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NEWS ABOUT: pro choice

pro choice stories: 16 news summaries

(Newser) - The murder of George Tiller has left the nation with only one provider of late-term abortions—and that makes Warren Hern public enemy No. 1 on the fringes of the anti-abortion camp. "I will never be safe," Hern tells Esquire in a long profile. "I will always... More »

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medicine • parenting • murder • pro life • pro choice • genetic abnormalities • George Tiller • late-term abortion • Warren Hern

(Newser) - A change in the law is threatening to scuttle a Dutch ship's mission to provide abortions to women throughout the world, reports the Independent. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has delivered "abortion pills" that cause miscarriages to women in nations where abortion is illegal. She has skirted local laws by docking... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion ship • Right to Life • courts • pro choice • prescription drugs • Holland • Christian right • Dutch government • clinic • Rebecca Gomperts • abortion pills

OPINION

Abortion 'Purity Test' Is New to Republicans

Not even 'conservative issue' for older generation: Goodman

May 15, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion has become “the purity test for remaining in the GOP’s inner circle,” writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe: The Republican Party is shedding and shunning abortion-rights supporters it once called its own. But it wasn’t always that way—even “Mr. Conservative” Barry Goldwater... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Arlen Specter • Barry Goldwater • pro life • pro choice • Colin Powell • conservatism • conservatives • Republicans

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

(Newser) - Michael Steele has again stirred up some trouble with his Republican constituency, this time by making an intricate but obtuse argument about his stance on abortion, the Washington Post reports. In an interview with GQ, the RNC chair was asked if he supported a woman’s right to... More »

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abortion • RNC • GOP • pro life • pro choice • interview • Michael Steele

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

In Free Inaugural Doughnuts, Abortion Foes See Ploy

In hailing Americans' 'freedom of choice,' Krispy Kreme really promotes abortion

Jan 19, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Krispy Kreme stores will honor Barack Obama’s inauguration and Americans’ “freedom of choice” with free doughnuts tomorrow, to the dismay of at least one anti-abortion group, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Celebration of ‘freedom of choice’ is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand,” the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • pro choice • Krispy Kreme • pro-life • President Obama • Inauguration Day • doughnut

OPINION

McCain Weighs Pro-Choice
Running Mate 


Aug 19, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign has been pitching the idea of a pro-choice running mate to key state GOP officials around the country, reports the National Review. McCain wants to know how hostile conservative grass-roots activists would be and whether he can win their support if he selects a pro-choice VP such... More »

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reproductive rights • John McCain • abortion • Joe Lieberman • pro choice • McCain 2008 • vice presidential sweepstakes • Tom Ridge

Skittish Right Wing Sweats Talk of Pro-Choice Veep

Candidate said issue wouldn't 'rule out' possible running mate

Aug 15, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s comment that he wouldn’t rule out Tom Ridge as a possible VP for being pro-choice sparked a flurry of panic among the conservative base—a vital group already lukewarm about McCain's party-maverick status. “That choice will end his bid for the presidency,” an activist... More »

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John McCain • pro choice • vice presidential sweepstakes • Election 2008 • conservative base • vice presidential candidate • Tom Ridge

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

US Abortions Down 25%
Since 1990 High

More women using
the Pill; both sides of debate claim victory

Jan 17, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - About 1.2 million abortions were performed in the US in 2005, a 25% drop from the practice’s 1990 heyday, new data show. About 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in abortion in '05—the most recent year with data available—compared to 1 in 3 in the 1980s, the... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • pro life • pro choice • Oregon • contraceptive

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

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

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

States Battle Over Stillborn Babies

Grieving parents are pitted against pro-choice advocates

Apr 10, 07 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents of stillborn babies are pitted against pro-choice advocates in an emotional battle over initiatives in seven states to issue birth certificates for their children, reports the Chronicle. Parents want recognition of their loss; abortion advocates want to avoid a precedent that might be used to claim an unborn fetus... More »

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abortion • California • California legislature • children • family • pro life • pro choice • state governments

U.K. Nurses Enter Abortion Battleground

Could perform early-term procedures under new reading of 40-year-old law

Mar 27, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Specially trained nurses should be allowed to perform early-term surgical abortions without a doctor present, two U.K. medicos are arguing, based on a "wide interpretation" of Britain's 1967 Abortion Act. Though British nurses are currently allowed to carry out drug-induced abortions, they have been barred up to now... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • pregnancy • health • nurses • United Kingdom • pro life • pro choice • Britain

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