Abortion News

Alana Massey is a graduate of New York University and Yale Divinity School, where she studied the increasing political legitimacy of religious political parties and the potential implications for trade, energy, and economic policy.

MONTCLAIR >> After more than 30 years, Family Planning Associates Medical Group Inc., a clinic that performs abortions, has closed its doors at 5050 San Bernardino St. and moved to 5050 Palo Verde St., Suite 203 ­ - and the protesters who have lined the sidewalks each weekday morning with their graphic signs and shouting are going with them.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday about fiery, fighting, divisive, self-crippling but heavily financed anti-abortion crazies.

A federal judge Friday struck down Arkansas' attempt to ban most abortions beginning 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy, saying viability, not a heartbeat, remains the key factor in determining whether abortions should be allowed.

I ran across a quote by a practicing abortionist that demonstrates that abortion clinics are primarily businesses, and that they compete for patients.

North Dakota's sole abortion clinic in Fargo has settled a lawsuit it filed over a new law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital-admitting privileges.

The Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed an overemphasis on train times to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations, according to a Federal Railroad Administration review.

Bob Thomas, the longtime Associated Press reporter who kept the world informed on the comings and goings of Hollywood's biggest stars, from Clark Gable to Tom Cruise, died Friday.

Two California sisters told Fox News' Megyn Kelly Thursday they are fighting back against a college professor who they say assaulted them and stole their pro-life signs because "no one has the right to take someone else's property."

A bill to ban so-called telemedicine abortions is expected to be declared dead today after failing to meet a key legislative deadline, but Senate Republicans plan a push to revive it and allow a Senate floor vote.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office says it has paid outside attorneys more than $1 million to defend anti-abortion laws enacted in recent years.

A stringent new law in the Lone Star State requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges with a local hospital, a medically unnecessary requirement that's often impossible for doctors to comply with.

The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic has a great recap of this week's big local political story, the abortion ban legislation co-sponsored by 19 Republicans in the Colorado General Assembly that met its demise Tuesday: Although Republican lawmakers, including House leadership, signed on in double digits to co-sponsor humphrey's bill, something ... (more)

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 54-year-old Sherry West sat sobbing, head down on the defense table, after Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner imposed the sentence Thursday.

A New Jersey judge likely made history this week when he released an opinion that found women can keep the biological father of their children out of the delivery room.

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Shying away from social issues is not a winning strategy for Republicans, whose rhetoric on those subjects has at times alienated voters and cost the GOP elections, party leaders are telling anti-abortion activists.

Critics say one of the proposals would regulate abortion providers out of business.

In this March 12, 2012, file photo, Arizona House Majority Whip Debbie Lesko is pinned by girl scouts during a ceremony in the old Senate Chambers in Phoenix.

Federal prosecutors suggest they plan to seek another indictment against an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched but had charges against her dismissed by a judge.