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abortion stories: 194 news summaries

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Palin Warns Again of 'Rationed' Care

Abortion mindset could be applied to elderly and disabled, she says

8 hours, 38 minutes ago
(Newser) - She didn't use the term "death panel," but Sarah Palin kept up her criticism of "rationed" care for the elderly and disabled last night. In a speech to abortion opponents, Palin warned that the same philosophy that allows abortions could be applied to those two groups with... More »

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abortion • conservative • health care reform • Sarah Palin • death panel

Health Care Reform Hinges on House Abortion Vote

Stupak amendment blocks private insurers offering procedure

16 hours, 45 minutes ago
(Newser) - In a last-ditch effort to corral 40 anti-abortion party members whose votes are needed to pass health care reform, Democrats last night agreed to let the whole House vote today on an amendment that would bar insurers participating in the new government-run health care exchange from providing abortions except in... More »

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abortion • Democrats • House of Representatives • health care reform • Bart Stupak

 Health Vote May 
 Have to Wait: 
 Hoyer 

Majority leader bemoans 'delay tactics'

Nov 6, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • House Republicans • House Rules Committee • House majority leader

chinese double-bind

 No Sex Ed = 13M+ Abortions 

In China, sexual freedom not accompanied by information

Nov 5, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The liberalization of Chinese attitudes toward sex, despite the near-absence of sex education, has led to a sort of bedroom farce that would be hilarious if it didn’t result in at least 13 million abortions a year. College students in particular feel comfortable having sex; now, if only someone... More »

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China • abortion • contraception • pregnancy • Internet • sex education • liberal • college student

Dems Threaten to Kill Health Care Bill
Over Abortion

Bart Stupak says he's got the votes to derail it

Nov 3, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The House is barreling towards a health care vote, hoping to pass its bill by the end of the week, but there’s a potential stumbling block ahead: abortion. A group of socially conservative Democrats are threatening to vote against the bill because the subsidies it offers to help people... More »

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abortion • House of Representatives • health care reform • Bart Stupak • women's issues • abortion debate • health care abortion

Down Syndrome on Decline as Moms Abort

Trend bucks statistics, raises fears that funding will dry up

Nov 2, 09 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - With women waiting longer to have children, the number of Down syndrome cases in the US ought to be on the rise—advanced maternal age increases Down syndrome risk. But instead it fell 15% from 1989 to 2005, ABC News reports. The reason: prenatal screenings. Roughly 92% of women who... More »

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abortion • genetic screening • genetic defects • Down Syndrome • women's issues

 'Abortion Addict' Ended 
 15 Pregnancies 

In controversial memoir, Irene Vilar says legal abortion saved her life

Oct 13, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once an “abortion addict,” Irene Vilar is making waves on both sides of the contentious debate with her memoir of the 15 pregnancies she terminated—including one she had forgotten about. One pro-life blogger called for her to be thrown in jail; as for the other side, “... More »

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abortion • motherhood • memoir • book • pro-life • abortion debate • pro-choice • Irene Vilar

OPINION

Tweeting About Miscarriage
Hits New Twitter Low

'I'm in a board meeting, having a miscarriage' Tweet rattles columnist

Oct 7, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ok, that's w-a-a-y too much information, and it's high time that sharing-too-much Twitterers zip it, complains columnist Kathleen Parker. Tweets from a working woman about her miscarriage in the middle of a business meeting hit a new low even for the brashest tweeters, Parker grouses in the Washington Post.... More »

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 Is Incest Always Rape? 

