Abortion News

The reduction will cut the number of abortion providers in the state to 19 from 32 before the restrictions went in place, according to the group and state data.

Samuel Lee, a fixture at the Missouri Capitol who lobbies lawmakers to pass anti-abortion legislation, knows why the General Assembly is considering extending the amount of time a woman is required to wait before having an abortion.

After little sleep and a heavy patient load, LeRoy Carhart sent another abortion patient to the hospital yesterday for treatment of apparently life-threatening complications.

The ever-decreasing number of abortion clinics continues its decline with the announcement of the closing of abortion clinics in Texas, Florida, and California.

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Members from over 30 churches and pro-life organizations gathered to officially kick-off the 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil.

Planned Parenthood and a Tucson gynecologist are asking a federal judge to block new rules that will sharply restrict ability to perform abortions using drugs instead of surgery.

State Rep. Katrina Jackson is introducing new abortion regulations in Louisiana's upcoming legislation session that people in the anti-abortion movement support.

A march to the Beaverton Planned Parenthood office Saturday by members of St. Cecilia Catholic Church attracted between 150 to 200 participants as part of a kickoff that will include a 40-day Lenten vigil at the facility.

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts began her career as a primary doctor performing abortions in her native country The Netherlands.

This news hit yesterday , just before the start of CPAC 2014, but it seems to have attracted a little more attention today - perhaps in part because the CPAC conference has a controversy of its own over the pro-life issue.

For the second time in a month, Rep. Alvin Holmes has garnered national attention for racial comments made during debate about an abortion bill.

Some of the GOP's most prominent conservatives insisted Friday that Republicans should emphasize hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage in this year's midterm elections, exposing an ideological divide within a party trying to capture the Senate and then the White House.

Everybody says something stupid and offensive at one time or another. But it takes a special kind of ideologue to turn it into a speech repeated over and over.

OXON HILL, Md. Some of the GOP's most prominent conservatives insisted Friday that Republicans should emphasize hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage in this year's midterm elections, exposing an ideological divide within a party trying to capture the Senate and then the White House.

On Wednesday night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow featured an exclusive segment about the current state of pro-life laws in Texas, following the implementation of HB2, the Texas abortion safety law that added additional safety measures for women visiting clinics.

A law passed in Texas in 2013 has closed two more clinics' doors this week, resurfacing the issue of vanishing service providers in rural areas.

One of Montana's four abortion clinics has been forced to close indefinitely as its staff attempts to recover from a recent break-in.

Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, was blocked from speaking on the House floor; she said because she used the word aA AoevaginaaA A in a 2012 debate on abortion legislation.

The last abortion clinic in the vast, impoverished Rio Grande Valley closed Thursday, along with the sole remaining clinic in the 100-mile stretch between the big city of Houston and the Louisiana border, posing a tall obstacle to women seeking to end pregnancies across a wide swath of the second-largest U.S. state.