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Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

Apr 28th 2011 – 11:28AM

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

Mar 23rd 2011 – 4:50PM
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

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

Mar 22nd 2011 – 1:13PM
Doug Dreyer, AP

Doug Dreyer, AP

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

Mar 8th 2011 – 5:00AM
AP

AP

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...

Opinion: The GOP's Dangerous Attack on Planned Parenthood

Mar 8th 2011 – 5:00AM
AP

AP

In 1916, one woman's strength, determination and conviction helped open the door for hundreds of millions of women worldwide to plan their own pregnancies. As a nation, we have made great strides since Margaret Sanger opened that first family planning clinic in New York City nine decades ago, and Planned Parenthood is...

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Sex Ed Seeks To Fight America's Worst Teen Pregnancy Rate

May 29th 2012 - 04:20PM

With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant daughter.

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Healthy Pregnancies Aren't Just Down to Mums

May 29th 2012 - 01:05PM

As a GP of 17 years but more than that, a mother to three children, I cannot stress enough the importance of being healthy while pregnant.

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What PRENDA Would Mean to Women

May 29th 2012 - 12:09PM

Known as "PRENDA," the latest version of the bill (there have been at least three) would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex.

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Planned Parenthood Sting Caught On Video, Released By Anti-Abortion Activists

May 29th 2012 - 11:19AM

A group of anti-abortion activists that Planned Parenthood has suspected is targeting it in a hoax investigation released the first of a series of videos on Tuesday that purportedly shows Planned Parenthood encouraging the selective abortions of girls in the United States.

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Abortions In The UK Increased In 2011, Statistics Show

May 29th 2012 - 05:38AM

Abortions in the UK increased last year compared to 2010, "concerning" figures released by the department of health on Tuesday showed.

Human reproduction News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 Pro-life campaigners uncover 'sex selection at Planned... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Abortion clinics have been accused of offering pregnant women the option to terminate based on the sex of their baby, according to pro-life campaigners.
  • 05/29/12 Fighting US's worst teen pregnancy rate in Miss. Source: NBC - 9 News - Denver CO With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant daughter.
  • 05/29/12 Bill would outlaw abortion for sex selection Source: The Washington Times - Washington DC Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.
  • 05/29/12 The Lupron Lows Source: Babble It's been eight days since I started injecting my stomach with .10cc of Lurpon every evening.
  • 05/29/12 Is there a link between breast cancer and pregnancy? Source: CTV News Vancouver-area doctors say they're concerned about the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy and suggest the connection warrants more research.

Background on Human reproduction

Human reproduction is any form of sexual reproduction resulting in the conception of a child, typically involving sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.

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