-
+2 +1
St. Paul Office of Anti-Abortion Group is Vandalized
The St. Paul office of an anti-abortion group has been vandalized with spray painted messages and an upside-down cross. Brian Gibson is executive director of Pro-Life Action Ministries. He says a staff member found the messages when she arrived at work Monday. The messages contained expletives. One was against President Donald Trump - and Gibson says his group didn't endorse Trump. Another refers to a child as another "mouth to feed."
-
+16 +1
Anti-abortion 'Mexico City Policy' is revived by Trump
President Trump on Monday reinstated a US policy preventing foreign nonprofit groups that receive federal funds from administering abortions or providing abortion counseling or referrals. Originally enacted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the “Mexico City Policy” was rescinded by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — and reinstated by George W. Bush and now Donald Trump — in the first days of each new administration.
-
+13 +1
The Netherlands sets up international abortion fund in response to Trump's ban
The Netherlands is seeking to set up an overseas abortion fund to counteract Donald Trump’s recent ban against funding international groups which give women information about terminations. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen for the Dutch government has announced she intends to establish an international fund which would finance projects relating to access for birth control, abortion and women’s education, throughout developing countries.
-
+8 +1
Hong Kong boy, 14, arrested after teenage girlfriend found to have had abortion
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy on Thursday night after his pregnant girlfriend, also 14, took herbal medicine and had an abortion at her home in Aberdeen. On Thursday, the girl, a Form Three student, complained she was feeling unwell – hours after the abortion – and was sent to the Queen Mary Hospital for treatment. Her mother, 34, called police at about 8.15pm that day after learning she had an abortion. Initial investigations showed the fetus had been disposed of on the seaside of a public housing estate in Aberdeen, according to a police source.
-
+36 +1
Arkansas just passed a law that will let rapists sue victims who want an abortion
A pregnant woman's husband will have the power to stop her from having an abortion, even in cases of spousal rape, under a new law introduced in the US state of Arkansas. Most second trimester abortions will also be banned by Act 45 - the Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act - which will make it possible for husbands to sue doctors who carry out abortions for civil damages, or get an injunction to block the termination. The pro-life law, which was pushed through in just two months by the state's Republican government, prohibits all dilation and evacuation...
-
+12 +1
Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
A federal appeals court on Wednesday barred the release of videos made by an anti-abortion group whose leaders are facing felony charges in California accusing them of recording people without permission in violation of state law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling blocking the recordings made by the Center for Medical Progress at meetings of the National Abortion Federation, an association of abortion providers.
-
+14 +1
Federal judge blocks Indiana abortion ultrasound mandate
A federal judge has blocked an Indiana mandate forcing women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion, ruling that the requirement is likely unconstitutional and creates “clearly undue” burdens on women, particularly low-income women. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt’s ruling, issued late Friday, grants a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the ultrasound waiting period. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky and the...
-
+2 +1
New website offers US women help to perform their own abortions
Fearful that Donald Trump’s presidency poses a once-in-a-generation threat to US reproductive rights, an international advocacy group this week is unveiling what is sure to be a controversial response: a web portal dedicated to helping US women terminate their own pregnancies with abortion-inducing drugs they have obtained outside of a medical setting.
-
+36 +1
You say you’re pro-life, but then you want to limit health care for my disabled son
“It’s a good thing he was born to you. Most people would have aborted him.” The him was my 6-month-old son, Jack, nestled into my arms, held at the angle he preferred — one that wouldn’t cause his tracheotomy tube to torque. His one and only eye remained fixed on me, his one and only ear perked, waiting for what I would say.
-
+19 +1
The Abortion Battlefield
Marcia Angell reviews “Women Against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century” by Karissa Haugeberg and “About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century America” by Carol Sanger.
-
+10 +1
Missouri lawmaker explains chicken beheading video
State Rep. Mike Moon of Ash Grove said Monday, June 26, 2017, he meant to show his work as a farmer who is frustrated by the delays in the legislative process. He did not intend the perceived comparison of chicken slaughter to abortion. By Joe Robertson.
-
+1 +1
Gordon Klingenschmitt: Americans Won’t Need Healthcare If We Stop Funding Planned Parenthood Because God Will Heal All Disease
Religious Right activist and former Colorado state legislator Gordon Klingenschmitt declared on his “Pray In Jesus Name” program last week that Americans would not need healthcare if this nation would simply stop funding Planned Parenthood because, if we do so, “God will heal your diseases.”
-
+28 +1
Judge Strikes Down AL Law Requiring Girls to Go Through Trial Before Abortion
We recently posted about a disturbing case in Alabama involving as 12-year-old girl who needed to get an abortion after being raped by an adult family member. While the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals finally agreed she didn’t need parental consent normally required in that situation, there were government officials trying to make sure she couldn’t go through with the procedure. They were literally in court on behalf of the unborn child, urging the state to make the 12-year-old girl give birth.
-
+13 +1
Teen birth rates spiked in Texas after Planned Parenthood was defunded
Teenage birth rates have increased in Texas since 2011 following efforts to strip away family planning funding by the state government, according to a new study by a Texas A&M alumnus. The study by Analisa Packham, who received her doctorate in economics from A&M in 2016 and now works at Miami University, claims the reduction of family planning services in Texas has resulted in the closure of 80 clinics and an increase in teen birth rates by 3.4 percent.
-
+20 +1
Texas passes bill to require women pay extra for abortion access in health plans
Texas lawmakers this week approved a bill that would require women to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for elective abortions. The bill will not allow exemptions for cases of fetal abnormalities, rape or incest, reported the Texas Tribune. It passed on a 95-51 vote Tuesday.
-
+17 +1
[Gov.] Bevin’s quest to outlaw abortion in Kentucky is unconstitutional and underhanded
Three-day trial ends, ruling is months away. Lexington Herald-Leader editorial.
-
+2 +1
Thousands attend pro-choice rally in Dublin ahead of abortion law vote
Thousands of people took to Dublin's streets to call for change to Ireland's strict abortion laws today. The March for Choice, now in its sixth year, is the first major rally since the Government set an indicative timescale of early summer 2018 for a referendum on the section of the state's constitution that ensures tight legal restrictions on terminations.
-
+1 +1
Majority in Ireland 'would vote in favour of relaxing abortion laws'
A clear majority of Irish people would vote in favour of liberalising abortion laws and allowing terminations on request up to 12 weeks, according to a poll released as the cabinet prepares to meet to hammer out details of a referendum on the issue. In response to the question “Will you vote to change the constitution so that the government can legislate for abortion up to 12 weeks, or will you vote not to change the constitution?”, 56% said they would vote in favour, 29% said they would vote against, and 15% said they did not know or offered no opinion.
-
+23 +1
Inside the top-secret abortion underground
Code names, top-secret training, and a movement of women determined to avoid the medical establishment. By Nina Liss-Schultz.
-
+11 +1
Trump administration targets Planned Parenthood with new abortion rule
The Trump administration is expected to move today to cut off federal funding to family health clinics that share medical facilities with or abortion providers.
Submit a link
Start a discussion