Abortion
Study: Free Birth Control Leads to Fewer Abortions
This apparently needed to be studied and wasn't completely obvious
"Abortion Ship" Docked in Morocco Before Announcing Trip
Clever end-run around the authorities
Moroccan Port Closed over Ship Promoting Safe Abortion
Dutch activists protested by locals
Ill. Court: Pharmacies Not Required to Sell Morning-After Pill
Declares rule unconstitutional under state laws
Uruguay Congress Votes to Allow Abortion Up to Twelve Weeks
Passed by fifty votes to forty-nine
Denial of Medical Choice: Even Worse Than Activists Think
Abortion advocates fear government bureaucrats could use burdensome rules to reduce access to medical care. That's happening already.
British Woman Jailed For Late-Term Abortion
Given eight year sentence for aborting her own baby at 39 weeks
Virginia Approves Tougher Building Standards for Abortion Clinics
Requires them to meet same requirements as full hospitals
The Democrats' Fake Freedoms
The president's party can't seem to distinguish between defending rights and soliciting subsidies.
Todd Akin Ads Dropped over Failure to Pay
Getting frozen out of funds for Missouri race starting to have impact
The Republican Party's Science and Technology Policy Platform
What the GOP thinks about sex ed, fracking, abortion, stem cells, nuclear power, climate change and more.
Romney Distances From Rigid GOP Abortion Stance
Pretty much any position is more forgiving than the Republican Party platform
Abortion Once Again an Issue in Ireland
Report on the country's restrictive laws due next month from the European Court of Human Rights
European Ruling on Irish Abortion Law Scheduled For September
Woman claims her rights were violated as she had to leave Ireland for an abortion
Catholic Church: Right-Wing Pawn or Left-Wing Front Group?
Political enthusiasts are by turns infuriated and delighted by the church.
Ohio Doctor Behind Belief Rape Can't Lead to Pregnancy
Dr. John C. "Jack" Willke founded the National Right to Life Committee.
Planned Parenthood To Lose Texas Funding
Abortion connection makes the organization's clinics political kryptonite
Missouri GOP Official: Rape Pregnancies a Blessing from God
A local GOP committeewoman says Senate candidate Todd Akin simply misspoke and defended attempting to prohibit abortion even in cases of rape
Is Rape a Moral Justification for Abortion?
Rape is among the more horrific violations of human dignity. But it is a crime committed by the male, not the female, or the unborn baby.
Michael "Go F--k Yourself" Baumgartner's Position on Afghanistan Probably Won't Get As Much Play as Todd Akin's on Abortion
The Republican Senate hopeful in Washington state worked in Iraq and Afghanistan and still advises for the military. He wants the wars to end
Romney's Rape Exception
The Republican presidential nominee is less consistently pro-life than Todd Akin or Paul Ryan.
Court: Texas Can Cut Planned Parenthood Funds
Clinic had argued law forbidding giving state funds to abortion providers violated free speech.
GOP Goes Full Akin Against Abortion
Platform language includes no exceptions for rape or incest
Todd Akin Has Till 6PM ET to Withdraw From the Missouri Senate Race, But Claire McCaskill Doesn't Want Him To, Obviously
Akin won a tight three-way race and is still tied with McCaskill after making asinine and ignorant comments about rape
Congressman Has Never Heard of a Child Getting Pregnant Through Rape or Incest
Capitol Hill really is a bubble
Maddow Gives Her Thoughts on Akin
Says Akin's 'fake science' is the 'new normal' in the GOP
Move Over Todd Akin! 3 Other Monstrously Dumb Comments About Rape
Featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Bernard Shaw, and Clayton Williams.
Todd Akin: Not Quitting
Denies reports he'll drop out of race over rape pregnancy comments.
Source Says Akin Planning to Withdraw
Has Tuesday deadline if he wants to end campaign over abortion rape controversy.
Scott Brown Calls for Todd Akin to Bow Out Over Rape Comment
As other Republican candidates condemn the Missouri Senate hopeful's comments about "legitimate rape" not leading to pregnancy
Colorado Pro-Life Activists Hand in Anti-Abortion Petition
The Colorado Personhood Coalition submitted 121,000 signatures to the secretary of state in another attempt to amend Colorado's constitution.
Abortion Debate Skewers Political Pieties
In addition to terminating pregnancies, abortion can inflict considerable collateral damage by puncturing the pieties of contemporary liberalism.
