The latest in Abortion

Colo. abortion foes say they cleared petition bar

2010-03-18T17:15:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Abortion opponents in Colorado say they have gathered enough signatures to make ballot</div><div><p>Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall — potentially the first state this election year to see the question.</p><p>Abortion opponents turned in more than 46,000 signatures on Thursday, the second deadline for the ball...

A look at the health care overhaul bill

2010-03-18T15:46:59Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at the details of the health care overhaul bill</div><div><p>Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Some of the main features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Chris...

Technology, tradition combine in Asian 'gendercide'

2010-03-17T23:30:12Z

<div><p>While having a scan, a pregnant woman in India is not allowed to learn the gender of her unborn child. But her bill might be presented in a file coloured blue or pink -- and the meaning is clear.</p><p>The method of skirting around the law is one of many reasons why 85 million women are described as "missing" from the populations of India and China, where the abortion of female foe...

Technology, tradition combine in Asia 'gendercide'

2010-03-17T21:15:42Z

Health bill gains ground but release delayed

2010-03-17T20:15:50Z

<div><p>President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from a retired Catholic bishop and nuns representing dozens of religious orders — gaining fresh traction ahead of a climactic weekend vote.</p><p>"That's a good sign," said Obama, two weeks after taking personal command of a campaign to enact legislation in what has beco...

South Korean women caught in abortion limbo

2010-03-17T17:15:21Z

<div><p>Having a third child wasn't in Mrs. Kim's plans. She and her husband are already struggling to get by.</p><p>But getting an abortion, once so routine here that South Korea was known as "Abortion Republic," is no longer easy. In recent weeks, the government has begun enforcing a long-ignored ban on the procedure for the first time.</p><p>It took Mrs. Kim 10 tries to find a doctor willing to perform a...

South Korea Abortion Debate

2010-03-17T09:18:53Z

In this photo taken Friday, March 5, 2010, South Korean women hold up placards during a rally against the government crackdown on abortion in Seoul, South Korea. Getting an abortion, once so routine here that South Korea was known as "Abortion Republic," is no longer easy. In recent weeks, the government has begun enforcing a long-ignored ban on the procedure for the first time. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-jo...

SKorean women caught in abortion limbo

2010-03-17T09:32:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Pregnant SKoreans desperate amid abortion crackdown in former 'Abortion Republic'</div><div><p>Having a third child wasn't in Mrs. Kim's plans. She and her husband are already struggling to get by.</p><p>But getting an abortion, once so routine here that South Korea was known as "Abortion Republic," is no longer easy. In recent weeks, the government has begun enforcing a long-ignored ban ...

Catholic nuns urge passage of Obama's health bill

2010-03-17T07:30:36Z

<div id="subtitle">In a break with bishops, Catholic nuns say health care bill will not fund abortions</div><div><p>Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion.</p><p>Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging them to pass ...

A look at Democrats' health care overhaul

2010-03-17T00:31:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Details of the health care overhaul plan shaped by Obama and Democrats in Congress</div><div><p>President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Margaret McDevitt, left, stands praying the rosary with Kelly Scart, center, and Marueen FitzGerald, across from the Hillcrest Women's Medical Center of Harrisburg on Front Street in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as part of the 40 Days For Life Campaign. All are from Harrisburg on Front Street in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as part of the 40 Days For Life Campaign. Both are from Lancaster, Pa. According to the 40 Days For Life website, 40 Days for Life is a focuse...

Catholic hospitals support health care bill

2010-03-13T11:45:08Z

<div><p>A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.</p><p>The chief executive of the Catholic Health Association, Carol Keehan, wrote...

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting

2010-03-12T22:30:12Z

<div><p>A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.</p><p>Much of the 2005 meeting to take stock of what countries had done to im...

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested

2010-03-11T16:01:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Ga. man arrested after posting YouTube video with a sign that said 'Elton John must die'</div><div><p>A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.</p><p>Neal Horsley, 65, was arrest...

Lawmaker's clash with fellow Democrats nothing new

2010-03-11T14:32:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Clashing with fellow Dems nothing new for Mich. lawmaker at center of debate over health care</div><div><p>Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation — an early display of the inde...

Santorum makes pitch for Iowa evangelical voters

2010-03-10T11:30:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rock Santorum makes pro-life pitch to Iowa's evangelical voters</div><div><p>As he speaks to hundreds of Iowa evangelicals about his "faith walk," it's clear former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is connecting with the audience.</p><p>Santorum may have been troun...

S.Korea abortion debate heats up after crackdown

2010-03-10T09:16:31Z

<div><p>Abortion has suddenly become a hot topic in South Korea after years of near-indifference, with a group of doctors seeking a crackdown on pro-life grounds and the government eager to boost the birthrate.</p><p>The procedure -- officially outlawed in most cases -- has for decades been widely tolerated as successive administrations sought to control population growth in the crowded nation.</p><p>More t...

A policy change on abortion, but how radical?

2010-03-09T17:15:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Restrictions on abortion funding take on different form in Obama's health care overhaul bill</div><div><p>President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.</p><p>Major anti-abortion groups such as the Reuters Health) - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.</p><p>Studies to date have only looked at home use of the procedure up to 49 days after conception, Dr. Helena Kopp Kallner of the