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 ...
Read More »U.S. abortion rate at lowest since Roe v. Wade
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 ...
Read More »Abortion Bill Allows Father to Sue Mothers and Doctors for Distress
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. ...
Read More »Obama Wants To Clarify Abortion Rules in Affordable Care Act
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 ...
Read More »Pope Tells Doctors That Euthanasia, IVF, Abortion Are Sins
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. ...
Read More »Supreme Court Stops Parts of Texas Abortion Law
By Mark Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed ...
Read More »Tough Texas Abortion Law Likely Headed to Supreme Court
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 ...
Read More »Court Ruling Leaves Texas With Seven Abortion Providers
By Paul J. Weber ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women seeking legal abortions in Texas starting Friday must drive for hours if they live ...
Read More »Texas Gov. Perry Endorses Abortion Clinic Law With Joan Rivers Comparison
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 ...
Read More »Questions About Obamacare Abortion Coverage
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 ...
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