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Planned Parenthood Hoax Video: Instant Reactions

By Steven HofferFeb 1st 2011 – 3:45PM

Live Action, a conservative anti-abortion group, posted footage today showing some of its members portraying sex traffickers seeking guidance at a Planned Parenthood clinic. The edited video supposedly shows the clinic employee "turning a blind eye to underage prostitution." It quickly drew debate from bloggers across the...

Tea Party Candidate's Graphic Anti-Abortion Ad Banned on YouTube, but Not TV

By David KnowlesOct 21st 2010 – 8:11PM

(Oct. 21) -- An anti-abortion ad by Washington, D.C., tea party candidate Missy Smith has achieved an unlikely distinction of being banned on YouTube while still being allowed -- actually, constitutionally protected -- on local television. The ad, which features extremely graphic pictures of aborted late-term fetuses,...

FDA Approves Ella, a 5-Mornings-After Contraception Pill

By David KnowlesAug 13th 2010 – 7:47PM

(Aug. 13) -- If the morning-after contraception pill Plan B proved controversial, the newly approved "ella" should prove five times as much. The Food and Drug administration today gave the green light to ella, which boasts of being able to prevent unwanted pregnancies for up to five days after sexual intercourse. Also...

Abortion Tweeter Sets Sparks Flying Across Internet

By Mara GayMar 12th 2010 – 4:18PM
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(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...

Nebraska Bill Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks

By Mara GayFeb 25th 2010 – 2:49PM
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(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...

Background on anti abortion

Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life movement (also known as anti-abortion movement) a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction.

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