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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...

Florida Lawmakers Spar in 'Uterus' Row Amid Abortion Battle

Sparring lawmakers. Outraged constituents. A heated national debate. The fast-brewing controversy out of Florida bears all the hallmarks of the long-running fight over abortion. And yet, for now at least, the sparring is focused on a single word, a body part that has become an improbable battle cry for pro-abortion-rights...

Arizona Bans Abortions Based on Sex, Race [VIDEO]

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...

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The Santorum Strain

The global economy is just a euro-slide away from another recession and we could be just weeks or even days away from a major conflict with Iran, but the emerging frontrunner for the GOP nomination is focusing, laser-like, on the real threat facing America: contraception.

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02/10/12 How the Right Treats Poor Women Wrong Source: Clutch Magazine When Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation stripped funding from Planned Parenthood because the latter provided abortion procedures in addition to cancer screenings, it was revealed that the former had bowed to political pressure from the right.
02/10/12 Catholic âmandateâ already exists Source: The Observer - University of Notre Dame & St. Mary's College - Notre Dame IN Brilliant constitutional lawyer David Boies has a stellar reputation for presenting savvy arguments before the Supreme Court.
02/10/12 Silent No More Source: The Garden City News - Garden City NY On Monday, January 23, 2012, twenty nine devoted souls from the St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Joseph's Respect Life groups traveled down to Washington, D.C. for the 39th Annual March for Life. We march to protest the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v.
02/10/12 Reproductive Justice Group Storms State Capitol Source: ABC - KOCO 5 - Oklahoma City OK Several doctors flooded the state Capitol on Thursday night in hopes of defeating an anti-abortion bill, saying it's too extreme and threatens women and families.
02/10/12 Majority GOP flexing chamber muscle Source: The Roanoke Times - Roanoke VA On the opening night of the General Assembly session, Gov. Bob McDonnell outlined a broad policy agenda in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech and asked lawmakers from both houses to embrace it.