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New Court Overturns O'Connor

Dahlia Lithwick writes on the jurist's fast- dismantled legacy

Jul 10, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor legal legacy is one of the first casualties of the new Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick writes. After being hailed as the most powerful women in America, the former justice has seen her judgments "explicitly minimized" or "stepped distastefully... More »

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abortion • John Roberts • law • campaign finance • Sandra Day O'Connor • affirmative action • US Supreme Court

Thompson Disavows Pro-Choice Lobbying

Allegation could mar conservative cred

Jul 7, 07 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fred Thompson camp vehemently denied a claim today by an abortion-rights advocacy group that he worked as a lobbyist for them in 1991, the Los Angeles Times reports. The  group claims Thompson contacted White House officials as part of an attempt to ease restrictions on abortion counseling at federally... More »

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abortion • Fred Thompson • presidential election

Rudy Woos Religious Right

But doesn't mention gays, intelligent design or the "A" word

Jun 27, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - White House hopeful Rudy Giuliani managed to made a campaign stop at one of the evangelical capitals of America without once mentioning  abortion, same sex marriage or intelligent design, Salon reports. Giuliani, who appeared at Pat Robertson's Regent University, is struggling to win the votes of social conservatives without flip-flopping... More »

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religious right • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • presidential campaign • Regent University • Pat Robertson • intelligent design • Election 2008

Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

Federal added to state term in 1998 Buffalo sniper case

Jun 20, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A militant anti-abortion activist who murdered an obstetrician was sentenced to life in prison on federal charges yesterday. James Kopp is already serving a state term of 25 years to life for the 1998 sniper-style killing of Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions. Kopp is also suspected in four other shootings... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • murder • James Kopp • sentencing • doctor • Barnett Slepian

Vatican Shuns Amnesty International

Church urges Catholics to withhold support after shift on abortion

Jun 14, 07 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican is calling on Catholics to stop contributing to Amnesty International, a reaction to the human rights group's new stance on abortion. "AI has betrayed its mission," a prominent cardinal said this week, referring to the April announcement that the organization supports access to abortion services in... More »

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abortion • human rights • Catholic Church • Vatican • Amnesty International

Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban

Purists rip Dobson
for praising limits,
not full prohibition

Jun 4, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent Supreme Court ruling against partial-birth abortions has ignited a battle among anti-abortion groups, the Washington Post reports. The bickering highlights a divide between groups working for a wholesale ban and those seeking limits. In newspaper ads, a religious coalition ripped the ruling as "wicked" and slammed longtime... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • James Dobson • pro life • pro choice • Focus on the Family • Tom Minnery • US Supreme Court

Right Wing
Is Leaning Rudy-ward

Religious cons sacrifice hot-button issues on altar of electability

May 29, 07 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The religious right is lining up behind Rudy Giuliani, Pew tells the Politico, despite the candidate's support for gay rights and abortion. Analysis of recent polls suggests that pragmatic social conservatives are so frightened of a Democrat in the White House they're passing over harder-line hopefuls like McCain, and... More »

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religious right • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Republican • voters • Republican voters • Election 2008 • presidential election

Romanian Film About Abortion Wins Palme d'Or

Gus Van Sant wins special Cannes 60th anniversary award

May 28, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disturbing Romanian film about two college coeds trying to get an illegal abortion in the twilight days of the communist regime won this year's Palme d'Or  at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The low-budget  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was a critical favorite at the festival,... More »

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abortion • communism • film • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • awards • Gus Van Sant • movies

Abortion Docs Drawn to Fight for Access

In shrinking field, they're backing up politics with action

May 22, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion doctors are an embattled bunch, harassed by activist opponents and shunned by other doctors. But a new generation of practitioners is entering the field not in spite of the obstacles, but because of them, the LA Times reports. Galvanized by the prospect of abortion rights being curtailed, they are... More »

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abortion • health • women • abortion rights • doctor • evangelicals

Evangelicals Sway Toward the Center

New generation prays for Darfur, against climate change, though abortion lingers

May 21, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The once hard-right Evangelical Christian movement is waxing centrist, the New York Times reports, as a new breed of religious leaders breaks from an abortion-and-sexuality-obsessed old guard to tackle broader nonpartisan issues like AIDS, and even liberal-leaning ones like Darfur and global warming.  More »

