Tag: Abortion

Cathy McMorris Rodgers blasts ‘offensive’ Washington Post op-ed for defending abortion of Down syndrome babies

Katelyn Caralle · March 12, 2018 11:38 am

Extreme but not inaccurate, the clip highlights an uncomfortable fact: though running as a conservative Democrat, Lamb has embraced a position that many Pennsylvania voters find radical. (AP)

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Family Research Council’s super PAC compares Conor Lamb to Kim Jong Un in new digital ad about 20-week abortion ban

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 6:41 pm

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., sent a letter on Thursday to House leadership asking for the Conscience Protection Act to be included in the two-year "omnibus" spending bill that will get a vote later this month. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Diane Black pushing for anti-abortion language in spending bill

Robert King · March 9, 2018 4:19 pm

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., with a baby due in April, will be the first senator to give birth while in office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Pro-life lobby backs Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s push to allow babies on the Senate floor

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 12:13 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was asked Thursday if the head of the Office of Refugee Settlement was following the law when he tried to stop illegal immigrant minors from getting abortions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS’ Alex Azar defends refugee office that is being sued

Robert King · March 8, 2018 9:38 pm

Both houses of Mississippi's state legislature have passed a bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks. Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, is expected to sign the legislation. (Ken Lund via Wikimedia Commons)

Mississippi House passes bill banning abortion after 15 weeks, sending measure to governor’s desk

Melissa Quinn · March 8, 2018 7:47 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, said he would have voted against a late-term abortion ban because he never learned the term "pro-life in" Catholic school. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Conor Lamb’s whopper of a lie on Catholicism and abortion

Maureen Ferguson · March 7, 2018 6:25 pm

"Ultrasound provides factual, medical information that should not be withheld from women," said Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Legislative Director Andrea Rau. (iStock by Getty Images)

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A new, pro-life way to save the unborn

Nicole Russell · March 5, 2018 8:00 pm

Unwilling Billboards

John Hagen · March 5, 2018 4:55 pm

In Baltimore, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a long-standing attempt to crack down on pregnancy centers in late 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The abortion industry can’t find a real scare story to justify its attacks on pregnancy centers

Jay Hobbs · March 5, 2018 5:01 am