Brown Abortion

2010-01-31T11:15:47Z

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010, file photo Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown speaks during an interview at the Statehouse in Boston. On ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Brown said he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. He went on to say that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legali...

Sen.-elect Brown says he supports abortion rights

2010-02-22T13:12:56Z

<div id="subtitle">New senator from Massachusetts parts from GOP line, says he supports abortion rights</div><div><p>Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women ...

Health bill revives abortion issue for young women

2010-02-23T13:47:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Effort to restrict health coverage of abortion reignites an old cause for some young feminists</div><div><p>At 21, Jelena Woehr describes herself as a feminist, focusing on issues such as domestic violence and improved career opportunities for women.</p><p>Yes, she also supports abortion rights. But that wasn't her emphasis until Congress ...

COMPROMISE MEANS ÔMORE CHOICESÕ FOR INSURANCE

2010-02-23T18:10:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Reid hails agreement he says brings competition to the market; Senate also casts a pivotal abortion vote</div><div><p> WASHINGTON As the health care debate pressed forward Tuesday in the Senate, it was hard to decide whether to keep an eye on the floor action or behind the closed doors where deals were being made down the hall.</p><p&g...

3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court

2010-02-23T18:33:27Z

<div id="subtitle">3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland's abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights</div><div><p>Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel ...

Health Care Overhaul

2009-12-08T18:01:08Z

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., talks to reporters following the tabling of an abortion amendment on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Senate rejects abortion measure in health bill

2010-02-23T20:39:45Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate rejected on Tuesday an attempt to tighten restrictions on abortion coverage in a healthcare overhaul, threatening a crucial Democrat's support for passage of the final bill.</p><p>Democratic Senator Ben Nelson's amendment to tighten the bill's restrictions on the use of federal funds...

Bishop Kennedy

2009-11-24T14:45:41Z

Skip Shea, from Uxbridge, Mass., talks with the media concerning pedophile priests in the Catholic diocese during a press conference outside the Providence Catholic Diocese offices, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, in Providence, R.I. Shea is a abuse survivor and member of SNAP,

Seeking common ground on abortion

2010-02-24T04:27:29Z

<div id="subtitle">THE DIVIDE: Can Senate live with strict language in the House bill?</div><div><p> WASHINGTON As the health care debate morphs momentarily into an argument over whether federal money should be used for abortion, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids every move is being watched.</p><p>Days after the House voted to include stricter aborti...

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights' scramble

2010-02-24T05:28:31Z

<div id="subtitle">THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups fight to maintain influence in health care debate</div><div><p>Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.</p><p>They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petit...

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound

2010-02-24T05:28:35Z

<div><p>Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.</p><p>They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the Senate, where debate could begin in a few days. They also have a large...

Anti-abortion bid may have unintended effect

2010-02-24T13:48:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Some say initiative will energize liberals, helping Democrats on 2010 ballot</div><div><p> CARSON CITY The biggest fans of social conservative Richard Zisers newly filed anti-abortion ballot initiative might be Nevada was naive.</p><p>That issue will never be put to rest because too many groups want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, employ it as a litmus test for political support or insist on unlimited access to abortion. And, perhaps most of all, because too many candidates find it ...

Worldwide abortion rates falling: study

2010-02-24T19:19:34Z

<div><p>The global rate of abortions and unwanted pregnancies has fallen, a study said Tuesday but warned that unsafe terminations, specially in developing nations, was killing 70,000 women a year.</p><p>Abortions decreased from an estimated 45.5 million in 1995 to 41.6 million in 2003, said the US-based Guttmacher I...

Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

2010-02-24T19:22:21Z

<div><p>Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.</p><p>More than half the deaths, about 38,000, are in sub-Saharan Africa, which was singled out as the region with by far the lowest rates of contracept...

Support for abortion rights falls in U.S.

2010-02-25T00:00:16Z

<div><p>DALLAS (Reuters) - Support for abortion rights has slipped in America this year and now barely edges opposition, while the issue's importance has fallen, according to a new survey released on Thursday.</p><p>Barack O...

Gov't insurance would allow coverage for abortion

2010-02-26T00:18:35Z

<div><p>Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue.</p><p>Federal funds for abortions are now restricted to cases involving rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother. Abortion opponents say those restrictions should carry over to any health insurance sold through a new m...

Abortion is latest controversy in health overhaul

2010-02-26T06:33:30Z

<div><p>Democratic lawmakers opposed to federal funding for abortions said Tuesday the House leadership's health care bill contains a "hidden mandate" that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to end pregnancies.</p><p>It's the latest controversy to hit the health care overhaul in a week that has seen Republicans sharpen their attacks and some GOP moderates, abortion rights group add support</div><div><p>The Senate Judiciary Committee put off its vote Tuesday on Supreme Court...

Threats, violence seen eroding U.S. abortion rights

2010-02-26T21:27:18Z

<div><p>WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) - The patients are gone and so are the protesters. Once the site of daily anti-abortion picketing, the Kansas clinic run by murdered doctor George Tiller is busy only with workers shutting down the facility.</p&gt...

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