Abortion Policy

States tough on abortion face legal costs

2011-12-13T15:30:25Z

CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Bill Graber is not a fan of Roe v. Wade because the Ohio construction worker thinks the 1973 CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Bill Graber is not a fan of Roe v. Wade because the Ohio construction worker thinks the 1973 NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Henry Hyde, a champion of the anti-abortion movement, might turn over in his grave if he knew that a provision of law he authored was an obstacle to individual states banning abortion.

The Idaho (Reuters) - The Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and subject abortion providers who violate the ban to criminal prosecution and lawsuits.

The bill now heads to the state Facing long legal road, strict Nebraska abortion law may not be used for years, if ever

It's been called a groundbreaking law, but a measure approved in Nebraska last week that changes the rationale for abortion bans probably won't go into effect anytime soon — if ever.

Instead, abortion opponents are hoping it will become the most important case on abortion to reach the Voters in Mississippi will decide on abortion ban on 2011 ballot

Mississippi is putting an abortion ban on the ballot in 2011.

Abortion opponents collected enough signatures to put the proposal on next year's ballot. Voters will be asked to support whether unborn fetuses should be given human rights in the state's constitution.

A similar proposal is going before KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - The sentencing on Thursday of an anti-abortion activist who gunned down a Kansas doctor comes amid a bitter U.S. debate over abortion that nearly derailed landmark healthcare reform legislation last month and is expected to remain a factor in U.S...

Making Up Evangelical History

2010-10-25T04:32:19Z

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What's the Future for the Roe Decision?

2010-10-22T14:20:57Z

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Roe v. Wade 37th Anniversary: What is the Future of the Roe Decision?

2010-10-22T14:20:29Z

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Health bill revives abortion issue for young women

2010-10-22T09:44:47Z

At 21, Jelena Woehr describes herself as a feminist, focusing on issues such as domestic violence and improved career opportunities for women.

Yes, she also supports abortion rights. But that wasn't her emphasis until Congress began considering potential restrictions on insurance coveragfe for abortion. Now, she's joined many other young feminists in mobilizing to protect a right they thought had been settled long ago.

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COMPROMISE MEANS ÔMORE CHOICESÕ FOR INSURANCE

2010-06-25T19:24:10Z

Reid hails agreement he says brings competition to the market; Senate also casts a pivotal abortion vote

WASHINGTON As the health care debate pressed forward Tuesday in the Senate, it was hard to decide whether to keep an eye on the floor action or behind the closed doors where deals were being made down the hall.

Developments were playing out in both theaters of operation on two of the trickies...

Should The Government Fund Abortions?

2010-10-22T14:29:13Z

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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights' scramble

2010-06-25T19:47:32Z

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups fight to maintain influence in health care debate

Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the Senate, w...

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound

2010-06-25T19:47:32Z

Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the Senate, where debate could begin in a few days. They also have a larger goal: to prove that with their Democratic allies in co...

Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

2010-06-11T23:28:18Z

Global report: Abortions decline but unsafe procedures kill many women in developing world

Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.

More than half the deaths, about 38,000, are in sub-Saharan Africa, which was singled o...

Support for abortion rights falls in U.S.

2010-04-16T10:02:21Z

DALLAS (Reuters) - Support for abortion rights has slipped in America this year and now barely edges opposition, while the issue's importance has fallen, according to a new survey released on Thursday.

Barack Obama's election as president may have contributed to...

The Hidden Reality of Abortion -- Empowering Men

2010-10-24T09:54:28Z

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France Ireland Abortion

2010-12-16T06:03:21Z

Carmel Stewart, a lawyer of the three women victims of restrictions on abortion in Ireland, reads the judgment from the European Court of Human Rights in the Grand Chamber Thursday Dec. 16, 2010, in Strasbourg, eastern Scott Brown speaks during an interview at the Statehouse in Boston. On ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Brown said he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. He went on to say that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legali...

Health Care Overhaul

2010-06-25T21:52:13Z

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., talks to reporters following the tabling of an abortion amendment on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Bishop Kennedy

2010-03-29T17:33:17Z

Skip Shea, from Uxbridge, Mass., talks with the media concerning pedophile priests in the Catholic diocese during a press conference outside the Providence Catholic Diocese offices, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, in Providence, R.I. Shea is a abuse survivor and member of SNAP,

Spain Abortion Rally

2010-03-30T23:49:04Z

A huge crowd is seen at the Puerta del Sol square during a march against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion, in Madrid, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. The protest was called to denounce a bill that would allow unrestricted abortion at up to 14 weeks of pregnancy and let girls aged 16 and 17 have abortions without parental consent, a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally...