Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn writes in an opinion piece that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) "sent a clear message" to Democrats who "gravitated" toward Republican candidates because of their opposition to abortion rights by appointing Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) as the head of his National Catholic ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
"Is it politically naive to be surprised" that former Bush administration Chief of Staff Karl Rove will be the keynote speaker at next month's annual convention of the National Right to Life Committee, New York Times reporter Peter Steinfels writes in a Times' Beliefs column. NRLC "describes itself as nonpartisan," ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
West Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Russ Weeks, a strong abortion opponent, has "seized upon" a recent report by the state Department of Health and Human Resources showing an increase in the number of abortions in 2007 to criticize antiabortion Gov. Joe Manchin (D), the AP/Charleston Daily Mail reports. According to ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Colorado Right to Life, which was not allowed to set up a display table at the state Republican Party convention Monday, said the party is ignoring its base and is headed for defeat in November, the Denver Post reports (Hoover, Denver Post 6/18). State GOP chair Dick Wadhams said he ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
"Abortion in the U.S.: Utilization, Financing and Access," Kaiser Family Foundation: The updated fact sheet provides data on the levels of use of different abortion procedures in the U.S. and reviews federal and state policies that affect availability of and access to services. The fact sheet also provides information on ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Arizona Legislature gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a bill (HB 2269) that bans nurse practitioners from performing surgical abortions, as well as a measure (SB 1048) that would ban so-called "partial-birth" abortion in the state, Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star, reports. According to Capitol Media Services/Daily Star, one ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The antiabortion groups Christian Defense Coalition and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust on Wednesday announced their plans to protest the Democratic National Convention in Denver from Aug. 25-28, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports.The groups plan to bring as many as 1,000 protesters to Denver and maintain a presence outside ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The following National Statistics were released recently by the Department of Health:Abortion Statistics, England & Wales: 2007Main findings:In 2007, for women resident in England and Wales:the total number of abortions was 198,500, compared with 193,700 in 2007, a rise of 2.5%the age-standardised abortion rate was 18.6 per 1,000 resident women ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Commenting on the rising numbers of abortions in the under 16 age group Julie Bentley, Chief Executive fpa said: "Now must be the time to make sex and relationships education compulsory and taught in every school in the country. Younger women are making different choices about their lives and ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The Arizona Senate on Monday voted 18-6 to pass a bill (SB 1048) that would ban so-called "partial-birth" abortion in the state, Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star reports. Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) vetoed a similar but not identical bill (HB 2769) in April. Sen. Linda Gray (R) said state lawmakers ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Republican and independent women who support abortion rights in 12 presidential election "battleground" states were more likely to favor Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) when told of Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) position on abortion rights, according to a poll released Monday by NARAL Pro-Choice America, U.S. News and World Report reports. ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
The New York Times examined the use of an 1887 Kansas state law allowing citizens to petition for grand jury investigations to demand investigations of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller -- decisions typically left to prosecutors. Critics charge that the law, which was "meant to check official corruption, is being twisted ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Two newspapers recently published articles related to abortion and congressional primary elections in South Carolina and Virginia. Summaries appear below.~ South Carolina: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday won the Republican primary for his seat over Buddy Witherspoon, a former member of the Republican National Committee, the AP/Fort Mill Times ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Phill Kline (R) announced Monday that he will run in the Republican primary to retain his post despite having said in September 2007 that he would not seek a full four-year term, the Kansas City Star reports. Kline served in the Kansas Legislature before serving ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) met privately with Christian leaders on Tuesday in Chicago to discuss a range of issues, including abortion, the AP/Google.com reports. Joshua Dubois, Obama's presidential campaign director of faith outreach, said the meeting included "prominent evangelicals and other faith leaders" who "discussed policy issues and came together ...
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