I visited Columbia during the True/False Film Fest to see the After Tiller documentary. This Sundance Award-winning film follows four physicians who continue to provide third-trimester abortions after the assassination in 2009 of their colleague George Tiller in Wichita, Kan. In the abortion context, the third trimester starts...

Everyone please step away from the ledge. The public discourse about mandated trans-vaginal ultrasounds for abortion patients is completely out of control--among both abortion rights opponents and abortion rights supporters. The facts are slim and distorted on all sides. It is time for a more thoughtful discussion on the issue.

Today, January 22nd, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. As a "pro-choice" president, Barack Obama is likely to mark that anniversary, as he has every year of his presidency, with a statement reaffirming a woman's constitutional right to abortion. But on this anniversary,...

Last week's Time magazine cover story examines why 40 years following the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision (January 22nd is the 40th anniversary), abortion-rights activists appear to be losing. To prove her point, the author highlights the increasing number of state restrictions that make an abortion harder to...