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Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man charged under an Ohio fetal homicide law with trying to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, weapons and abduction counts. Dominic Holt-Reid pulled a gun Oct. 6 on girlfriend Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant, and...

Wave of Anti-Abortion Bills Advance in the States

NEW YORK -- Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles - legal, financial and psychological - in the paths of women seeking abortions. The tactics vary: mandatory sonograms and anti-abortion counseling, sweeping limits on insurance coverage, bans on abortions...

South Dakota Governor Signs Controversial Abortion Bill

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation. Abortion rights groups have already said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which also requires women to...

Opinion: Defund Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood has been misleading Congress and American taxpayers for many years. I know -- I was part of the deception. For eight years I worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, and for two of those years I was the clinic's director. Here are the ways Planned Parenthood is deceiving the public -- and...

From New York to Midwest to South, Abortion Battle Heats Up

NEW YORK -- It was only a single billboard, raised high above the streets of Manhattan, with a photograph of a black little girl and the kind of message the city's residents don't often see: "The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb." The ad was sponsored by a Texas-based anti-abortion group, which...

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Abortion Figures Reveal Three Teen Girls Given Terminations Had At Least Seven Previous Abortions

Abortions were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.

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Birth Control Pills Fail 20 Times More Often Than

The pill is the reversible option most commonly used by women who practice contraception, but it is not the most effective.

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Trent Franks' Office Swarmed By D.C. Residents To Protest Abortion Ban

A swarm Washington, D.C., residents descended on Rep. Trent Franks' (R-Ariz.) Capitol Hill office on Wednesday to drop off plastic rats, pictures of potholes, unfair parking tickets and other representations of municipal problems in protest of the D.C. abortion ban he sponsored.

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Abortion: Marie Stopes Director Asks Whether It's Time To Change The Law On Terminations

Tracey McNeill is very calm for someone whose industry has recently been hit by a wave of fresh scrutiny.

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Catherine Furey, Mother Of Five, Died After Drinking Vinegar In 'Home Abortion'

Catherine Furey, a 38-year-old mother of five from Salford, UK died after drinking industrial-strength vinegar in an attempted at-home abortion, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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05/28/12 Pills fall short in birth-control contest Source: The Checkup - The Washington Post Oral contraceptives are among the most popular forms of birth control in the United States.
05/27/12 Time to oppose 'War Against Women' Source: Daily Herald - Glen Ellyn IL I write this on behalf of the countless women and men whose lives have been devastated by abortion.
05/25/12 Women Will Soon Be Able To Afford The Most Effective... Source: Think Progress The vast majority of women in the U.S. are not using the most effective method of birth control available, according to a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
05/25/12 Doctor ordered to pay maintainance after failed... Source: Taipei Times A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay for the upkeep of a child after a failed abortion operation meant the boy's mother was obliged to see her pregnancy through.
05/25/12 Q&A with Naomi Wolf and Amanda Marcotte: the war on... Source: The Guardian - London - UK This week, Naomi wrote about the wave of conservative initiatives to restrain abortion rights in many US states, and the quiet campaign to weaken Planned Parenthood in both the public and private sectors.