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Archive for August 26th, 2008

The Bombay High Court in India on Monday rejected a woman’s petition to abort her fetus that is at 25 weeks’ gestation, which has a congenital heart problem, noting that Indian law does not allow an abortion after 20 weeks’ gestation unless a pregnant woman’s

Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Phill Kline on Tuesday lost the Republican primary for the seat to former assistant district attorney Steve Howe, the Kansas City Star reports. According to the Star, Kline’s prosecutions of abortion clinics played a “key

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D), a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, after a recent debate said that there would be “no single litmus test issue” when deciding whether he would vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, the Washington Post reports. Warner, who supports

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday in Kansas City criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for voting against a ban on so-called “partial-birth” abortions, saying the vote is a “great difference”

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D), a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, after a recent debate said that there would be “no single litmus test issue” when deciding whether he would vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, the Washington Post reports. Warner, who supports

Despite a nationwide decrease of abortions, the number of abortions in Connecticut increased by 422 last year and by 2,000 in 2007, the Connecticut Post reports. A total of 14,112 and 14,534 abortions were performed in 2007 and 2007, respectively, in the state, up from 12,110 in

The fpa has officially launched its groundbreaking campaign to secure rights to abortion in Northern Ireland. Currently women in Northern Ireland do not have the legal right to choose. Supported by celebrities Tony Robinson, Polly Toynbee and Dr Miriam Stoppard, fpa has launched a national

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday in Kansas City criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for voting against a ban on so-called “partial-birth” abortions, saying the vote is a “great difference”