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NEWS ABOUT: pro-choice activists

pro-choice activists stories: 8 news summaries
KATHA POLLITT

Stupak Is the Last Straw—No More Caving!

Women should not 'take one for the team' on abortion coverage

Nov 16, 09 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Painting the Stupak-Pitts amendment as a necessary evil—a concession women should make for the “greater good” of health care reform—is ridiculous, Katha Pollitt writes. Women have been consistently sidelined by the “theocrats and male chauvinists” throwing their weight around in the Democratic Party. “Why don't... More »

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Congress • women • legislation • health care reform • pro-choice activists • Obama administration • abortion debate • Stupak-Pitts • Katha Pollitt

OPINION

 Stiffed 
 Surrogate 
 Moms Face 
 Tough Decision 

What's a mother to do? It's up to her, says Salon

Mar 25, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surrogate moms-to-be who have learned they've been stiffed by out-of-cash firms that arranged their pregnancies face a major decision. The only way for these women to quit "working" is to obtain abortions, notes William Saletan in Slate. He fervently hopes the women will see their pregnancies through. So what's... More »

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abortion • parenting • pro life • pro choice • surrogates • infertility • gestation • pro-choice activists • pregnant women

Dem Groups 
Loyal to Obama 
Despite Snubs 

Prez won't kiss up
to activists, but pushes
liberal agenda

Mar 21, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is publicly ignoring and even criticizing the liberal interest groups feverishly courted by past presidents. He has chastised the teachers’ union, skipped the State of the Black Union (again), and eschewed fanfare when restoring funding to groups that promote abortion. But activists remain loyal anyway, Politico reports, because... More »

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Barack Obama • labor movement • special interests • liberal • activists • pro-choice activists • Obama administration • political strategy

ANALYSIS

Why Obama Keeps Quiet
on Abortion

Why pro-choice advocates are tepid on the Freedom of Choice Act

Mar 2, 09 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has promised to pass a "Freedom of Choice Act" to ban abortion restrictions, yet hasn't lifted a finger; nor have pro-choice advocates raised a fuss. With Democrats in Congress and a liberal national mood, why not strike now? Because the controversy over partial-birth abortion settled the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • partial birth • pro-life • pro-choice activists • Obama administration • President Obama • Freedom of Choice Act

ANALYSIS

Obama Seeks Common Ground on Abortion

President focuses on reducing unwanted pregnancies

Feb 5, 09 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is hoping a nuanced approach can soften the debate over one of the most contentious issues in America: abortion, writes Rob Stein in the Washington Post. Since taking office, Obama has lifted a Republican ban on funding international aid groups that provide abortion services, but also persuaded House... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Barack Obama supporters • pro-life • pro-choice activists • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama Reviews 
 Abortion Rules 

Bush's abstinence initiatives, Reagan's 'gag rule' could go way of dodo.

Dec 17, 08 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s transition team is hard at work deciding how and when to undo the Bush administration’s abortion policies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bush’s ban on federal stem cell research funding will be among the first to go—a move that has broad bipartisan support—... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • abstinence education • George W. Bush • pro-life • regulations • pro-choice activists

McCain Won't Rule Out Pro-Choice VP


Aug 14, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain would consider a run for the White House with a pro-choice veep at his side, ABC News reports. When asked about Tom Ridge, McCain told the Weekly Standard that the former Homeland Security chief shouldn’t be “ruled out” for the No. 2 job because he supports... More »

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John McCain • abortion • Republican • vice president • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate • pro-choice activists • Tom Ridge

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

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