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Friday June 17, 2011

Agriculture Funding Bill Passes House, Odd Amendments And All

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Agriculture Funding Bill Passes House, Odd Amendments And All

June 17, 2011 • The House of Representatives' 2012 farm and food spending bill contains deep cuts to programs that feed poor women and their babies, but it avoids making big cuts to farm subsidy programs.

Thursday June 16, 2011

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Third State Cuts Funding For Planned Parenthood

June 16, 2011 • The North Carolina Legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and approving a state budget that bans public funds from going to Planned Parenthood. That makes North Carolina the third state in a month to move toward restrictions on government funding of the group.

Thursday June 9, 2011

Opinion

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Poll: Generation Y Divided On Abortion, Like Its Parents

June 9, 2011 • The millennial generation supports gay marriage. And the same group also supports abortion rights, but is conflicted in doing so. Overlapping majorities of respondents to a new poll described themselves as both "pro-choice" and "pro-life."

Wednesday June 1, 2011

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As Abortion Debate Resurfaces, Americans Remain 'Remarkably Split'

June 1, 2011 • An NPR-Thomson Reuters poll finds 52 percent of Americans believe abortion should remain legal in all or most cases. Yet 59 percent said they believe having an abortion is wrong.

Friday May 27, 2011

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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

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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

It's All Politics

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.

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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

It's All Politics

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

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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

The Two-Way

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

It's All Politics

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

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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

Blog Of The Nation

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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