Obama Attacks State Push To Ban Abortion
“When you read some of these laws you want to check the calendar to make sure you’re still living in 2013,” Obama says.
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Abortion Opponents Declare Victory After Obama Moves Planned Parenthood Speech
Anti-abortion advocates say the Kermit Gosnell case forced Obama to distance himself from Planned Parenthood. Nonsense, says Planned Parenthood.
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White House Responds To Gosnell Case
Fox News’ Ed Henry presses White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on possible future abortion legislation in Washington D.C. based on the Gosnell case happening in Philadelphia. “The president does not and cannot take a position on an ongoing trial.”
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How Politicized Abortion Threatens Clinic Safety
Keeping abortion separate from other medical procedures and regulating it in different ways paves the way for unsafe clinics like the one Kermit Gosnell allegedly operated.
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Shocking Revelations From The “House Of Horrors” Trial
A Philadelphia abortion doctor has been charged with murdering seven babies and an adult patient at his “baby charnel house.”
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Dick Morris Slams Paul Ryan’s Budget
“Why lose 10 years of elections to mess with those programs?” the pundit says of changes to Medicare.
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Alabama Politician Thinks A Fetus Is The Largest Organ In A Woman’s Body
Alabama representative Mary Sue McClurkin apparently does not understand the size or definition of organs.
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The Abortion Clinic Escort Who Leads Patients Past Protesters
One protester screamed, “I should firebomb this place.”
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New Tennessee Bill Would Require Ultrasound Before Abortion
The Republican lawmaker behind the legislation is being accused of using it to bolster his Congressional bid against an incumbent, who reportedly pressured his mistress to get an abortion.
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Last Abortion Clinic In Mississippi Gets Painted Bright Pink
“A lot of the houses and businesses are painted different colors,” says a staff member, “so why not make it blend in?”
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Fetal Abnormality Is The Next Frontier In Abortion Law
Laws proposed in several states could imprison doctors who provide an abortion because a fetus has a genetic abnormality.
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New Mexico Bill Would Send Women To Jail For Abortions (But Will Be Revised)
The crime: “tampering with evidence.” [UPDATE: The lawmaker who introduced the bill says that isn’t the aim and plans to update the bill.]
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Counting All Of America’s Abortions Won’t Be Easy
An anti-abortion advocate writes in The New York Times that everyone should want more accurate abortion numbers. But abortion rights activists say the number of abortions shouldn’t be the issue.
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An Oddly Sensual Anniversary Tribute To Roe V. Wade
Sort of in the vein of Lena Dunham’s Obama ad, watch Mehcad Brooks from True Blood romance Roe.
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The Loudest Protester At The Inauguration Was In A Tree
“Democrats are baby-killers!”
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Forty Years After Roe, Abortion Doctors Still Fear For Their Safety
“I’m an old man,” says Dr. Curtis Boyd, “but I still don’t want to die prematurely.”
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New Planned Parenthood Ad Cites Limits Of Abortion "Labels"
“Pro-choice? Pro-life? The truth is these labels limit the conversation.”
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Who Gets An Abortion In America
Sixty percent of women who end a pregnancy already have a child, and many live in counties with no abortion provider.
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Why Is Santa “Going Out Of Business?”
It’s not the economy. (via hypervocal.com)
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Protests Erupt Over Woman Who Died After Being Denied Abortion
Savita Halappanavar died after an Irish hospital refused to give her an abortion; following her death, thousands of protestors took to the streets.
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Why Photos Of Aborted Fetuses Were Flying Over Swing States On Election Day
“Reform is invariably propelled by shocking imagery.”
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Vote With Your Vagina… For Barack Obama
The really literal version of Obama’s campaign strategy to appeal to female voters. “The whole universe revolves around me in some way.”
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Cher Takes On Republicans: "Honestly, This Is Sick Stuff"
“This is Cher, bitches. Do what she says … and God bless America,” Kathy Griffin says in a new web ad focused on turning out voters for women’s rights. GOP comments on abortion dominate the ad by the people behind 2008’s “Great Schlep.”
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Obama Campaign Scares The Base With Fake News Report
Robert Bork as Romney’s Supreme Court nominee, Roe v. Wade is overturned, and Medicare is voucherized with the help of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock in Romney’s first 100 days, OFA imagines.
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Republican John Koster Doesn’t Believe In Abortion For “The Rape Thing”
Because abortion is “putting more violence on a woman’s body.” A new day, and Democrats point to another Republican making the case against abortion in the case of rape.
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Todd Akin Feels The Republican Love
Outside groups are suddenly flocking to the former pariah. But national groups are officially staying out.
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With Polls Closing, Akin Campaign Makes Final Push For Support
In waning days of election, Missouri Republican still hopes to win back support of women.
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The Akin Effect: Did “Legitimate Rape” Make Mourdock’s Gaffe Worse?
“It was a double whammy,” says Bonjean. An Akin adviser says it’s nice to see Republicans standing behind Mourdock.
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Club For Growth Ups Ad Buy In Indiana By “Substantial Amount”
Conservatives hope to shift narrative in wake of Mourdock’s rape statement.
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Democrats Urge Court To Unseal Conservative Republican’s Divorce Documents
Tennessee Republican who pressured mistress to have an abortion finds himself under increased scrutiny just weeks before election.
