth Scott, Focus on the Family, Anti-Abortion Protesters, American Right to Life Action, Politics News

The longstanding feud between hard-line abortion foes American Right to Life Action and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson came to a head in a C...

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