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Tuesday February 28, 2012

Virginia Senate OKs Abortion Measure Requiring Ultrasounds

February 28, 2012 • The measure no longer requires an invasive form of the procedure, but still would force a woman considering an abortion to have some type of ultrasound beforehand. It also exempts victims of rape or incest.

Friday February 24, 2012

VA Governor Claims Reports Of Ultrasound Retreat Greatly Exaggerated

February 24, 2012 • Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and other supporters of the original ultrasound bill clearly found themselves in an embarrassing and politically untenable position earlier in the week from which they've had to try and extricate themselves.

Thursday February 16, 2012

Birth Control: Latest Collision Between Individual Conscience And Society

A House panel heard testimony about conscience and religious freedom Thursday from (left) Rev. William E. Lori, Catholic Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn.; Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; C. Ben Mitchell, Union University; Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva University; and Craig Mitchell, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Birth Control: Latest Collision Between Individual Conscience And Society

February 16, 2012 • The current controversy over insurance coverage of contraceptives is the latest chapter in the long and often bitter history of conflicts between the right to follow one's conscience and the demands of society.

Birth Control: Latest Collision Between Individual Conscience And Society

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Wednesday February 8, 2012

Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low, But Disparities Remain

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Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low, But Disparities Remain

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February 8, 2012 • While overall rates have dropped, there is still a major gap separating white, Hispanic and black teenagers. Non-Hispanic white teen pregnancy rates fell by 50 percent from their peak; Hispanic teen pregnancy rates, 37 percent; black teen pregnancy rates, 48 percent.

Tuesday February 7, 2012

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Planned Parenthood Still In Cross Hairs

February 7, 2012 • Two anti-abortion groups say funding irregularities have been found in various state and federal audits of Planned Parenthood. The groups urged Congress to continue an investigation of Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood Still In Cross Hairs

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Thursday January 19, 2012

New Restrictions On Abortion Almost Tied Record Last Year

Protesters against new regulations limiting abortion rights rally outside the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., last Sept. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption

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New Restrictions On Abortion Almost Tied Record Last Year

January 19, 2012 • The 69 new laws limiting reproductive rights in 2011 were one short of the record set in 1999. And action is already heating up for 2012, with several states looking at "personhood" ballot amendments, which define life as beginning at fertilization.

Thursday January 12, 2012

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Gingrich, Romney Go At It Over Abortion

January 12, 2012 • As the race heads to socially conservative South Carolina, the Republican presidential candidates are accusing each other of being less than pure on the issue.

Gingrich, Romney Go At It Over Abortion

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Tuesday November 29, 2011

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Mitt Romney's Evolution On Abortion

November 29, 2011 • When it comes to abortion, the former governor of Massachusetts appears to have changed his position, from being in favor of abortion rights to being opposed. But now some are asking if Romney ever supported abortion rights at all? Backers of abortion rights don't think so.

Mitt Romney's Evolution On Abortion

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Wednesday November 9, 2011

'Personhood' Divides Anti-Abortion Groups

Wife Deborah Bryant waits as Mississippi Governor-elect Phil Bryant thanks a supporter Tuesday at a victory party. Bryant supported a controversial amendment to the state's constitution on "personhood." Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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'Personhood' Divides Anti-Abortion Groups

November 9, 2011 • Some foes of abortion haven't supported efforts to define legal personhood as beginning with the fertilization of a human egg because of concerns about unintended consequences.

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Wednesday October 19, 2011

To Curb Abortions, Opponents Focus On The 'Supply-Side'

Planned Parenthood of Arizona president and CEO Bryan Howard, explains it's ending abortion services in three Arizona cities to comply with state laws that place restrictions on abortions, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, in Glendale, Ariz.

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