Mississippi voters are deciding today on whether a fertilized egg should be legally considered a “person.” They’ll be choosing to reject or support Initiative 26, which was until weeks ago expected to pass easily but is now …
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A Dumped Boyfriend Gets Even With an Abortion Billboard
Greg Fultz, 35, is causing controversy in his hometown of Alamogordo, N.M. To get back at his ex-girlfriend, Fultz erected a billboard on the town’s main drag in May claiming that his ex had an abortion.
U.S. Abortion Rate Drops, Except Among Poorest Women
The rate of abortion among American women has dropped overall, but not among the poorest women, according to study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology by the Guttmacher Institute.
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Why Anti-Abortion Activists Leave Birth Control Out of the Debate
In case you missed Senator Jon Kyl’s recent, nonsensical argument for defunding Planned Parenthood, the New York Times’ Gail Collins had an incisive take on it last week. Much of the debate over the value of Planned Parenthood …
Does South Dakota’s ‘Justifiable Homicide’ Bill Target Abortion Doctors?
A new bill that seeks to expand the definition of “justifiable homicide” to include resisting attempts to harm an unborn child will go to vote in the South Dakota House of Representatives on Wednesday. Does this bill mean what …
The ‘Unbortion:’ Chicago Hospital Persuades Women to Halt Abortions
There are many decisions in life that are irreversible, but, as it turns out, abortion does not have to be one of them.
Having an Abortion Doesn’t Lead to Depression
Having an abortion has got to be an excruciating decision, no matter where you fall on the abortion-rights spectrum, but a new study shows it does not increase the likelihood of mental-health problems.
Philly Abortion Horrors: What Matters Is How and Not When an Abortion Is Done, Says Expert
Warren Hern, likely the last U.S. doctor to openly specialize in abortions performed late in pregnancy, authored a textbook on how to properly do abortions. In it, he quotes a colleague, Robert Crist, who had experience with …
Why the Pa. Abortion Doc’s Case Is About Poverty, Not Roe v. Wade
Depending on where people fall in the reproductive rights vs. fetal rights debate, their views on abortion doctors are different.
Customized Kids: Parents Abort Twin Boys in Quest for Daughter
Of course, every parent-in-waiting hopes for a healthy baby, but most — whether they admit it or not — have a preference for one sex over the other. But to what extremes would you go to make it happen?
Why are Anorexics More Likely to Have Unplanned Pregnancies and Abortions?
Many women — and doctors too — believe that women with anorexia stop menstruating. First of all, that’s not true. And secondly, here’s a quick fertility refresher: just because a woman doesn’t get her period doesn’t …