Abortion News

Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2013 / 12:09 pm .- A Venezuelan bishop said his country's 13th annual pro-life campaign will extend for the whole year, aiming to defend life and reject abortion "as the killing of a weak and defenseless human being." In a statement sent to CNA, Bishop Rafael Conde Alfonzo recalled that for several years the Week for ... (more)

Myanmar President Thein Sein meets in Washington today with President Barack Obama and contends in a Washington Post interview that the army he has presided over has not engaged in pogroms-contrary to multiple human rights reports.

With the convictions in the case against abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell - three counts of murdering live babies and one count of involuntary manslaughter - abortion is back in the national discussion.

As he grapples with a growing scandal over Senate expenses, Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces another potential flashpoint as the House of Commons resumes sitting: The political debate over abortion is far from over.

The IRS and the Obama administration are coming under fire for targeting conservative groups - but a new report indicates at least one pro-life group faced discrimination as well.

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A shocking story is coming out of Everson, Washington, where a pre-teen was raped, impregnated and coerced into aborting her child.

One of the gravest threats to our contemporary civilization is the menace of skewed sex-ratio. The sex-ratio has altered consistently in favour of boys in the states of Punjab and Haryana owing to female foeticide.

TWO of the most senior archbishops in the country have differed on whether pro-choice Catholics should be prevented from receiving communion.

Stuart95 wrote: Is it possible that strong, persistent stands against abortion and homosexuality will hurt, rather than help, the Republican Party? Is it possible that a winning margin's worth of swing and independent voters either don't care about those two issues, or believe the government should not be involved? - The Broken President's Broken ... (more)

By most accounts, Kermit Gosnell seemed stunned last week when a jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in what seemed to have been his routine killings of newborn babies at his abortion clinic in Philadelphia; he thought he was doing his job.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley gestures during a press conference at the North American College in Rome, Italy, on March 14.

The Central American country's laws prohibit all abortions, even when a woman's health is at risk.

Abortion clinics are not licensed, inspected or regulated by the state in New Hampshire, but Rep.

A woman can't have a free choice abortion, but a girl child, 15 years old, can legally take a morning after pill? It is difficult for me to figure.

Confusion about the IRS scandal is distracting from its importance, so that thinking conservatives should be prepared to debate the issue.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but "nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited," said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.

Pro-life and pro-choice activists demonstrate outside Alabama Women's Center for Reproductive Alternatives on Madison Street earlier this year.

Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has protested that a proposed change in Ireland's ban on abortion could lead to the death of unborn children who are capable of independent survival outside the womb.

Medical Council President Professor Kieran Murphy has told the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children that the council is seeking changes to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013.