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NEWS ABOUT: Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade stories: 18 news summaries

'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) - Rush Limbaugh is willing to back Sonia Sotomayor if her nomination to the Supreme Court offers even the “opportunity” of overturning Roe v. Wade, Politico reports. Limbaugh noted today on his radio show that Sotomayor “doesn't have a clear record on abortion” and is a Catholic. “I... More »

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abortion • Roe v. Wade • Rush Limbaugh • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • 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

 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

glossies

 Why Pro-Lifers 
 Shun Her Abortion Ban 

But 20-year-old who pioneered it fights on
in Colorado

Nov 1, 08 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Kristi Burton not a pro-life star? The 21-year-old has single-handedly conceived and championed an amendment to Colorado’s constitution that, if approved by voters, would define a fetus as a person, paving the way for an abortion ban. But top pro-life organizations are keeping away from Burton and... More »

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abortion • Roe v. Wade • Colorado • anti-abortion activists

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

Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

New regulation lets health care workers refuse 'immoral' work

Aug 22, 08 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers would have the right to refuse to provide abortion services, contraception or even information on preventing or ending pregnancies under a controversial new regulation issued by the Bush administration. The proposed rule would force hospitals, clinics and other health care providers to... More »

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abortion • contraception • Health and Human Services • Roe v. Wade • conception • Plan B • Mike Leavitt • bioethics • health workers • Planned Parenthood Federal of America • Catholic Medical Association • Medical College of Wisconsin

ANALYSIS

Dem Platform Reaches Out
to Pro-Lifers

Obama approves language that finds 'common ground'

Aug 13, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign is reaching out to Catholics, evangelicals, and other anti-abortion swing voters by adjusting the language of the official Democratic platform on the controversial issue, Alec MacGillis writes in the Washington Post. The new party plank moves "closer to the middle ground where most Americans reside—not... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Catholic Church • Roe v. Wade • religion • evangelicals • Democratic Party • party platform • Religious Left

ANALYSIS

Equal Pay
Is Obama's Women Card

Dem plays to economic issues, away from polarizing abortion

Jul 15, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama isn't talking about Roe v. Wade much before female audiences these days, Politico reports, focusing rather on a case seen to have undermined women's rights to equal pay. In highlighting Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tires rather than abortion, the Democrat is tapping into economic concerns while steering clear of... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • women • Roe v. Wade • Obama 2008 • Equal Opportunity • Lily Ledbetter • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act • Ledbetter v. Goodyear • equal pay

McCain Makes Pointed Pitch to Women; Dems Skeptical 

With Clinton gone, women's-rights group quick to line up behind Obama

Jun 12, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is fine-tuning his pitch to women, and while Democrats voice doubt the Republican can find a female following, they’re nevertheless gearing up to make sure it doesn’t happen, the Washington Post reports. McCain sees opportunity in disappointed Hillary Clinton backers, and top adviser Carly Fiorina today... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Roe v. Wade • Planned Parenthood • Carly Fiorina • the female vote • Emily's List • equal pay

Scalia On
Bush v. Gore:
'Get Over It'

He says politics
played no role in the court's decision

Apr 24, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Get over it," Justice Antonin Scalia tells critics who accuse the Supreme Court of letting political motivations affect its 2000 decision in Bush v. Gore. Plus, Al Gore was responsible for pushing the Florida recount through the courts, Scalia points out in an upcoming 60 Minutes interview. And... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Republican • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Roe v. Wade • US Supreme Court

Anti-Abortion Allies Give Pro-Choice Obama an Edge

Pennsylvania's Casey, Indiana's Roemer help with social conservatives

Apr 14, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a man once labeled “the most pro-abortion candidate ever,” Barack Obama has enjoyed a lift among social conservatives with support from Bob Casey and Tim Roemer—even if the fit is imperfect, the Washington Post reports. Casey, the first-term Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, says Obama “has... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • Bob Casey • Tim Roemer

Abortion Foes See Young
Join the Fight

Anti-Roe leaders
recruit new generation of opponents

Jan 22, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Many of Roe v. Wade’s most passionate opponents weren't even born when the ruling came down 35 years ago. Abortion opponents have excelled at turning young people into crusaders, the LA Times reports, through anti-abortion summer camps and even political internships. “You look at pictures of marches, and... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade

At 35, Roe v. Wade Still Divides

Protesters on both sides will mark
today's anniversary

Jan 22, 08 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Protesters on both sides of the abortion debate today mark the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that frames the debate. The anniversary of Roe v. Wade arrives with surveys showing US views on abortion largely unchanged over the past 15 years and with abortions at their lowest level... More »

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abortion • Roe v. Wade • pro life • pro choice • US Supreme Court

Anti-Abortion Group to Back Thompson

NRLC decision could boost his campaign among conservatives

Nov 13, 07 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - An influential anti-abortion group will endorse Fred Thompson today, despite qualms among the religious right over his hesitancy to see abortion as a federal issue, the Tennessean reports. "The key is how he voted," a spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee says. The decision could give... More »

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religious right • Fred Thompson • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • social conservatives • National Right to Life

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

Supreme Court
Supports Late-Term Abortion Ban

5-4 decision signals shift on divisive Issue, win for abortion opponents

Apr 18, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court voted today to uphold a ban on partial birth abortions, handing a significant victory to President Bush, whose appointees to the high court voted with the 5-4 majority. The 2003 law, which bars a controversial late-term procedure, is the first federal restriction on abortion since the 1973... More »

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abortion • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Roe v. Wade • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court

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