Abortion News

A Fort Wayne man is accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Ronte Latham, 21, is facing charges of child molestation.

Susan Estrich's commentary in the recent Advocate contains many phrases or terms that are worth debating, including the termination of a life as a "medical procedure."

Jenna Knorr, Erica Knorr and Megan Aiken take part in a rally outside the New Brunswick legislature earlier this month.

Democratic Senator Mark Udall aired the first ad of his closely-watched re-election campaign on Tuesday, highlighting his challenger's opposition to abortion rights.

The House Judiciary committee considered a bill Tuesday that would create a 25 foot buffer zone to keep anti-abortion activists clear of abortion clinic entrances.

Louisiana lawmakers are currently advancing a measure that would require women to receive biased information about the mental health risks of abortion before being allowed to continue with the procedure.

House Speaker John Boehner recently won an endorsement from a local chapter of the National Right to Life, the most prominent anti-abortion group in the country.

Premier Tom Marshall and others are reacting to an unexpected political football in local politics: abortion.

A great catch from our friend Jim Geraghty in a race we haven't covered much - the reincarnation attempt of Charlie Crist in Florida.

Poll after poll over many years has shown that Americans overwhelmingly support legal access to abortion for women impregnated by rape.

Portland pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby, continuing to separate herself from the four other Republican Senate candidates on the abortion issue, told a GOP forum in Baker City that she was personally pro-life but did not want the government involved in a woman's decision on whether to have one.

A pro-life activist said Monday that Republican gubernatorial candidate Walt Havenstein is "toast" for his pro-choice views, while another Republican said the stand - although in conflict with the state party platform - could help him win the governor's office.

Grads of $35,000-a-year prep school were 'masterminds behind heavily-armed drug ring at posh Philadelphia colleges and high schools' that they infiltrated by coaching lacrosse teams Top Hollywood bosses - including former Fox head, an ex-Disney TV president and a Broadway producer - accused alongside X-men director Bryan Singer of abusing boys ... (more)

Lowell officials have told U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock they will voluntarily suspend enforcement of the city's panhandling ordinance if Woodlock agrees to postpone a decision on an injunction against the city and wait for the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on abortion-clinic buffer zones.

The Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, N.B., seen here in a file image, announced earlier this month it would be closing in July after a 20-year battle with the provincial government for funding.

Last week, the news that Chelsea Clinton is expecting her first child inspired its fair share of headlines - even fueling suggestions that it was somehow carefully timed to benefit her mother's potential presidential run.

We cannot reasonably expect that Supreme Court justices will not have political leanings or personal ties to political organizations and figures.

The governing Progressive Conservatives are turning into the "walking dead" if businessman Frank Coleman does not soon start explaining his vision to lead Newfoundland and Labrador, a political scientist says.

A decade-long wait for justice with court visits taking up two of those years is set to end on Monday for the family of Sushil Pal, a gynaecologist allegedly murdered in 2004 for his refusal to carry out an illegal abortion.

Sabrina Muck, a spokesperson for the Abortion Law Reform Association .made a media release on 16 April following the suspension of a rural doctor known as Dr N, by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.