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Democrats Find New Ground on Abortion

WASHINGTON (March 22) -- The Democrat who helped House leaders secure the last few votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation might not have been treated so solicitously at the party's convention the year he was elected to Congress. In 1992, when Bart Stupak was running for his first term in Michigan's 1st...

Abortion Tweeter Sets Sparks Flying Across Internet

(March 12) -- Some say Angie Jackson took Twitter a tweet too far. When the 27-year-old live-tweeted her RU-486-induced abortion last month, she spared no details. "Okay, the pain starting to get distracting," she wrote. "Definitely bleeding now." In a country that's bitterly divided over abortion, the storm of...

Health Reform Hinges on Votes From Abortion Foes

(March 9) -- The arcane rules that govern debate as Congress finishes health care reform soon will meet the simple rule of majority math. House Democratic leaders, resigned to the fact that no Republicans are likely to vote for a major overhaul of the nation's health insurance system, will be focused on getting to the...

Will Abortion Fight Kill Health Care Reform?

WASHINGTON (March 4) -- After a year of debate, it won't be the public option that derails health care reform. Nor will it be death panels. But it might be abortion. A fight over the most divisive issue in American politics could deal the final, fatal blow to Democratic hopes for reform, just as President Barack Obama...

Nebraska Bill Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks

(Feb. 25) -- Nebraska lawmakers have found a new tactic in the fight against abortion: If a fetus can feel pain, they say, it cannot be aborted. So they are moving forward with the Abortion Pain Prevention Act, a bill aimed at ending the "substantial pain" to the "unborn child" caused by abortion. If the bill passes, the...