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• Abortion bills part of end-of-session mix: The House and Senate both held floor votes this week on two separate abortion-related bills. The votes came as other work -- such as a health care spending bill and a tax bill -- remain unfinished, prompting criticism from opponents of the abortion measures.
• Gay marriage, abortion back in campaign spotlight: Abortion and gay marriage. For years, they've been lumped together as the paramount wedge issues of U.S. politics — hot-button topics in the vortex of sexuality, personal freedom and public policy.
• Anti-abortion protesters urge Alward to debate abortion: The anti-abortion movement called on the Alward government to debate the issue of abortion and consider alternatives during an annual rally in Fredericton Thursday.
• Are the abortion ultrasound laws headed for the Supreme Court?: A popular new piece of abortion legislation may eventually end up in front of the Supreme Court as federal courts have disagreed over whether it violates the Constitution. The law—versions of which have passed in Oklahoma, North Carolina and Texas—mandates that before a woman is allowed to obtain an abortion, doctors must give her an [...]
• Abortion politics for export: Australians' love of things American must not extend to a growing assault in the US on women's reproductive rights.
• Abortion, gay marriage return to campaign spotlight: Abortion and gay marriage. For years, they've been lumped together as the paramount wedge issues of U.S. politics.
• An interview with a late term abortion provider: Congress is currently weighing a law that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks in the District of Columbia. Willie Parker, a Washington-based obstetrician, is one doctor who has performed late-term abortions here and stands to be directly affected, should that law pass. An obstetrician for two decades, he only began performing abortions eight years ago, largely out of what he says was concern ...
• Abortion Hearing Brings Out Jurisdictional Battle: Congressional legislation that would place restrictions on District of Columbia laws typically captures attention and backlash from an insular crowd of local activists. But a bill that would ban abortions in Washington, D.C., after 20 weeks of pregnancy has gained broader traction, with Democrats citing it as the latest installment in what they are calling the "Republican war on women."
• Ala. abortion provider targeted in bombing closes: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Birmingham abortion clinic that was targeted in a 1998 bombing has lost its license to operate. Officials at the Alabama Department of Health said The New Woman All Women Health Clinic was forced to close Friday. The Birmingham News reports (http://bit.ly/KuXW9n ) that the clinic's owner agreed to surrender the facility's license after state officials found two cases ...
• Gay marriage and abortion: Different trends underlie campaign's two wedge issues: NEW YORK - Abortion and gay marriage. For years, they've been lumped together as the paramount wedge issues of U.S. politics — hot-button topics in the vortex of sexuality, personal freedom and public policy.

• Missouri House Approves Ban on Use of Webcam Abortions: The Missouri state House on Thursday approved a pro-life bill to prohibit the controversial use of webcam abortions. Pam Fichter, the president of Missouri Right to Life, commented on passage of the bill. We applaud the Missouri House of Representatives for passing HB 1274.  This bill offers protection for women seeking abortion by ensuring that [...]
• Obama Admin Hires Planned Parenthood Spokesman at HHS: The Obama administration has hired the former top spokesman for the Planned Parenthood abortion business as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. Tait Sye, the former media director for the nation’s biggest abortion business, will now work in the press shop for the department that is under [...]
• NARAL: 17 States Will Ban Abortions if Romney Elected: The pro-abortion group NARAL is out with a new attack on likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — saying that 17 states will ban abortions if he defeats pro-abortion President Barack Obama. “Are you okay with allowing nearly half of the states in the Union to ban abortion care?” NARAL asks in a new blog [...]
• Poll: Americans Still Believe Abortion is Morally Wrong: A new poll released by Rasmussen Reports today shows mixed results for pro-life and pro-abortion advocates but still has Americans generally opposing abortion and saying it is morally wrong. The Rasmussen survey finds forty-seven percent (47%) now believe abortion is morally wrong most of the time, while 36% consider abortion to be morally acceptable in [...]
• Thirty-One Gifts Admits Funding Pro-Planned Parenthood Groups: The Christian company Thirty-One Gifts has been the subject of considerable controversy this week because it is involved in funding organization that are partners with the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Abby Johnson, the pro-life former Planned Parenthood abortion facility manager, first exposed the connections between Thirty-One Gifts and Planned Parenthood partners in a LifeNews blog [...]
• Obama Underestimates Pro-Life Youth in Upcoming Campaign: President Barack Obama has re-launched his strategy to mobilize people under forty that won him the presidency in 2008. He hopes to again drum up the youthful army to win reelection in November. Formerly “Generation Obama,” the President is hoping his scheme — now deemed “Gen44” — will re-rally his younger troops to promote the [...]