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abortion rights stories: 62 news summaries

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'Jane Roe' Arrested After Ruckus at Sotomayor Hearing

'You're wrong, Sotomayor,' plaintiff-turned-anti-abortion-activist screams

Jul 13, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norma McCorvey, better known as “Jane Roe” from the landmark abortion-rights case Roe v. Wade, was arrested today after causing a ruckus at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, ABC News reports. McCorvey was removed from the Hart Senate Office Building and charged with unlawful conduct after she began to... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • confirmation hearings • anti-abortion activists • Sonia Sotomayor • Norma McCorvey

(Newser) - President Obama told Pope Benedict XVI yesterday that he would make every effort to reduce the number of abortions in the US, according to a Vatican spokesman. Bioethics and life issues were the focus of the men's 40-minute talk yesterday. The pontiff gave the president a booklet explaining the church's... More »

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stem cell research • Barack Obama • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Vatican • bioethics • President Obama

 Docs: We'll Quit If Obama  
 Lifts Bush Abortion Rules 

Analysts: older regs let health workers avoid certain procedures

Jul 6, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some doctors who oppose abortion say they’ll quit their jobs if President Obama repeals Bush regulations that allow health care professionals to refuse to perform operations that are in opposition with their beliefs, NPR reports. A Christian Medical Association report found that “90% of those surveyed said they... More »

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Bush administration • health care • abortion • abortion rights • doctor • regulation • birth control pill • George W. Bush • health workers • Obama administration • President Obama

 Anti-Abortion Activists 
 Target State Battlegrounds 

In Mississippi, only one clinic remains

Jun 8, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama in office, abortion is unlikely to become illegal under federal law anytime soon. So activists are taking their battle to the state level, pushing for complex rules and limits that make the procedure difficult to obtain, the Washington Post reports. "The states are the battlegrounds and... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • Mississippi • state governments • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

OPINION

Once a Pro-Lifer, She'll Soon Perform Abortions

Med student details what changed her mind

Jun 7, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rozalyn Farmer Love grew up Catholic, taught that abortions are categorically wrong. But the third-year medical student delved into women's health, meeting women in agonizing situations along the way, and realized that although "ending an unwanted pregnancy is a tragedy," it's far worse to deny "safe, competent... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • women's health • abortion rights • Catholic • medical students

(Newser) - Roughly 900 people paid their respects to slain abortion doctor George Tiller today, while a small group of protesters gathered outside. Each of Tiller’s four children spoke, with the eulogy delivered by a longtime friend and fraternity brother, reports the Kansas City Star. “Dear God, get heaven ready,... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • funeral • picketing funerals • George Tiller

OPINION

George Tiller's Murder Was Terrorism

But despite her fear, abortion clinic worker vows to stand strong

Jun 3, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion clinic worker and activist Heather Corinna doesn’t support the Patriot Act, but the murder of Dr George Tiller appears to “fits squarely in its definition of domestic terrorism,” she writes for the Guardian. Abortion clinics have been dealing with this kind of violence and... More »

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abortion • terrorism • abortion rights • pro-life • anti-abortion activists • clinic • George Tiller

Abortion Doc
Was Dedicated Despite Dangers

Kansas physician believed passionately
in right to choose

Jun 1, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. George Tiller persevered as one of the nation’s highest-profile abortion providers despite decades of violence against him and his clinic because he was a staunch believer in a woman’s right to choose, reports the Wichita Eagle. The Kansas physician—who was shot to death yesterday in the... More »

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abortion rights • Wichita • doctor • shooting • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

Gibbs: Don't Worry About Sotomayor on Abortion

Past rulings unrelated to her pro-choice stance

May 29, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama nominated a candidate for Supreme Court with almost no record on abortion. Now, reports the Washington Post, he’s in the unexpected position of defending Sonia Sotomayor to his party’s pro-choice base. Spokesman Robert Gibbs went out of his way yesterday to suggest that Obama—who didn't... More »

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abortion rights • Barbara Boxer • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

Abortion Rights Groups Uneasy With Sotomayor

Nominee has no track record of upholding right to choose

May 28, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advocates of abortion rights are getting jittery about Sonia Sotomayor, who, despite a decades-long paper trail, has never issued a ruling on the right to choose. Barack Obama's nominee to replace David Souter—himself famous for surprising his pro-life supporters by upholding Roe v. Wade—was raised Catholic and is... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • US Supreme Court • Feminist Majority • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