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climate change • religious right • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Christianity • Jerry Falwell • humanitarian • evangelicals

Giuliani Loses Dobson's Vote

Focus on the Family founder cites
abortion support, "moral concerns"

May 18, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christian evangelist James Dobson came out swinging against Rudy Giuliani after the former mayor admitted last week that he supports abortion rights and same-sex domestic partnerships. Dobson says he won't vote for Rudy if he wins the GOP nomination, citing those issues and "moral concerns"  over his marital... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • Republican • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Election 2008

Televangelist Falwell Dead
at 73

Controversial conservative mixed religion, politics

May 15, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and mixed evangelism with conservative social criticism, died today after collapsing in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73. A lightning rod for controversy, Falwell once called AIDS "the wrath of a just God against homosexuals"... More »

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religious right • abortion • feminism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • obituary • evangelism • homosexuality • Moral Majority • televangelist

House Dems Slam Pope's Threat

May 15, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of House Democrats bridled at Pope Benedict's recent suggestion that politicians who support abortion rights should be excommunicated, The Hill reports. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut led 18 legislators in condemning the Pope's comment, which "offends the very nature of the American experiment," according to their... More »

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abortion • Democrats • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Vatican • excommunication

Rudy Tries Candor On
Tough Issues

'I should honestly tell you the things
I can evolve on, and the things I can’t'

May 11, 07 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani chose Houston Baptist College to debut his new, more candid campaign today, telling a conservative crowd that he supports abortion rights, some restrictions on gun ownership, and gay civil unions, though not same-sex marraige. Giuliani appealed to the audience to be open to a GOP candidate who may... More »

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religious right • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • Republican • presidential campaign • abortion rights • Houston Baptist College • Election 2008

Giuliani Will Come Out As Pro-Choice

No more vacillating: Rudy will test GOP will by backing abortion rights

May 10, 07 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani will cut the embarrassing equivocation and declare himself  in favor of abortion rights in the coming days, reports the New York Times. The GOP frontrunner, who's drawn flak for trying to explain away his support for abortion in his mayoral days, will risk alienating the conservative portion of... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Republican • presidential campaign • abortion rights • pro life • pro choice • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008 • presidential election

In Brazil, Pope Talks Tough
On Abortion

Benedict makes first visit to world's largest Catholic population

May 9, 07 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict brought the Catholic Church's stern anti-abortion message to Brazil today, weeks after Mexico City legalized the practice and as Brazil faintly contemplates doing the same. The Pope is on his first trip to Latin America—the fastest-expanding corner of his flock, but also one of the most precarious—... More »

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abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • abortion rights • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Catholicism

Rudy Backed Planned Parenthood

Donations in '90s may spell trouble
for GOP candidate

May 8, 07 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood, the country's leading abortion provider and a prominent abortion-rights advocate, at least six times in the 1990s, according to public tax returns. Giuliani has walked a thin line during his campaign for the Republican nomination, maintaining that he personally opposes abortion but supports a... More »

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Mitt Romney • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • abortion rights • Planned Parenthood • Election 2008

GOP Debate Pivots on Abortion

Republican hopefuls compete for
Reagan mantle, attack Roe v. Wade

May 4, 07 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans went straight into the breech during their first debate at the Reagan Library last night, tackling the hot-button issue of abortion. All 10 aspirants supported overturning  Roe v. Wade, including Romney and Giuliani, who struggled to distance themselves from embarrassing previous endorsement of abortion rights. More »

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Mitt Romney • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Republican • Roe v. Wade • Ronald Reagan

Abortion Ship
To Sail Again

Dutch vessel offers offshore procedures
in countries where abortion is illegal

Apr 25, 07 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "abortion ship" is returning to international waters after a three-year hiatus, offering early-term procedures to women whose countries ban them. The Dutch nonprofit Women on Waves will distribute abortion pills to women up to seven weeks pregnant on the ship, which was prevented from docking in Lisbon in... More »

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abortion • hospitals • abortion ship • Women on Waves • abortion rights • women's rights

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

City leaders defy bitter opposition
from government and church

Apr 25, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions and offering them virtually free. The move by the city's predominantly leftist leadership was bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church and Mexico's conservative government, CNN reports. More »

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abortion • Latin America • Catholic Church • Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • rape • pro life • pro choice

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