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Friday May 27, 2011

State Battles Over Abortion Heat Up

May 27, 2011 • Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court charging that a South Dakota abortion law set to take effect in July violates both free speech rights and a woman's right to obtain an abortion.

Thursday May 19, 2011

Stewart Schwartz of Laurel, Md., attends a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood on Capitol Hill on April 7, 2011. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption

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Who Pays For Unintended Pregnancies?

May 19, 2011 • The cost of unintended pregnancies is large, and much of the bill — about $11 billion per year — is ultimately picked up by the government, a new study finds.

Wednesday May 4, 2011

House GOP, Democrats Resume Fights Over Abortion, Health Care

May 4, 2011 • The end of bin Laden, and the nation's bipartisan sense of satisfaction about it, led President Obama to ask lawmakers Monday evening to extend that feeling to other areas. No such luck. House Republicans on Wednesday approved controversial anti-abortion legislation opposed by most Democrats.

House Passes Bill To Bar Abortion Tax Subsidies

May 4, 2011 • Republicans in the House of Representatives won easy approval of a bill that would eliminate tax subsidies for some health insurance plans that cover abortion. But the bill faces more significant opposition in the Democrat-led senate.

House Passes Bill To Bar Abortion Tax Subsidies

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Wednesday April 13, 2011

Rep. Tim Scott: Planned Parenthood Was Valid Target On Spending Grounds

April 13, 2011 • When Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep asked Rep. Tim Scott why the House GOP brought the social issue of abortion into a spending fight, the South Carolina lawmaker said Planned Parenthood funding was a spending issue, seemingly redefining the nature of the issue.

Wednesday March 23, 2011

Rare Agreement On Abortion: South Dakota Law Makes Poor Test Case

March 23, 2011 • A new law that imposes the longest waits for abortions in the country is vulnerable to constitutional challenge. Supporters of abortion rights have vowed to file suit. And abortion opponents are uncharacteristically mum.

Tuesday March 22, 2011

South Dakota Enacts Three-Day Abortion Wait, The Nation's Longest

March 22, 2011 • The new law is part of a national trend as Roe v. Wade faces new challenges in many states.

Tuesday March 15, 2011

Planned Parenthood Gets Another Well-Known Republican's Support

March 15, 2011 • In a pointedly worded op-ed, Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor, accused social conservatives of trying to "hijack" the budget process to advance their efforts to undermine abortion rights and in a way that will cause harm to many people.

Friday February 25, 2011

Va. Abortion Clinics Face Greater Regulation

February 25, 2011 • Abortion rights opponents, who pushed for the law, say it will hold clinics to higher safety standards. But advocates for abortion rights in the state warn the law will place such heavy burdens on clinics that many may be forced to close.

Monday February 21, 2011

February 21st Show

February 21, 2011 • On Talk of the Nation, collective bargaining and the public sector, Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land, what's happening in Libya and why it's hard to get information, and on the Opinion Page, how the abortion rights movement should modernize.

Wednesday February 9, 2011

GOP Takes Latest Abortion Fight To The Tax Code

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GOP Takes Latest Abortion Fight To The Tax Code

February 9, 2011 • One GOP-backed bill would make it more expensive for people to buy private health insurance that includes coverage for abortions. The abortion bills face strong opposition in the Senate.

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Monday January 24, 2011

On 'Roe V. Wade' Anniversary, 'March For Life' Under Way In D.C.

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On 'Roe V. Wade' Anniversary, 'March For Life' Under Way In D.C.

January 24, 2011 • Expect many votes this year on the issue of abortion and especially federal funding of it.

Friday January 21, 2011

House GOP Pushes To End Health Insurance Abortion Coverage

January 21, 2011 • The House GOP wants to remove the tax deductibility of health insurance plans that cover abortion. It was part of the Republicans' Pledge to America.

Tuesday January 11, 2011

Decline In Abortions Appears Stalled, But Protests Rise

A lone demonstrator who did not wish to be identified stands outside the abortion and contraception clinic operated by Dr. LeRoy Carhart, in Bellevue, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Decline In Abortions Appears Stalled, But Protests Rise

January 11, 2011 • A national survey finds that a longstanding decline in abortions has stopped, with a slight uptick in the number of procedures performed. Protests against providers of abortions have increased, however.

Thursday September 16, 2010

It's All Politics

Tea Party Tug Of War; Is Focus Fiscal Or Social?

September 16, 2010 • A Tea Party tug of war has raised the question, is the movement about fiscal or social issues.