late term abortion
According to a report from the Associated Press last night, there's not much time left for pro-choice advocates in
Arizona to block a set of laws that would make it more complicated for a woman to receive an abortion.
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Last night Rachel Maddow reported on the contacts Scott Roeder has had with other anti-choice extremists while in prison awaiting trial.
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Dr. Leroy Carhart, a medical doctor who provides abortions, and who is most well known for his lead role in fighting bans on "partial birth abortion," will take over Dr. Tiller's Kansas clinic to ensure women receive the care they need.
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Did you have a late term abortion? Did your partner? Dr. Tiller's death leaves a giant hole in access to late term abortion medical care in the United States - critical health care. We encourage women and their partners to share their experiences in an effort to help people better understand the nature and circumstances that lead people to undergo a late term abortion.
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Reader diary posted by Anna Clark, RH Reality Check May 31, 2009 - 3:22pm
While
of course everybody has the right to personally oppose abortion, the
killing and harassment of Dr. Tiller is beyond the pale. The hypocrisy of murder being the recourse of someone who is "pro-life" is so evident it barely needs discussing.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor November 18, 2008 - 1:51am
Former Attorney General Phill Kline makes no secret of his anti-choice position. But when he collected evidence against abortion provider Dr. Tiller to bring Tiller to trial, he used his Deputy Attorney General to do so - an anti-choice activist arrested over a dozen times for trespassing and protesting at abortion clinics.
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Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears Virginia late-term abortion law twice deemed unconstitutional; Catholics chastise Fordham University for giving award to Justice Stephen Breyer; Prenatal testing and abortion; Anti-contraception candidate for House in Virginia.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 17, 2008 - 1:22pm
While the anti-choice measure on the ballot in South Dakota claims it won't affect women with crisis pregnancies whose lives are in danger - or physicians and other providers involved - a leaked memo from a SD hospital concludes something very different.
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Obama seeks middle ground on abortion; McCain slammed for 'sarcastic air quotes'; Abortion restrictions on the ballot in Colorado, South Dakota and California; Broad support for reproductive health bill in Phillipines; UN says more focus on women needed in fight against HIV; 'HIV positive' Muppet educates kids on the disease in South Africa.
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Hardball's Chris Matthews hosted Cecile Richards and Barbara Comstock for a debate between education, prevention and pro-choice values vs. the same old divisive politics of personal destruction from the far-right.
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