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So Long, Pro-choice... I'm Pro-faith

Janis Powers | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Janis Powers

In other words, fertilized eggs inside a woman's body are treated differently that those created in a petri dish. If life begins at conception, the where's the uproar over the dispensation of scientifically fertilized eggs?

The Placenta and the Pace of Life

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.25.2013 | Science
Rob Brooks

The placenta varies more among mammal species than almost any other organ. And research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA provides some clarity on how this diversity evolved.

Abortion Legislation Preempts Parents' Call: Art, Politics Trade Places in Missouri

Tracy Weitz | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Tracy Weitz

I am struck by how art and politics seem to have traded places in Missouri. The documentary After Tiller represents everything that is messy and complicated about the world, while politics here seem to exist in a fantasy world.

Woman Allegedly Carting Fetus In Bag

AP | Posted 05.04.2013 | Crime

BANGOR, Maine — Authorities are investigating what appeared to be a fetus that a woman was carrying in a plastic bag as she walked in downtown B...

Catholic Hospital Says Its Defense Was 'Morally Wrong'

AP | NICHOLAS RICCARDI | Posted 04.06.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetus...

Abortion Rights Are Pro-life

Leonard Peikoff | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Leonard Peikoff

Tragically, the lives of the parents are completely ignored by the anti-abortionists. Yet that is the essential issue. In any conflict it's the actual, living persons who count, not the mere potential of the embryo.

WATCH: Fetus Yawns Inside Womb

Reuters | Posted 01.21.2013 | Science

LONDON (Reuters) - Growing into a fully formed human being is a long process, and scientists have found that unborn babies not only hiccup, swallow an...

Mourdock Shows No Respect Toward Women

Steve Siebold | Posted 12.25.2012 | Politics
Steve Siebold

It's absolutely amazing these kinds of statements are coming from people who could potentially be the next leaders of our country -- making the important decisions that impact you, me and our future generations.

Fertility Drugs May Affect Children's Stature, Study Suggests

Posted 07.17.2012 | Science

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 07/16/2012 09:05 AM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Children conceived through use of fe...

WATCH: From Creepy To Cute, Human Face Forms In Womb

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 07.06.2012 | Science

A first-of-its-kind animation gives new meaning to the phrase "baby face." Featured in a video clip from the BBC series "Inside the Human Body," CG...

Gene-Screening Advance Promises Convenience But Raises Ethical Concerns

| Posted 06.07.2012 | Science

By Kai Kupferschmidt What if you could read much of your child's medical future while it was still in the womb? Taking a major step toward that goa...

Fetus Found In Philly Sewer Pipe

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.21.2012 | Weird News

Philadelphia cops are investigating the discovery of a fetus in a sewer pipe at a home in the Kensington area on Monday. Plumbers made the discover...

Fetus Found In Garbage Bin, Woman Accused Of Self-Abortion

AP | COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 01.31.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — Authorities are investigating whether a woman whose fetus was found among trash illegally ended her pregnancy by drinking an herbal c...

Unbelievable Side Effect Of Being Stressed While Pregnant

Jena Pincott | Posted 01.03.2012 | Parents
Jena Pincott

There's an avalanche of evidence that women who are under extreme duress in pregnancy have kids who have shorter attention spans, lower IQs, memory deficiencies and health problems.

Insanity Plea In Deadly Fetal Abduction Case

AP | Posted 01.02.2012 | Crime

MILWAUKEE -- An insanity plea has been entered on behalf of a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fe...

Lawyer: Alleged 'Fetus Snatcher' To Plead Insanity

AP | Posted 12.31.2011 | Crime

MILWAUKEE -- The lawyer for a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus says his client will enter a...

Judge Halts Part Of Controversial Abortion Law

AP | GARY D. ROBERTSON | Posted 12.25.2011 | Politics

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge blocked part of North Carolina's new abortion law Tuesday, ruling providers do not have to place an ultrasound i...

Can 'I Don't Know' Break The Abortion Stalemate?

John Backman | Posted 12.23.2011 | Religion
John Backman

"Becoming human" is not a scientific question but a spiritual or philosophical one. And who can answer any such question definitively?

Possible Insanity Plea For Suspect Accused Of Removing Woman's Fetus With X-Acto Knife

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 12.20.2011 | Crime

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting out her full-term fetus in the hopes of raising the child as her own mi...

Accused Fetus-Snatcher Pretended She Was Pregnant: Police

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 12.11.2011 | Crime

MILWAUKEE (Associated Press) -- Five days after someone killed his pregnant sister-in-law and sliced the fetus from her womb, Josue Garcia said Tuesda...

Woman Rips Fetus From Mother, Killing 23-Year-Old And Unborn Child: Cops

AP | Posted 12.10.2011 | Crime

MILWAUKEE (Associated Press) -- A Milwaukee woman abducted a young pregnant mother and removed her fetus just days before the baby was due, killing bo...

Palatine Pro-Life Group Kicked Out Of Parade Over Fetus Banner

Palatine, IL Patch | Brian Slupski | Email the Author | 3:27pm | Posted 08.13.2011 | Chicago

A pro-life group is out of the Hometown Fest July 2 parade after refusing to drop a banner that included a picture of a live fetus. "They decided t...

Missouri Senate Passes Bill Putting Restrictions On Late-Term Abortions

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics

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...

Why Would Anti-Abortion Activists Oppose a Bill Making It a Crime to Kill an Unborn Child?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Jason Salzman

A bill making it a crime if you kill an unborn child is on life support after Republicans withdrew their support yesterday.

What Is The Role Of Theology In The Abortion Debate?

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Clay Farris Naff

A particular theology can never make a good basis for public policy. Anti-choice advocates believe they are a majority, but their position amounts to religious tyranny all the same.