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Romney intensifies fight for social conservativesLOVELAND, Colo. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney railed against President Barack Obama's "assault on religion" Tuesday, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:54
Abortionist accused of sexual violations, prescribing himself Viagra, botched abortions
A Maryland abortionist has been charged under the Maryland Medical Practice Act with a number of shocking allegations that could cost him his medical license, including 'sexual boundary' violations, botched abortions, shoddy or non-existent record keeping, and the illegal prescribing of large amounts of Viagra and other drugs to himself and ... (more)
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 21:49
APNewsBreak: Komen exec quits after funding flap
The Susan Komen For The Cure international headquarters are shown in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas, Friday, Feb.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 17:45
Mandatory Abortion Coverage?
Even most religious organizations can't qualify for the rule's incredibly narrow "religious employer" exception, which will remain unchanged.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 16:45
House GOP Memo: "Abortion Is the Leading Cause of Death in the Black Community"
Anti-abortion billboards in Atlanta sparked a nationwide controversy last year as Georgia tried to pass a law outlawing abortion on the basis of race.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 12:40
Romney: No Komen money for Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesn't think a prominent breast cancer charity should continue giving grants to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 08:30
Congressman Fooled By Year-Old Onion Story On Planned Parenthood 'Abortionplex'
Back in May of last year, The Onion wrote a silly article satirizing the growing ridiculousness of the charges being levied against Planned Parenthood entitled "Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex." Unfortunately, due in part to the anti-PP tidal wave being brought forth by conservative media and the sad fact that there were still ... (more)
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 04:16
US judge says he can't block Texas sonogram law
A federal judge in Austin said Monday that he couldn't block a Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion any longer because an appeals court had ordered it to take effect.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 00:01
Satire treated seriously on La. rep's FB page
It was a satirical story about an "$8 billion Abortionplex" opening in Kansas. But U.S. Rep.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 00:01
Ron Paul would permit abortion in some cases of - honest rape'
Ron Paul, a doctor who has delivered more than 4,000 babies, is pro-life, but sees the issue as more complex in the case of rape.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 19:51
This Week Host Lets George Will Lie About Contraceptive Mandate And 'Abortion-Inducing Drugs'
The lie that emergency contraception is the same as the "abortion pill" RU-486 has just completed the jump from the minds of Republicans like Michele Bachmann , to Fox News opinion programming, to the broader mainstream media.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 15:42
Assembly puts gov on the spot
It's one evening of the year when just about all of us look to the skies in the Central... U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, right, cuts a ribbon along with Gov.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 11:37
Bill proposes mandatory ultrasounds for women seeking abortions
The Women's Right to Know Act would require women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound test at least 24 hours before the procedure.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 07:38
Santorum Suggests Abortion Causes Breast Cancer
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday suggested that Susan G. Komen for the Cure shouldn't provide grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings because abortions cause breast cancer, a false claim that has been repeatedly debunked.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 03:33
Florida's Rubio pushes back at contraception rules under health care law
Sitting in his pew at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami one recent Sunday, Sen.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 23:19
FCC Rules Chicago TV Station Can Refuse To Air Anti-Abortion Super Bowl Ad
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME POLITICS? Today's Super Bowl is set to be a pretty intense one between the Giants and the Patriots, but let's face it, we're also tuning in for the ads.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 19:09
Ross Douthat: The Media's Abortion Blinders. "In many newsrooms ...
ROSS DOUTHAT: The Media's Abortion Blinders. "In many newsrooms and television studios across the country, Planned Parenthood is regarded as the equivalent of, well, the Komen foundation: an apolitical, high-minded and humanitarian institution whose work no rational person - and certainly no self-respecting woman - could possibly question or ... (more)
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 14:54
Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget
When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer - "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 10:45
The abortion I wish she'd been there for
In the bathroom I pee on the little plastic stick and then place it careA fully on the back of the toilet.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 06:30
RE: Komen scandal, Stacey Campfield says abortion causes breast cancer.
Commenting on the Komen reversal RE breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood, Senator Campfield makes the claim that abortion causes breast cancer .
