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Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Litigation / Medical Malpractice Article Date: 03 Jul 2009 - 3:00 PDT The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a clinic operated by Planned Parenthood-Southwest Ohio Region does not have to release 10 years of child abuse reports and medical records of minors who ...

A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor has been sending mailings from his jail cell that claim such killings are justifiable.Scott Roeder is also communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks.Roeder, 51, is charged with first-degree murder ...

A proposal to require parental notice or consent before a female younger than 18 could have an abortion was certified Thursday by the state so that its backers can seek enough signatures to get the initiative before voters next year.

Washington D.C., Jun 30, 2009 .- President Obama has issued a budget recommendation for the 2010 fiscal year that would ease the restrictions on taxpayer funds for abortions in Washington D.C., a change that has drawn criticism from pro-life organizations across the nation.

Attorney General Troy King has asked for a copy of an audio tape of a Birmingham Planned Parenthood staffer allegedly saying rules are sometimes bent at the clinic.

Republicans better hope the Democrats screw up sometime soon. Without the party in power self-destructing, Republicans will likely face a tough time in the next two elections, according to two political experts speaking Wednesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Starting today, Georgia becomes the first state in the nation to have a law allowing adoption of an embryo.

The number of abortions performed in Minnesota in 2008 fell to the lowest level since the 1970s, and marked the second straight year of declines, the state Health Department reported Wednesday.

In a split decision released Wednesday, July 1, the Ohio Supreme Court said the parents of a Cincinnati teen who had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic do not have the right to other minors' medical records.

There has been some curious confusion, even among some conservatives, about whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be pro-abortion. Judge Sotomayor is President Obama's pick to replace pro-abortion Justice David Souter.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 8:29 p.m. MADISON, Wis. a ' The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a state report released Tuesday.

Abortion opponents in Colorado want to try again to pass an amendment giving human rights to embryos.

It took Justice David Souter's final day at the Supreme Court to bring him into the limelight after nearly two decades in Washington.

Two anti-abortion groups, Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA, will submit a new personhood initiative to the Colorado Legislative Council on Thursday in hopes of getting a measure on the 2010 state ballot.

The latest materials released by the Nixon Library include a glimpse intoA Cold War diplomacy, the U.S. cease-fire with Hanoi and reaction to the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

The culture of death continues to claim victims, this time abortionist George Tiller.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 From http://lifenews.com/state4259.html Pro-Life Group Wants Justice Department to Investigate Death Threats, Gets Refusal by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor June 26, 2009 Email RSS Print Wichita, KS -- A pro-life group is asking the Justice Department to review several death threats it has received in the wake of the ...

Scared ... Kylie Flick, Phillip King's former girlfriend, who lost her baby after being kicked in the stomach.

WASHINGTON, June 26 DC-AmericaLife-League WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from American Life League president Judie Brown regarding Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley's announcement that archdiocese-affiliated Caritas Christi Healthcare has withdrawn ownership of CeltiCare Health Plan.

By Anne Elliott Washington - For the first time since 1998, a House committee will debate whether the District of Columbia should be allowed to use local tax money to pay for abortions.