Anti-Abortion
'Extremists' Got
Nothing on Prez

Zealous Notre Dame protests will further
hurt their cause

May 17, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Randall Terry and other “Catholic extremists” will lead protests against President Obama’s speech at Notre Dame today—but their anti-abortion zealotry will only continue to hurt their cause, writes Frances Kissling in Salon. “The idea that anything goes in fighting abortion died” in the ‘90s when... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • protests • Catholicism • Notre Dame • bishop • protesters • President Obama

Gay Marriage Is New GOP Litmus Test for Supremes

Same-sex unions replace abortion debate as heated issue

May 17, 09 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion has long been the hot-button issue at Supreme Court confirmations—but this year, gay marriage is taking over, conservatives say.  Senate Republicans believe that questioning over the matter could be the new litmus test to help reveal a candidate's overall philosophy, reports the Washington Post. “It may... More »

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gay rights • abortion • gay marriage • Senate • abortion rights • justice • debate • US Supreme Court

(Newser) - Republican groups have already prepared dossiers and attack strategies on a host of possible Obama Supreme Court nominees, the New York Times reports. Ten memos obtained by the Times—all about female judges and scholars—focus on records of abortion rights, gay rights, and the citing of foreign... More »

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gay rights • abortion rights • sovereignty • US Supreme Court • judicial nominations • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative movement

Americans Shift to the Right on Abortion: Poll

Majority call themselves 'pro-life' for first time in survey's history

May 15, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time in 15 years, a majority of Americans identified themselves as “pro-life” on the issue of abortion, a Gallup poll finds. In a drastic shift from just a year ago, 51% say they’re pro-life, 42% pro-choice, after a 50%-44% split in favor of pro-choice in... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • women • abortion rights • Protestants • Catholics • pro-life • Gallup poll

OPINION

Abortion 'Purity Test' Is New to Republicans

Not even 'conservative issue' for older generation: Goodman

May 15, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion has become “the purity test for remaining in the GOP’s inner circle,” writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe: The Republican Party is shedding and shunning abortion-rights supporters it once called its own. But it wasn’t always that way—even “Mr. Conservative” Barry Goldwater... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Arlen Specter • Barry Goldwater • pro life • pro choice • Colin Powell • conservatism • conservatives • Republicans

Notre Dame Splits on Obama Speech, Protests

Students excited about visit, not pleased with activists' tactics

May 13, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame approaches, pro-life activists have converged on the campus with banners, planes, and plans for civil disobedience. But students, who expressed pride that the president chose their school, aren't too happy with the protests. "It cheapens the argument. As someone who is... More »

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Catholic Church • abortion rights • Right to Life • Notre Dame • commencement speech • civil disobedience • anti-abortion activists • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Liberal Bent, 'Empathy' Mark Potential Justice

Diane Wood was Chicago law faculty colleague of Obama's

May 12, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - In choosing a new Supreme Court justice, President Obama says he wants not just a savvy legal brain, but also someone who can show “empathy.” Diane Wood, his former University of Chicago colleague and a judge on the Seventh Circuit, meets both criteria, the New York Times reports.... More »

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abortion rights • University of Chicago • US Supreme Court • Diane Wood • Richard Posner • 7th Circuit Court

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • birth control • birth control pill • abstinence • Meghan McCain • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • sexual abstinence

 Student's Planned 
 Parenthood 
 Sting Raises 
 Ire on YouTube 

Woman poses as 13-year-old in undercover exposé

Apr 26, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UCLA anti-abortion activist posing as a 13-year-old girl has been running an undercover campaign against Planned Parenthood and posting results on YouTube, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lila Rose, 20, visits branches posing as a minor impregnated by a 31-year-old man, and secretly videotapes what ensues. In several cases,... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • undercover video • anti-abortion activists • statutory rape • Lila Rose

 Pro-Lifers Mobilize 
 Against Obama 

Decisions on abortion, stem cell research swell ranks of activists

Apr 13, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s 12 weeks in office have seen a huge surge in membership and activity in the pro-life movement, reports Politico. Groups say that while they knew before he took office the president supported abortion rights, the speed with which he has moved to repeal Bush-era rules on abortion... More »

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stem cell research • abortion • abortion rights • pro-life • anti-abortion activists • Obama administration • President Obama

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