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 02:16
Anti-abortion reaction to Komen shifts from praise to dismay
Anti-abortion advocates, stunned by a sudden policy reversal by Susan G. Komen foundation officials, reacted Friday with expressions that ranged from disappointment to confusion to anger.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 22:11
4 Mass. bishops urge parishioners to oppose rule
The four Roman Catholic bishops of Massachusetts will urge parishioners to fight an Obama administration regulation requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 18:01
It's Called 'Abortion', Professor Harris-Perry
Melissa Harris-Perry might have set a new world record in the use of euphemism to avoid calling abortion by its name.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 13:52
Video: Abortion fight spills into the curb of Planned Parenthood Whittier
Influenced by personal tragedy and inspired by a man of the cloth, local activist, lawyer and author Marcus Hardie launched his own anti-abortion crusade Thursday morning.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 09:42
Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
The Susan Komen For The Cure international headquarters are shown in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas, Friday, Feb.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 05:33
Some local lawmakers back bill requiring ultrasound before abortion
Too many women are getting abortions without seeing an ultrasound image or hearing the heartbeat of their unborn fetus, according to some York County lawmakers.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 02:23
Pro-Life Advance and Setback as Va. Focuses on Abortion
For only the second time since the Civil War, Republicans control both houses of Virginia's General Assembly, and the state's abortion laws might change drastically because of it.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 22:13
'Young Turks' co-host smacks down anti-abortion activist
An anti-abortion activist who runs the advocacy group Pro-Life Action League A was abruptly corrected on last night's broadcast of "The Young Turks" after he claimed that the Planned Parenthood Federation of America does not do breast cancer screenings.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 18:14
Pre-abortion ultrasound: Too invasive?
Sen. Ralph Northam, D-Norfolk, objects to the bill regulating abortion presented by Sen.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 14:04
Rubio: 'America cannot truly fulfill its destiny unless' it ends abortion
While chatter about a potential Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio vice presidency has reached a fever pitch in the aftermath of the GOP Florida primary, the rights of the unborn appeared to be the only thing on the mind of the Sunshine State's freshman Republican senator on Wednesday night.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 10:00
Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order
The Obama administration scrambled Thursday to contain a growing election-year outcry over its decision that church-affiliated employers must cover birth control regardless of their religious principles.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 05:45
Under fire, Komen CEO denies politics in Planned Parenthood cuts
Donations to Planned Parenthood have soared since the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation cut donations to the group over abortion, officials said.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 01:41
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 01:41
Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Feb.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 21:26
Va. Senate Passes Mandatory Sonogram Before Abortion Bill
The Republican-led Virginia Senate passedA a billA Wednesday by a vote of 21-18 that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 19:21
The "common ground" weasel words slip into the abortion debate, Part 1
President Obama unleashed the abortion issue again this past month, showing his solid support for a woman's "fundamental constitutional right" over her own body.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 16:23
State nibbles away at abortion rights
You're not supposed to say the word uterus on the floor of the Florida House. It's offensive, unfit for children, pornographic, almost.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 12:12
Terry Jeffrey: Romney Told Catholic Hospitals to Administer Abortion Pills
A defining moment in Mitt Romney's post-pro-life-conversion political career came in his third year as governor of Massachusetts, when he decided Catholic hospitals would be required under his interpretation of a new state law to give rape victims a drug that can induce abortions.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 07:58
Abortion Debate Likely To Heat Up In 2012
Activists on both sides of the abortion issue attend a vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 03:43
Abortion fight over Komen funds
Two of the nation's top women's health organizations were at war Wednesday after the foundation behind the ubiquitous pink ribbon of breast cancer awareness yanked funding for Planned Parenthood.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 23:33
Changes in medicine should prompt new limits on abortion
Editor's note: Mark Osler, a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas Law School in Minnesota, is a former federal prosecutor and the author of "Jesus on Death Row," a book about capital punishment.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 19:29
Lipinski: Abortion, Contraception Health Plan Rules for Opposed Groups Violates Rights
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski may be pro-life, but he supports a form of choice when it comes to birth control and abortion treatment.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 15:19
First, They Came for the Catholics
President Obama and his radical feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 13:19
Conservative MPs take issue with funding of safe abortion advocate
People have asked how funding IPPF squares with the repeated statement that Canada will not fund abortion internationally," says Saskatchewan Conservative MP Brad Trost.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 11:15
Product of rape travels 'from worthless to priceless'
In a country where the crime of rape does not warrant the death penalty, should the life of a child conceived in rape be targeted? This is the question Rebecca Kiessling posed to almost 700 people Tuesday who gathered at the Victoria Fine Arts Center.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 07:00
Graphic Anti-Abortion Billboard Planned in Ohio
An activist group is planning to make a statement with billboards showing giant pictures of aborted babies.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 02:51