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Effing Pro-Choice T-Shirt Keeps Flier Off Plane

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:38 CDT

A woman missed an American Airlines connecting flight because she was wearing a pro-choice T-shirt with an obscenity about what she might do to a senator. The captain of a flight the woman was exiting scolded her over the shirt that read: “If I wanted the government in my womb,...

No. of Pro-Choice Americans Hits Record Low

Kevin Spak — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:36:24 CDT

The number of Americans who identify themselves as pro-choice fell precipitously this year, dropping to an all-time Gallup low of 41%, according to a new poll . On the flip side, 50% said they were pro-life. When Gallup first started asking the question back in 1995, the numbers were dramatically different,...

After Komen Cut, Donations to Planned Parenthood Rise

Kevin Spak — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:53:13 CST

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood has sparked a fierce backlash, with at least two petitions cropping up urging the cancer foundation to change its mind, and a slew of donations flooding into Planned Parenthood itself, the LA Times reports....

Herman Cain: People Choose to Be Gay

Kevin Spak — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:00:24 CDT

Herman Cain hit on some hot-button social issues in his interview with Piers Morgan last night, including homosexuality and abortion. In one exchange transcribed by Politico , Cain says that “because of my biblical beliefs” he thinks being gay is “a personal choice,” challenging Morgan to show him scientific evidence to...

Left Is Pro-Choice to ‘Level Playing Field’ for Lesbians

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:22:50 CDT

Why do liberals support Planned Parenthood? Pat Robertson thinks he knows. Right Wing Watch points to a recent episode of The 700 Club in which Robertson explained to co-host Terry Meeuwsen that the left is just trying to put straight women and lesbians "on a level playing field." After all,...

Abortion Killer Case Proves Need for Abortion Rights

Kevin Spak — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:03:05 CST

It’s not surprising that anti-abortion advocates are touting the case of Kermit Gosnell , the Philadelphia doctor accused of murdering babies and abusing patients. But they’re utterly wrong, writes Michelle Goldberg in the Daily Beast . Gosnell’s clinic was not typical—that’s why he was rejected from the National Abortion Federation, which...

Abortion Storm Erupts Over 'Ultrasound' Jesus Ad

Rob Quinn — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:17:00 CDT

With 197 days left until Christmas, a planned holiday ad showing Jesus in the womb has triggered a new abortion controversy in Britain. The "Ultrasound Jesus" ad, set to appear on billboards in December, shows a fetus with a halo and announces: "He's on his way: Christmas starts with Christ....

'Pro-Freedom': Better Than 'Pro-Choice'?

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:59:00 CDT

New Gallup polls show that most Americans don't want abortion criminalized, but they remain divided between pro-life and pro-choice advocates—and let's face it, Lynn Harris writes for Salon , the pro-lifers have the better name. "Life" is "the rhetorical rock that will always beat our scissors," writes Harris, whereas "'choice'...

Laura Bush: I'm Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Marriage

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:18:02 CDT

Laura Bush may be married to one George W., but that doesn’t mean she agrees with him on everything—including thorny issues like abortion and gay marriage. “When couples are committed to each other and love each other, they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone has,...