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TV Ads Approved for Abortion Clinics

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:16:05 CST

Britain's broadcast advertising body has given the go-ahead for private abortion clinics to advertise their services on television, angering those who say that the move desensitizes the public to the practice. The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice said yesterday there was no justification for barring private clinics that offer post-pregnancy...

Man Slams Ex for Aborting His Baby—Via Billboard

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:40:40 CDT

Hell hath no fury like this guy: Greg Fultz lashed out at his ex-girlfriend with a billboard featuring a picture of him holding the outline of an infant reading, "This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-Month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!...

Coma Tot Moved to Catholic Hospital to Extend Life

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:24:10 CDT

A Canadian baby at the center of a right-to-life debate has been moved to an American hospital with the help of an activist Catholic priest. Tiny 1-year-old Joseph Maraachli is in a vegetative state and doctors say he has no hope of recovery. A Canada court ruled that doctors could...

Abortion Fight Erupts Over Pregnant Girl, 10

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:39:44 CDT

An abortion rights battle is heating up in Mexico, with activists claiming officials didn't tell a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather that she could abort her fetus. In the girl's state of Quintana Roo, abortion is only legal in cases of rape, and only during the first 3 months...

Time to Drop-Kick the Dems, Ladies

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:59:51 CST

House Democrats got their health care package through, but not before selling women down the river (again) by "restricting access to abortion in unprecedented ways," complains Kate Harding in Salon . The latest betrayal is just more evidence that it's time for women to dump the Dems, "who act exactly like...

Dutch Abortion Ship Hits Rough Waters

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:55:54 CDT

A change in the law is threatening to scuttle a Dutch ship's mission to provide abortions to women throughout the world, reports the Independent . Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has delivered "abortion pills" that cause miscarriages to women in nations where abortion is illegal. She has skirted local laws by docking outside...

Notre Dame Splits on Obama Speech, Protests

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:38:18 CDT

As President Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame approaches, pro-life activists have converged on the campus with banners, planes, and plans for civil disobedience. But students, who expressed pride that the president chose their school, aren't too happy with the protests. "It cheapens the argument. As someone who is pro-life,...

Palin Talks of 'Choice' When She Would Take It Away

Harry Kimball — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:36:32 CDT

Sarah Palin continues to inadvertently make pro-choice arguments as she campaigns for a ban on abortion, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post . After revealing that she twice considered aborting son Trig, Palin said “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought process.” Of...

Pro-Choice Obama Exploits Sebelius' Catholicism

Kevin Spak — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:52:00 CDT

President Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post . And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda “smacks of religious...