Tag Archives: abortion

The death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has complicated the fate of many major cases before the Supreme Court this term. But few issues face ...

The U.S. abortion rate has declined by more than one-third over the past two decades to a record low, federal officials reported Friday. Abortions fell ...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker this week said he would sign a bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy regardless of incest or rape. ...

The Obama administration is seeking to clarify rules for the coverage of elective abortion in health insurance exchanges. That is the issue that almost scuttled ...

In a speech to a group of Catholic physicians, Pope Francis criticized euthanasia, abortion and in-vitro fertilization as a “false compassion” and sins against God. ...

By Mark Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed ...

By David Crary and Juan Carlos Llorca ASSOCIATED PRESS EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting “a showdown” at the U.S. Supreme Court ...

By Paul J. Weber ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women seeking legal abortions in Texas starting Friday must drive for hours if they live ...

By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday invoked comedian Joan Rivers’ death at a surgical clinic while defending ...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan congressional agency is raising new questions about compliance with a key compromise on abortion that ...