Blog pundits debate if consent is ever an issue in father-daughter sex

Sep 24, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Mackenzie Phillips has already raised the "Stockholm syndrome" regarding 10 years of sex with her rock icon dad, leaving many to wonder if incest can ever be consensual. The blogosphere appears unanimous that John Phillips' sex with a blacked-out Mackenzie was rape since she was unable to consent—... More »

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abortion • sex • rape • taboo • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas

 Abortion Ended 
 Relations 
 With Dad: 
 Phillips 

John Phillips' former wife says allegations aren't true

Sep 23, 09 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - More unfortunate details from the Mackenzie Phillips saga: She tells Oprah on today's show that she ended her decade-long incestuous relationship with her father only after having an abortion. He paid for the procedure, but she wasn't sure who fathered the child, notes USA Today. After that, “I never... More »

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abortion • Oprah Winfrey • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips

Man Shot Anti-Abortion Protester Over 'Grudge'

Gunman also killed a gravel company owner, had a third target

Sep 12, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Harlan Drake, the 33-year-old trucker who shot noted anti-abortion activist James Pouillon in front of a high school yesterday, also shot a local gravel company owner, and intended to kill a third man before police arrested him. He had “a list in his head,” a police chief... More »

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abortion • murder • Michigan • shooting • anti-abortion activists • James Pouillon • Harlan James Drake

 Catholic Bishops 
 Slam Obamacare 

Fears of abortion funding clash with social service concerns

Aug 28, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - After decades lobbying for better health care for the poor, a growing number of Catholic bishops have become an unexpected voice of opposition against President Obama's health care plan, the New York Times reports. "No health care reform is better than the wrong sort of health care reform,"... More »

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abortion • Catholic Church • health care reform • President Obama

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will not appear tonight at an Alaska fundraising event to promote a ballot measure requiring minors to consult their parents before having an abortion, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Organizers have promoted the appearance for weeks, and robocalls asked listeners to meet with her at “an... More »

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abortion • Alaska • governor • Sarah Palin • teenager • pro-life • public appearance

(Newser) - We've had the birthers, the deathers, and now here come the right-to-lifers to cast their two cents on the health reform debate, reports the Wall Street Journal. Democrats are bracing for protests from anti-abortion advocates, who are preparing a major push against what they call taxpayer subsidies for pregnancy termination.... More »

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abortion • health insurance • insurance • health care reform • anti-abortion activists

Omaha Man Swipes Virgin Mary Painting
for Abortion

Rapist sells $100K artwork in Mexico

Aug 22, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Omaha man stole a painting of the Virgin Mary to pay for the abortion of his teenage rape victim, the Omaha World-Herald reports. Aurelio Vallecillo-Sanchez, 39, described by his attorney as "remorseful and ashamed," pleaded no contest yesterday to charges of theft and sexual assault and faces... More »

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abortion • theft • Omaha • rape • Virgin Mary

(AP) - An Oklahoma judge overturned a state law yesterday that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject. She did not rule on... More »

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abortion • Oklahoma • ultrasound • court ruling

OPINION

Privatize Abortion Funding to Save Health Care Reform

Independent fund could finance procedures, diffuse criticisms of govt. plan

Aug 13, 09 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion threatens to derail the push for health care reform, as opponents use the prospect of subsidized procedures to turn pro-life Americans against the whole plan, writes Meredith Simmons for Slate. Progressives are indignant—abortion is a health procedure, they argue, and should be covered like any other. But excluding... More »

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abortion • privatization • charity • funding • health care reform • Blue Dog Democrats • poverty line

Louisville Coach Admits Sex
With Accused Blackmailer

Woman charged with $10M extortion attempt

Aug 12, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with a woman who later accused him of rape and tried to blackmail him for $10 million, according to records obtained by the Courier-Journal. Karen Sypher, the estranged wife of the team's equipment manager, has... More »

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abortion • basketball • Louisville • rape • blackmail • extortion • Rick Pitino • Karen Sypher

Gov't Health Plan Would Cover Abortion

Both sides get ready
to rumble over incendiary funding

Aug 5, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(AP) - Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue. Advocates on both sides are preparing for a renewed battle, which could jeopardize support for President Obama's health care... More »

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health care • Congress • abortion • legislation • health care reform • public option

(Newser) - Italy has legalized the abortion drug RU-486, drawing the ire of the Vatican, which threatened to excommunicate doctors who prescribe the medication and women who take it. A church official said using the pill is "a sin in a moral and juridical sense," but a politician who is... More »

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abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • morning after pill • mifepristone • abortion pill • Roman Catholic Church • abortion pills • RU-486

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