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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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Live Action Planned Parenthood 'Sting' Videos Are Heavily Edited

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:53PM

The anti-abortion activist group Live Action released two videos this week of Planned Parenthood staffers discussing sex-selective abortions with actors posing as patients, but a side-by-side analysis of one of the edited videos and the original, unedited version of it shows that parts of the conversation were...

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Joe Nichols, 'The View': Singer and Wife Heather Share Baby Joys and Challenges

By Gayle Thompson Jun 01st 2012 - 02:52PM

Joe Nichols and his wife, Heather, struggled through several years of infertility before they welcomed baby girl Dylan River Nichols on April 17.

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Waging a Global War FOR Women

Jun 01st 2012 - 02:38PM

I just returned from the "2012 International Parliamentarians Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action," an international conference in Istanbul focused on the global effort to make life-saving family planning and reproductive health care available to all women around the world.

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Sex-Selection Abortion Ban Faces House Vote

May 31st 2012 - 10:16AM

Legislation coming up for a House vote would make it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus.

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Rise In STIs Poses 'Very Real Danger'

May 31st 2012 - 02:28AM

Too many people are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex, health experts have warned, as figures were released showing a "disappointing" rise in the number of new cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).

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  • 06/02/12 A New Path in Global Health Source: U.S. Consulate in Ecuador Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mayor, my dear friend and colleague, your excellent foreign minister, also let me recognize Ingrid Schulerud, wife of the prime minister who, along with her husband, just hosted me and my delegation for a wonderful luncheon, and to everyone who has organized this extraordinary conference, which I think does come at a historical turning point.
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  • 06/02/12 This week in the War on Women: Shut your stupid... Source: Daily Kos About one-third of American women believe there is a broad effort under way to limit their access to reproductive services including contraception, family planning and abortion, according a poll released on Thursday.
  • 06/02/12 Suntan alert over painful ingredient Source: Express.co.uk Benzophenone is believed to mimic the female sex hormone oestrogen and has been linked to skin reactions in previous studies.
  • 06/02/12 Abortion restriction fails to get enough votes in U.S.... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA The U.S. House last week failed to get a two-thirds vote to advance a bill that would ban abortions motivated because the parent objects to the sex of the fetus.

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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