Tag: Abortion

The Supreme Court on June 21 agreed that the SEIU Local 1000 in Sacramento acted illegally when it leveled a special assessment to support political activity without allowing nonmembers to opt out. (AP Photo)

Justices skeptical of California law challenged by anti-abortion pregnancy centers

Melissa Quinn · March 20, 2018 5:51 pm

Ohio State Representative Ron Hood, a Republican, stands up and speaks during a legislative session.

Ohio Republicans seek to ban abortion

Tristan Justice · March 20, 2018 4:22 pm

Anti-abortion demonstrators cheer during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, as the Supreme Court hears arguments in a free speech fight over California's attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.

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Abortion and free speech collide at the Supreme Court

Nicole Russell · March 20, 2018 3:40 pm

Pro-life activists converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion.

Supreme Court should spare pro-lifers from compelled pro-abortion speech

Cathy Ruse and Patrina Mosley · March 20, 2018 4:00 am

"We want to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions continue to get covered," said House Energy and Commerce Chair Greg Walden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Abortion backlash dims prospects for Obamacare stabilization

Robert King · March 20, 2018 1:03 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, talks with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. as they arrive for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress stuck on spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · March 19, 2018 11:58 pm

Kami Bullock, left, and Barbara Beavers, both anti-abortion supporters, stand with their signs outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and attempt to elicit support from passing drivers, Thursday, March 8, 2018. The facility is currently Mississippi's only abortion clinic. Abortion law experts say House Bill 1510, which passed the Mississippi House on Thursday and the Senate on Tuesday, and would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, could be the nation's most restrictive if signed into law.

Mississippi bans abortion after 15 weeks

Kimberly Leonard · March 19, 2018 9:25 pm

The Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court to weigh free speech for anti-abortion centers

Kimberly Leonard · March 19, 2018 4:01 am

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Chris McDaniel’s feud with Mississippi governor delaying conservative support for his Senate campaign

Al Weaver · March 18, 2018 4:01 am

Wendy Davis, the abortion crusader made famous by national media coverage, lost the Texas governor's race by a very wide margin in 2014.

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Wendy Davis might be the next president of Planned Parenthood

Emily Jashinsky · March 16, 2018 8:02 pm

The Keck Center, the headquarters of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Headquarters in Washington, D.C., is shown above in this photo from Oct. 3, 2009.

National Academies: Abortion restrictions jeopardize women’s safety

Kimberly Leonard · March 16, 2018 5:43 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 14, 2018, file photo, Grants Pass High School senior Zeke Medley, center, leads classmates during a walkout by several hundred students in Grants Pass, Ore. Religious leaders in Oregon intend to harness the youthful campaign for gun control to gather enough signatures to put a ban on assault rifles on the statewide ballot in November.

California high school teacher put on leave after asking whether schools would allow students to walk out to protest abortion

Katelyn Caralle · March 16, 2018 1:27 pm