Abortion Rights Supporters In Congress Request Talks With Obama
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included ...
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: In an interview with ABC News's Jake Tapper, President Obama said he did not support any change in current abortion laws through the health c...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
For the second time in as many weeks, Rep. Michele Bachmann, (R-Minn.) insisted on Thursday that Democratic-conceived health care legislation would se...
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
"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."
Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
A Republican member of the House of Representatives accused President Barack Obama of being "an enemy of humanity" during a conservative values forum ...
The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
The other day, GOP Rep Todd Tiahrt sparked a firestorm by suggesting in a speech on the House floor that if the government had paid for abortions, Oba...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Arguing to restrict the public funding of abortions within the District of Columbia, Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) suggested...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and BEN FELLER | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack ...
Jen Boulanger | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
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.
Drew Westen | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
Whether the public is with Democrats on social issues depends entirely on whether they continue to remain silent or whether they speak to the public in ways that address their values and sensibilities.
Carol M. Swain | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
(Sunday, May 31, 2009) - President Obama is a masterful politician who uses his intellect and popularity to confuse supporters and distractors. His m...
James Rotondi | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
The t-shirt slogan,"The Day the Dome Was Tarnished Forever" became holy inspiration for others to engage in crass sloganeering and even violent action.
Heather Wood Rudúlph | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
Not educating our youth about the ticking time bombs they have in their pants is akin to sending untrained soldiers into the mountains of Afghanistan without so much as a map.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
The hate-filled morons of the Religious Right have deservedly lost the battle for the hearts and minds of America.
Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics
It's important to remember your audience, and Obama clearly did at Notre Dame. Here are eight key lines from Obama's address and the biblical passages they reference.
Paul Raushenbush | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics
Ultimately, the biggest winner Sunday was Notre Dame. As President Obama said in his speech, the pro-life movement is no longer filled with caricatures.
AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America's leading Roman Catholi...
Mike Alvear | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
Men need to to help women survive their decision. And that lies mostly in bearing witness to their pain.
AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A powerful Catholic leader on Friday accused President Barack Obama of pushing an anti-life, anti-family agenda and called Notre Da...
Wall Street Journal | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- The White House has begun bringing together a diverse group of abortion-rights supporters and opponents to help craft policies both side...
Danielle Crittenden | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
In declining Notre Dame's award, Mary Ann Glendon is suggesting that Obama may be president but he is not her president, or the Catholics' president -- a highly divisive and anti-democratic sentiment.
Cristina Page | Posted 05.30.2009 | Home
For those in favor of women's rights, the first 100 days of the Obama administration has been like a honeymoon. We've continually been reminded why we fell in love in the first place. Here's a report card.
AP | TOM COYNE | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said Monday she won't accept the University of Notre Dame's top honor at commencement...
Politico | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
The first hint of a stir came just after Election Day, when the computer servers at Americans United for Life crashed. People were swamping the Web si...
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell and Pat Buchanan faced off on Hardball Thursday over President Barack Obama's invitation to deliver the commencement speech at Notr...
AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics