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• Abortion Debate Likely To Heat Up In 2012: Dozens of abortion restrictions passed in the states during 2011 — nearly a record since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. This year, anti-abortion groups say they'll focus on bills that would ban abortions at 20 weeks, limit insurance coverage and grant constitutional rights to embryos.
• Virginia Senate backs pre-abortion ultrasound: PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Women seeking an abortion in Virginia would be required to first have an ultrasound and be given the chance to see an image of the fetus under legislation passed Wednesday by state lawmakers. Virginia moved closer to joining several other states in passing ultrasound laws and other counseling requirements in attempt to persuade women against having an abortion ...
• Komen move on Planned Parenthood sparks abortion row: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut funding for Planned Parenthood erupted into a crisis over abortion rights on Thursday, fueling an angry public debate about the future of the leading breast cancer charity. The rift between the two top U.S. women's health advocacy groups mobilized grassroots activists and lawmakers in Congress, thrusting Komen into the ...
• Anti-abortion groups cite alleged cancer-abortion link to explain Komen's split with Planned Parenthood: As the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation faces accusations that it split with Planned Parenthood over political pressure, at least a couple pro-life groups are claiming the organization may have acted out of concern over an alleged link between abortion and breast cancer. 
• Virginia Senate passes bill requiring women to undergo ultrasound before abortion: RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, the first of several legislative measures this year that are expected to dramatically alter abortion law in the state. Read full article >>
• Randall Terry's anti-abortion ads won't air in Colorado: DENVER — Graphic TV ads for anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, both a self-proclaimed lifelong Republican and 2012 Democratic presidential candidate, won't be airing during
• Super Bowl ad to rile abortion politics: Anti-abortion crusader Randall Terry awaits an FCC ruling on whether his ads qualify as political.
• Opinion: New limits on abortion?: Mark Osler says the landscape of abortion has changed in a way that should trouble even those who consider themselves pro-choice
• Planned Parenthood Vs. Komen: Women's Health Giants Face Off Over Abortion: Anti-abortion groups hailed the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut funding for breast-cancer screenings performed by Planned Parenthood. But some political analysts warn of backlash against the charity from donors who had largely seen it as apolitical until now.
• Changes in medicine should prompt new limits on abortion: Mark Osler says the landscape of abortion has changed in a way that should trouble even those who consider themselves pro-choice

• Planned Parenthood Only Does 5% of Komen-Funded Breast Exams: The debate over whether Komen has or hasn’t stopped funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business continues, but pro-life activist Andy Moore puts the numbers in perspective. Even if Komen were to discontinue every penny of funding to the nation’s biggest abortion business, it would still be funding hundreds of thousands of breast exams for women. [...]
• Putting Komen Aside, Planned Parenthood is Public Enemy #1: The Komen-Planned Parenthood controversy has put the subject of abortion at the forefront of the public debate in a way even the March for Life and the recent 39th anniversary of Roe could only hope to have done. Even the current Republican presidential contest is paling in comparison to the intense back and forth between [...]
• Pro-Life Groups: Unclear if Komen Will Fund Planned Parenthood: After delighting pro-life advocates with a new policy that appeared to make it so Planned Parenthood would find its funding massively cut or eliminated, pro-life advocates are now unclear whether the breast cancer charity will fund the abortion business. Komen released a new statement today making it appear Planned Parenthood might be eligible for funding [...]
• Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong to Donate $100K to Planned Parenthood: In the wake of the Komen-Planned Parenthood controversy, Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor, champion cyclist and Livestrong founder and chairman announced that his cancer group will donate $100,000 to the nation’s biggest abortion business. He issued the following statement: “For 15 years, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has served people and families affected by cancer, especially those [...]
• Pro-Life Members of Congress Upset by Komen “Reversal”: Two pro-life members of Congress are responding to the new Komen statement making it appear Planned Parenthood may possibly still be eligible for funding beyond those grants approved prior to its December 2008 decision. Congresswoman Renee Ellmers of Washington released the following statement from her office in Washington this afternoon: “I am deeply disappointed in [...]
• Komen Board Member: Haven’t Caved on Planned Parenthood Funding: Following a new statement Komen for the Cure released making many observers believe the breast cancer charity reversed position on whether it would fund grants to Planned Parenthood, one Komen board member says it hasn’t caved. Komen board member John Raffaelli talked with the Washington Post after the statement was released and said the new [...]