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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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abortion rights stories: 64 news summaries

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 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

 Vatican Rules Out 
 Kennedy as 
 Ambassador 

Caroline rejected over abortion stance, insiders say

Apr 12, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican has rejected the idea of Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador because she supports abortion rights and stem-cell research, the Daily Telegraph reports. Other Roman Catholics President Obama had sought to appoint have hit the same wall, Vatican insiders told an Italian paper. The controversy threatens to cast a... More »

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stem cell research • abortion rights • Vatican • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • ambassador • pro-life • President Obama

OPINION

Pro-Choice Obama Exploits Sebelius' Catholicism


Mar 11, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post. And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Health and Human Services • abortion rights • Right to Life • Department of Health • pro choice • Catholic • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Catholics are pulling out all the stops to quash the Freedom of Choice Act, peppering Congress and the White House with postcards and letters. There’s just one problem: There is no Freedom of Choice Act. The bill has been introduced in years past, but it isn’t... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • abortion rights • Catholic • US Supreme Court • George W. Bush • pro-life • anti-abortion activists

 36 Years After Roe, 
 Obama Affirms 
 Support for Choice 

Thousands protest on anniversary of landmark abortion ruling

Jan 22, 09 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama acknowledged the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade today by reaffirming his support for the abortion rights that ruling secured, CBS reports. “I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose,” Obama said in a statement, adding that, regardless of political persuasion, reducing unwanted... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • RNC • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • anti-abortion activists • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Poised to Swiftly Reverse Bush Abortion Policy

Rule bans federal funding of organizations that provide abortion counseling

Jan 20, 09 3:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will likely revoke a controversial Bush administration rule on abortion within days of taking office, sources tell CNN. The policy, dubbed the "global gag rule" by critics, denies all US funding to family-planning services around the world that promote abortion or make any mention of abortion while... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • executive order • George W. Bush • President Obama

OPINION

Gays Leave the Closet, Abortion Moves Back In

1 in 3 women has had one, but so privately even friends don't know

Oct 17, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Connecticut last week becoming the third state to allow same-sex couples to marry, a group once very much stigmatized becomes more and more mainstream, writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe. But even as homosexuals step out of the closet, women who’ve had abortions are stepping in. While... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • women's rights • homosexuality • homosexual rights

OPINION

If Roe Goes, States May Ban Cross-Border Abortions

Right states prepped to label abortion a criminal act

Sep 28, 08 7:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain wins and puts conservatives on the Supreme Court, not only could Roe v. Wade go down—states may prohibit women from crossing state lines for abortions, Linda Hirshman writes in the Washington Post. Past rulings and Constitutional interpretations don't clearly support such laws, but times have changed... More »

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reproductive rights • John McCain • abortion • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • US Supreme Court • Sarah Palin

 Palin Resurrects 
 the Culture Wars 

Watchers agree they never left, but require an event, like Palin's candidacy, to reemerge

Sep 3, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The culture wars are heating up again, thanks to Sarah Palin’s staunch opposition to abortion and demonstrated fondness for firearms, Politico reports. Social issues have been largely absent from the campaign so far, with both candidates preferring to focus on the war and the economy. But Palin’s own... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion rights • creationism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • culture wars • gun rights

 Is Palin a Woman's Woman? 

Women divided over conservative female veep pick's stand on women's issues

Aug 31, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate is drawing a mixed reaction from the female swing voters his campaign is desperate to woo, reports the New York Times. Some conservative women who have been lukewarm about a McCain presidency are energized by the pick, whereas many... More »

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John McCain • women • abortion rights • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

 VP Hopefuls Shift
 Positions, Hairdos 

Opinions change on abortion, gays, stylists

Jul 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recipients of the VP vetting process are shifting their positions (and their stylists), Politico reports. Here are some examples:
  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ditched a less-than-leaderly mullet, opting instead for a short hairstyle.
  • Florida's Charlie Crist has spun 180 degrees into the offshore drilling camp, matching John
... More »

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell • abortion rights • hair • vice president • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Sam Nunn • offshore oil • Tom Ridge • Mark Sanford

Anti-Abortion Groups Use Grand Juries on Foes

New/old weapon springs from 19th-century statute

Jun 17, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-abortion activists in Kansas are using an obscure 19th-century statute to convene grand juries to hear evidence against abortion-performing doctors, the New York Times reports. In several states, citizens who collect enough signatures can circumvent prosecutors and order their own investigation of an alleged crime. A Kansas doctor, for example,... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Grand Jury • pro-life • anti-abortion activists • pro-choice activists

Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book

Stephen Mansfield thinks Obama may sway young Christians, though he himself will vote against him

Jun 16, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Mansfield expects to cast his ballot against Barack Obama in November. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing an admiring book about the candidate's religious profile—The Faith of Barack Obama—which argues that the candidate may well steal young evangelical voters away from John McCain. McCain is... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion • Christianity • abortion rights • Republican evangelicals • book • evangelicals • Election 2008 • Stephen Mansfield

OPINION

'Obamacon' Denied Communion

Snub raises questions about politically active Catholics' options

Jun 3, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The question of whether pro-choice Catholic politicians should take Communion is a familiar one in election years, but in 2008 it has a new twist. A Repubilcan abortion opponent, onetime Reagan administration official, and private citizen who supports Barack Obama was denied Communion in April. EJ Dionne of the Washington ... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Republican • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Catholic • Barack Obama supporters

OPINION

Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

But nice try, right wing

May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Kansas • Catholicism • Kathleen Sebelius • vice presidential sweepstakes

Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting procedure

May 20, 08 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court struck down Virginia’s ban on a late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the law burdened a woman’s right to choose, Reuters reports. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar federal law last year, the appeals court ruled that Virginia's ban went further because it provided... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion rights • US Court of Appeals • doctor • partial birth • court cases • US Supreme Court

analysis

McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

Toobin decodes references in recent  'sneak' speech

May 20, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you aren’t a conservative activist, John McCain didn’t have you in mind when he recently laid out his position on judicial appointments: The speech was “a dog whistle for the right,” Jeffrey Toobin writes in the New Yorker, in a piece that decodes references meant... More »

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John McCain • abortion rights • privacy • capital punishment • US Supreme Court • conservative base

Pro-Choicers Feel Backlash for Backing Obama

Analysts say timing could alienate donors

May 17, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - NARAL’s state affiliates are blasting the abortion-rights group’s decision to back Barack Obama, fearing the move could alienate donors loyal to Hillary Clinton. “It’s created a firestorm,” said the president of the group’s New York branch. “Everyone was mystified.” That includes Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • abortion rights • endorsement • NARAL

NARAL Endorses Obama; Clinton Camp 'Surprised'

Abortion-rights group, long behind Hillary, says it's time to go with the winner

May 14, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - NARAL tapped Barack Obama today, an endorsement that a top Hillary Clinton aide called “surprising.” The abortion-rights group said Obama is the candidate “we believe will secure the Democratic nomination”—and said it hoped to start healing a rift between black voters and white female activists... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • endorsement • Edmund Hillary • NARAL

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