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Los Angeles Times Examines Issues Surrounding Leftover Embryos
Categorie : AbortionThe Los Angeles Times on Monday examined how couples with some of the estimated 500,000 frozen embryos in the U.S. leftover from fertility treatments are "finding themselves ensnared in a debate about when life begins." About half of couples who have in vitro fertilization procedures end up with at ...
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Sat Oct 2008
Bush In Speech Tells Voters That 'Judges Matter'
Categorie : AbortionOn Monday, the opening day of the new Supreme Court session, President Bush traveled to Ohio to address members of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group, where he stressed that judges "matter to every American" and defended his Supreme Court appointments, the New York Times reports. ...
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Supreme Court Denies Review Of Several Abortion-Related Cases
Categorie : AbortionThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it will not review several abortion-related rulings by lower courts, including a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that state law does not require a physician to tell a woman that a first-trimester abortion would result in the "killing of an existing h ...
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Pastors Who Took Part In Sunday Pulpit Protest Reported To IRS
Categorie : AbortionThe advocacy group Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a report on Thursday with the IRS about the actions of two Oklahoma City-area pastors who recently took part in Pulpit Freedom Sunday -- an effort organized by the conservative ...
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Calif. Parental Notification Measure Might Be 'Bulletproof' If Challenged In Courts, S.J. Mercury News Reports
Categorie : AbortionThe San Jose Mercury News on Thursday examined the legal merits of California's Proposition 4, which, if approved by state voters in November, would require physicians to notify parents before providing abortion services to minors. ...
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Newspapers Examine Infighting Among Catholics Over Which Party Better Reflects Church Teachings
Categorie : AbortionSeveral liberal Catholic groups and Democrats this year are "waging a fight within" the Roman Catholic Church over the presidential election, and the "intrachurch election debate is increasingly spilling into public view," the New York Times reports. ...
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Several Newspapers Examine Effect New President Would Have On Supreme Court, Roe V. Wade
Categorie : AbortionThe fate of Roe v. Wade has become an issue of concern in this year's presidential election between abortion-rights opponent Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and abortion-rights supporter Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Los Angeles Times reports. ...
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Blogs Comment On Palin; USAID Cut Of Contraceptives To Marie Stopes; U.S. Abortion Rights; 'Born Alive' Bill Ad
Categorie : AbortionThe following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries.~ "Women's Health: Yet Another Issue Sarah Palin Is Out of Touch On," Cecile Richards, Huffington Post: In the blog entry, Richards, president of the ...
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U.S. Bans Contraceptive Supplies To British Family Planning Group Working In Africa
Categorie : AbortionThe State Department and USAID on Thursday said they have notified six African governments to stop providing U.S.-funded contraceptives donated to the British family planning organization ...
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U.S. Ban On Contraceptives To Marie Stopes Clinics In Africa Will Lead To More Deaths, Abortions, Opinion Piece Says
Categorie : AbortionThe recent announcement by the Bush administration that U.S.-financed contraceptive supplies no longer can be distributed by six African countries through the British aid organization Marie Stopes International is the "latest bout of reproductive health madness," according to ...
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Colo. Gov. Ritter Lines Up Against So-Called 'Personhood' Initiative Despite Opposition To Abortion Rights
Categorie : AbortionOn Tuesday at a rally, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D), who opposes abortion rights, voiced his opposition to the state's Amendment 48 -- a November ballot initiative that would define a fertilized egg as a person in the state constitution -- the ...
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Ohio Supreme Court Hears Case On Release Of Abortion Records From Cincinnati Planned Parenthood Clinic
Categorie : AbortionThe Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking the release of ten years of medical records from a Planned Parenthood clinic where a teen had an abortion in 2004 the AP/Google.com reports. The suit has been filed by the parents of the 14 year old girl, who allegedly obtained a ...
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European Court Of Human Rights Might Pass On Abortion-Rights Case, WSJ Reports
Categorie : AbortionThe European Court of Human Rights, which rules on cases in which applicants feel they cannot receive adequate legal redress in their home countries, is considering whether to take up an Irish case that would determine whether a woman in the country has a right to an abortion to preserve her health, ...
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South Dakota Abortion Ban Back In 'Sheep's Clothing,' Opinion Piece Says
Categorie : AbortionIn an opinion piece, Salon columnist Lynn Harris says that a proposal to ban abortion in South Dakota is back in "sheep's clothing" on the November ballot. According to Harris, polls showed the primary "liability" of a 2006 proposal to ban abortion, which was defeated by a 55% to 44% margin, was tha ...
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West Virginian Antiabortion Group Contests Law On Political Ads
Categorie : AbortionThe antiabortion group West Virginians for Life last week filed a legal objection in federal court that seeks to have the state's new political advertising law ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that it prevents the group from promoting its position to potential voters, the Charleston Gazette rep ...
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Blogs Comment On HHS Rule, Palin, Rape Exceptions
Categorie : Abortion~ "FRC Submits Comments to HHS on Conscience Protection," Family Research Council Blog: In a blog entry, the Family Research Council released comments it submitted to HHS on the proposed federal ...
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Brook Uncovers Public Ignorance Over Teenage Pregnancy, UK
Categorie : AbortionLeading sexual health charity Brook has announced shocking figures revealing the extent of the general public's misunderstanding of the UK's teenage pregnancy rate. 95% of people over-estimate the rate of under-16s who get pregnant each year and the same amount are unaware of the significant drop in ...
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Opinion Piece Examines Fallout Of Potential Roe V. Wade Reversal
Categorie : AbortionIf abortion-rights opponent Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is elected president in November, the fallout from a potential Roe v. Wade reversal could be worse than envisioned, Linda Hirshman -- a lawyer and author of the book "Get to Work; A Manifesto for Women in the World" -- writes in a Washington Pos ...
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USA Today Examines Efforts In Indiana To Limit Access To Abortion Through County Ordinances
Categorie : AbortionUSA Today on Friday examined efforts by abortion-rights opponents in Indiana to pass regulations at the county level to require doctors who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a local hospital after efforts to enact statewide legislation stalled. ...
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Pastors Discuss Political Endorsements At Sunday Services To Protest IRS Rules
Categorie : AbortionThirty-three pastors from across the country on Sunday took part in a campaign organized by the Alliance Defense Fund, a socially conservative legal consortium, to defy a federal law that prohibits not-for-profit, tax-exempt religious entities from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit, the ...
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