The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has filed an 11-count disciplinary complaint against Ann Neuhaus, a doctor who provided second opinions to abortion provider George Tiller, who was murdered last year, alleging that in some of her second opinions she failed to properly evaluate whether an...
Considering your Church believed men were the ones who planted a child and the female was merely the vessel up until, oh, the 19th century, does this imply that jerking-off is like killing babies?
Now that we've made a few advancements in science, you can use your new-found 'understanding' of...
Abortion politics are influencing state races in Georgia, Massachusetts and South Dakota. Summaries appear below. ~ Georgia: Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel and former Rep. Nathan Deal, candidates in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, are facing criticism for past votes...
West Virginia last week announced that it would not administer its own high-risk insurance pool because GOP members of the state's House of Delegates said the program might fund abortion care, the Charleston Gazette reports (Knezevich, Charleston Gazette, 7/22). The pools -- created under the...
Politico recently examined how California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina's (R) abortion-rights opposition could affect her chances at election. The publication also highlighted a campaign by Catholics United to help vulnerable Democratic incumbents who supported health reform. Summaries appear...
Arguments over abortion coverage under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) likely will persist as implementation of the overhaul continues, prompting some lawmakers to consider legislative approaches to the issue, CongressDaily reports. The most recent controversy involves an Obama...
A large majority of California's likely voters support abortion rights, including most Republicans and people who intend to vote for GOP candidates in the upcoming gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections, according to a Field Poll released Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The...
Democrats on the House Appropriations Labor, HHS and Education Subcommittee on Thursday advanced a funding blueprint for fiscal year 2011 after rejecting an amendment that would have banned abortion coverage in programs under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), The Hill's "Healthwatch"...
News outlets report on abortion coverage restrictions in state high-risk pools. "Elective abortion services will not be covered in state high-risk pools set up to provide coverage for sick people who can't get insurance, according to Obama administration officials," CQ HealthBeat reports. "The...
Some abortion-rights groups are criticizing HHS' recent announcement that state high-risk insurance pools generally will not include coverage for elective abortions, CQ HealthBeat reports. The insurance pools -- created under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) -- are intended to provide...
A federal judge on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction against a Nebraska law (LB 594) that would require women seeking abortions to undergo extensive physical and medical screenings, the Omaha Word-Herald reports. The law was scheduled to take effect today. A lawsuit was filed against the...
HHS announced that state high-risk insurance pools intended to provide coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions generally will not include coverage of elective abortions, USA Today reports. The pools -- established under the national health reform law (PL 111-148) -- will only...
Today, a federal judge is expected to rule on whether providers must begin complying with a Nebraska law (LB 594) that would require women seeking abortions to undergo extensive physical and mental health screenings, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The law -- scheduled to take effect Thursday --...
The potential for debate over several politically sensitive issues -- including abortion -- and a full legislative agenda make it unlikely that the Senate will take up its fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill (S 3454) before the August recess, CQ Today reports. With midterm elections...
this is not really a question, more like a rant that i would like people to share their opinions as well.
im pro-choice.
first off, i believe that a baby is not a baby until its has all its developed organs. until then, it is a fetus.
some idiots here believe that its a baby as soon as its...
Spain's Constitutional Court on Wednesday agreed to study the constitutionality of a new abortion law allowing the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks' gestation, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The new law, which takes effect July 5, also legalizes abortion for 16- and...
States are advancing a growing number of antiabortion-rights bills that seek to recast the debate to "cente[r] directly on the fetus," NPR's "All Things Considered" reports. More than 350 antiabortion measures have been introduced in state legislatures this year, and at least two dozen have...
On her final day of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan discussed her work related to a proposed ban on an abortion procedure when she served as a domestic policy adviser in the Clinton administration, the New York Times reports. After...
I'm in college, and 2 months pregnant. Three weeks ago in my history class my professor told us a story about how Hitler's mother almost got an abortion. Ever since then I've been having premonitions that my child will grow up to be truly evil. This might sound irrational, but I believe this...