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• Colo. abortion foes say they cleared petition bar (AP via Yahoo! News): Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall — potentially the first state this election year to see the question.
• Cracks appear in abortion front against healthcare reform (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News): A widening split among opponents of abortion could help pave the way to passage for President Obama’s healthcare reform legislation.
• Abortion foes say drive for ballot issue is a success (Denver Post): Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall.
• Cracks appear in abortion front against healthcare reform (The Christian Science Monitor): The coalition of Catholics and anti-abortion advocates that has opposed healthcare reform – saying it could allow federal funds for abortion – is slowly splintering.
• Holy War Erupts Among Catholics Over Abortion Language in Health Care Bill (Fox News): The abortion language in President Obama's health care reform bill has ignited a holy war among Catholics, sharply dividing them on whether the legislation would subsidize the termination of pregnancies.
• Abortion lawsuits proposed in Kansas (The Kansas City Star): TOPEKA | Anti-abortion legislators in Kansas are pushing a proposal to allow lawsuits against doctors over legally questionable late-term abortions. Three senators and three House members met Thursday to negotiate a new version of legislation that rewrites state laws dealing with late-term abortions. They had been focusing on increasing requirements for doctors to report information to the state ...
• The abortion enigma (Seattle Times): WASHINGTON — There are any number of good reasons for House Democrats to vote against health-care reform. Abortion isn't one of them.
• Will Abortion Issue Affect Health Vote? (FOX News Chicago): The final vote count on health care could very well be impacted by the abortion debate. Sen. Dick Durbin discusses implications of the bill's language.
• Grendell bill seeks to revise abortion without parental consent (The News-Herald): State Sen. Tim Grendell has introduced a bill to revise the process by which minors can obtain an abortion without parental consent.
• Colorado abortion foes say they cleared petition bar (The Aspen Times): DENVER - Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall - potentially the first state this election year to see the question. Abortion opponents turned in more than 46,000 signatures on Thursday, the second deadline for the ballot initiative. The group needs only about 15,700 of those signatures to be deemed valid for the ...

• British curlers face elimination: Great Britain's wheelchair curlers are all but out of the Winter Paralympic Games after a 7-6 defeat by Sweden.
• Obama argues healthcare on Fox: President Obama steps up his efforts to win support for healthcare reform by giving an interview to Fox News.
• HIV man appeals sex jail sentence: A man jailed for 10 years after his pregnant girlfriend found out he had infected her with HIV appeals his sentence.
• Morning-after pill stash 'no use': Giving women their own stash of morning-after pills to keep ready to use "just in case" does not work, findings suggest.
• Conundrum of Kerala's struggling economy: The BBC's Soutik Biswas on how India's most socially developed state, Kerala, is also its most economically backward.
• Campaign to get Muslims to vote: Leading Muslim scholars give their backing to a campaign to try to get more people from their community to vote in the general election.
• Deputy 'threatened on waste plan': A politician attempting to bring plans for an incinerator in Guernsey back to the States claims he has received threats of physical abuse from opponents.
• Paths could retrace night march: Parts of routes believed to have been followed by Jacobites attempting a night assault could be recreated.
• Apology for women raped by father: Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given a public apology by the authorities.
• Country profile: North Korea: Key facts, figures and dates
• Indonesia country profile: Key facts, figures and dates
• Uruguay timeline: A chronology of key events
• Timeline: Portugal: A chronology of key events
• Timeline: Central African Republic: A chronology of key events
• Brawn thrilled by new F1 season: Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn says the 2010 season is one of the most exciting prospects for years.
• Action urged on pregnancy deaths: Pregnant women in developing countries face the same risk of death as women in the UK did 100 years ago, say campaigners.
• Spaniards rally against abortion: Thousands of people march through Spanish cities to oppose a bill that makes it easier to have an abortion.
• Mexico City allows gay marriage: A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry and have the right to adopt comes into effect in Mexico City.
• Petition against Pope's UK visit: A petition protesting against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain later this year is to be handed in to Downing Street by the National Secular Society.
• High Court halts BAE settlement: The High Court grants an injunction to stop the Serious Fraud Office striking further deals with BAE Systems.