Late-term Abortion
AMENDED: Second Trimester Abortion Restrictions Are Not an Option: Response to Saletan and Kissling
by Steph Herold and Susan Yanow
December 8, 2010 - 12:48pm (Print)
When leaders in the pro-choice movement start to speculate about restricting abortion rights to appease the anti-choice movement, they have lost sight of what the pro-choice movement is about: respecting women as moral decision makers.
Anti-Choicers Hope To "Drive Carhart" Out Of Maryland
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
December 8, 2010 - 10:17am (Print)
Anti-choice groups rallied to protest Dr. Carhart's new Maryland pressence, while a group of religious reproductive advocates provided silent witness and clinic support.
"The Assassination of George Tiller:" What It Got Right, What It Left Out
by Carole Joffe, University of California
December 3, 2010 - 7:59am (Print)
Rachel Maddow does more than any other contemporary media figure to address abortion. But her otherwise excellent special on Dr. Tiller left out what actually occurred inside that clinic.
Kagan Urged Clinton to Ban Late Abortions
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
May 10, 2010 - 10:31pm (Print)
In 1997, while serving as a White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, current Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged the president to support a ban on late-term abortions for political reasons.
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Kansas Veto Override Fails in House
April 30, 2010 - 12:58pm (Print)
The Kansas House fell short in trying to override Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson’s veto of bill that effected late-term abortions.
The "Born Alive" Myth: Tale Turned Political Tool
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
November 2, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
The myth of the born-alive fetus has long been a weapon in the pro-life arsenal, one "kept alive" by misleading language, and by efforts to pass laws that further obfuscate and mislead.
VIDEO: Rachel Maddow Interviews Dr. Leroy Carhart
August 28, 2009 - 8:40am (Print)
Last night Rachel Maddow continued her dogged reporting on the extreme anti-choice right, covering Operation Rescue's upcoming protests against Dr. Leroy Carhart's Nebraska clinic.
Witnessing Abortion
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 20, 2009 - 10:13am (Print)
Merely to be in the clinic — in the waiting room or procedure room — is not to understand the choice a woman makes.
Abortion is THE Issue for Bob McDonnell
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 18, 2009 - 9:44am (Print)
Bob McDonnell’s position on abortion is not incidental to his career as a politician; it’s central, and it’s also extreme.
How a Late-Term Abortion Saved My Life
by Cecily Kellogg, American Forum
July 1, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
