I would like to address some of the supposed “truths” about dilation and extraction Laura Watkins wrote about in her Monday column. Having an abortion is a serious decision women do not make lightly.

R.R.S. Stewart lays out an interesting argument against the partial-birth abortion ban in her Wednesday column, “Medical decisions should be left to woman and doctor.” While acknowledging this ...

Becerra, a Catholic, added that he was not primarily questioning the use of the term “partial-birth abortion,” but was rather emphasizing “what the rights are to the woman under our statutes and under ...

Kansas has become the first state to ban a method of abortion commonly used in the second trimester of pregnancy. Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a so-called “dismemberment” law which restricts doctors ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, who is tasked with enforcing the nation's health care statutes, seemed to deny the existence of a Bush-era law banning partial-birth abortions ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure ...

LANSING, MI – Michigan senators on Tuesday sent to the governor a package of bills that repeal certain abortion restrictions, but final passage came with debate over a final change. The Reproductive ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate was the latest battleground of the reproductive rights conflict, ...

As the Democratic Party attempts to regain its identity before the 2004 presidential campaign, one of the main issues of contention within the party is the issue of abortion rights. On Thursday, the U ...

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