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Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client has an "absolute right" to present a defense that argues the killing was justified to stop abortion.
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.
A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against abortion.
A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill.
Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included in the House health care bill.
More than a month before the shooting of a high-profile abortion doctor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City received an anonymous letter warning that the man now charged in the case "would do physical harm" to Dr. George Tiller or any other abortion provider, the agency said.
A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.
Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.
A federal appeals court has struck down an ordinance that created two types of buffer zones around medical facilities after a Christian legal group challenged the law on behalf of a nurse who protests abortions.
Online auction house eBay has removed items that were posted for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise money for defense of a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider, the company said Monday.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island has agreed to meet with the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence after a public argument over the national health care overhaul.
Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.
House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation's health care system would effectively allow federal funding of abortion.
A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion — a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.
Senators writing a health care overhaul bill have rejected an amendment to strengthen anti-abortion provisions already in the legislation.
A state judge on Tuesday blocked implementation of several key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortions, while allowing a few provisions to take effect.
A Polish court on Wednesday ordered a Roman Catholic magazine to pay a fine and apologize to a woman for likening her to a killer for wanting an abortion and equating the practice with Nazi crimes.
Judges considering newly filed lawsuits face tight deadlines to decide whether parts of a new Arizona law that imposes restrictions on abortions will take effect next week as scheduled.
For some abortion-rights activists, the debate over health care reform has been frustrating, even disheartening, as they see their political allies on the defensive and their anti-abortion rivals on the attack.
There's nothing subtle about the sales pitch by abortion opponents who are gathering signatures at the Colorado State Fair for a ballot measure that would give legal rights to fertilized embryos.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the president supports language in health overhaul legislation that explicitly prohibits money for abortions.
The suspect in the killing of abortion provider George Tiller is in talks with a prominent attorney who represents anti-abortion protesters and has long advocated justifiable homicide as a legal defense in such cases.
An anti-abortion group from Kansas is moving its fight north to Nebraska, preparing for a weekend demonstration and holding a workshop to plot its strategy for putting Dr. LeRoy Carhart out of business.
Victims: Bishop Who Told Kennedy He Couldn't Take Communion Should Stop Protecting PedophilesRocked by sex and pedophilia scandals, the Catholic church has been losing members by the millions.
Mystification of reality...blame the use that women can do their own bodies and their decisions in relation to sexuality' and maternity ...
In Alaska, new fight over rights of fetusesA ballot initiative that sponsors hope will outlaw abortion in Alaska by declaring fetuses to be "legal persons" appears headed for a court fight.
faithfully angryThe Christian manifesto concludes with a call to arms and, some believe, a direct arrow aimed at the Obama administration: "Unjust laws degrade human beings. … They lack any power to bind in conscience.
The WSJ: Sarah Palin & Me The Joy Of A Child With Down SyndromeChurch resists anti-life CultureOnce the Obama administration came to power it took only days for pro-life observers to confirm their fears that the regime was radically anti-life
(This column defends a pro-life Christian conservative. Next, I defend a Democrat from equally false and malicious attacks - Barack Obama. This is a nonpartisan blog. ) Now it's loyal Democrats being snookered,
Hypocritical Anti-Catholic LiberalsWhen word got out that the mitered ones had lobbied for the Stupak Amendment barring tax subsidies for abortion, which I wrote about last week, pro-choice groups and civil libertarians erupted in anger at this blatant scaling of the barricade separating Church from State.
When a Woman's Body Becomes the Domain of the State, Part II "The most invasive forms of coercion used to enforce birth limits—forced abortion and forced sterilization—remain commonplace in many areas of China." He found language in the laws for the majority of the provinces that permit officials to use forced abortion and steriliz …
When A Woman's Body Becomes the Domain of the State—Part IMost people have little knowledge of the details or scope of China's one-child policy, which began with the "Population and Family Planning Policy" in 1978.
Health Bill Revives Abortion GroupsFeeling a threat from proposed legislation, both sides are mobilizing supporters like they haven't in years.
I sat playing with my two year old while CNN was playing in the background during the Senate vote to bring the healthcare reform bill to the floor. Not the nail bitter I think it was made out to be, but interesting enough.
Jesse Jackson 'Excommunicates' Moderate And Conservative BlacksWell you've got to give Reverend Jesse Jackson credit. He doesn't pull punches. He just excommunicated all moderate and conservative blacks from...well...being black. No. I'm not kidding. According to The Hill:
In the past several years, I've noticed a growing and disturbing number of outspoken Catholic priests, bishops, and other religious organizations voicing their opposition to certain political leaders due to stances held by our elected officials.
So the question here is that does abortion undermine equality between genders. To understand this is to take abortion into other meaning other than a medical one.
Limbaugh promotes false notion that abortion is linked to breast cancerOn his radio show, Rush Limbaugh told a caller that "there are studies that say abortions increase the chances of breast cancer." In fact, the American Cancer Society says that "research studies have not found a cause-and-effect relationship between abortion and breast cancer," a …
Bishops Press Obama Strike Abortion Funding! | savannahnow.comVery interesting action by Abortion foes.
Baptist Leader: Obama "Very Dangerous," Causing "Severe Damage"One of the leaders of the nation's influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells Newsmax that President Obama is "very dangerous" in his economic policies and his foreign policy is causing "severe damage" to U.S. standing in the world.
Catholic Bishops Slam Senate Health Care Proposal : "violates the longstanding federal policy against the use of federal funds for elective abortions"Thus far, the pending Senate bill does not live up to President Obama's commitment of barring the use of federal dollars for abortion and maintaining current conscience laws.
Obamacare opposed 51-35Three-quarters of American voters – 74 percent – like President Barack Obama as a person, but only 47 percent like most of his policies, and voters disapprove 51 – 35 percent of the health care overhaul passed by the House of Representatives which he has endorsed, according …
Harry Reid's Health Care Plan Requires a Monthly Abortion FeeJust like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new "abortion premium" fee on Americans in the government-run plan.
Woman's Lawsuit: She Yelled Stop, Practitioner Continued With Forced Abortion[Caitlin] Bruce filed a suit against Hodari and his assistant, "Victor" on June 17 over an incident that took place at Hodari's Flint abortion center in April 2008.
Comparing the House and the Senate Health Care ProposalsSenate Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation Wednesday to overhaul the nation's health care system. Earlier this month the House passed its own version.
No women will get abortion coverage: Such is the prediction made by a report analyzing the long-term impact of Stupak-Pitts Based on how the insurance industry "adjusts its products over time to conform to the regulatory environment in which it operates," the report concludes that Stupak-Pitts would "have an industry-wide effect." In short, it wouldn't just impact plans purchased through the new healt …
Senate Dems Close In On Reform: Details Of Health Care Bill RevealedSenate Democrats moved one step closer Wednesday night to comprehensive health care reform as Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled a health care reform package that is a product of a merger of twin plans that passed the health and finance committees.
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