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The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were only a veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get abortions in the nation's second-most populous state.
Groups on both sides of the debate say they're reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Texas' regulation of abortion clinics to see whether it could impact similar Indiana laws. Indiana Right to Life President Mike Fichter says the court "showed an utter disregard for women's health" with Monday's decision striking down Texas' requirements that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery.
The Supreme Court is set to close out its current term with opinions Monday in three remaining cases after a flurry of decisions last week. It's expected to be the justices' final meeting before they disperse on their summer breaks.
There are many who will cross party lines on occasion, especially if one bum or another manages to snag the nomination to appear on the ballot, despite disagreement among the party faithful over those candidates' positions or demeanor. And there are many other voters who base their selections solely on a specific issue -- abortion comes to mind immediately.
President Obama is threatening to veto the Republican Zika virus funding bill because it doesn't fund Planned Parenthood, which has attempted to develop the narrative that abortion and contraception - which it provides - will curtail the virus' spread. The Obama administration sought $1.9 billion allegedly to fight the mosquito-borne virus which Brazilian officials have linked to a rare birth defect known as microcephaly that can occur when pregnant women are infected.
Oh, God - and I mean the entreaty seriously - the Trump/evangelical summit in New York was just as bad as some of us feared. More than 900 conservative Christian leaders, put in a susceptible mood by a "prayer guide" , witnessed Donald Trump field some softball questions.
Progressivism is always criticized for being wrong in many ways but there is one element to it that is often missed. It deserves criticism but it also is something that actually explains why it is adopted by so many.
Preserving the right to seek and obtain an abortion will remain a key component of Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, the presumptive Democratic nominee said Friday. Speaking to the political arm of the national reproductive health and advocacy organization Planned Parenthood, Clinton placed herself in stark contrast to her Republican rival Donald Trump, whom she portrayed as a sexist enemy of women's rights.
Elizabeth Warren endorsing Hillary Clinton on The Rachel Maddow Show. Sorry, have you been creeping on my vision board or...? That's a headline I never thought I'd type outside of my own dreams.
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insists there's no partisan agenda behind the investigation she's leading into the medical procedures and business practices of abortion providers. But the investigation has been roiled by partisan warfare for weeks, with Democrats charging that Blackburn and Republicans on the panel conducting the probe are abusing their authority and putting lives at risk.
As a senior medical student in 1973, the year the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade case made abortion legal in America and a political issue, I decided to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
For nearly seven months, it has been illegal for physicians in Georgia to provide abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy - but almost no one knew it. Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in 2012.
Planned Parenthood has an abortion clinic under construction on Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans that would replace its current clinic, shown in this file photo. A bill passed the Senate on Monday that would ban public funding for entities performing abortions.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation to make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion except in cases to save the mother's life, a measure that would have effectively outlawed the procedure in the state. In vetoing the measure Friday, just a day after the Legislature passed it, Fallin said it was vague and would not withstand a legal challenge.
Donald Trump's changing views have attracted attention, and criticism, during his run for the Republican presidential nomination. But how much of this stems from actual changes in position from one day to the next, and how much stems from his penchant for using confusing, vague and even contradictory language? We decided to look into this question by scrutinizing a few of Trump's alleged changes of position.
Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The bill , which abortion rights group Center for Reproductive Rights says is the first of its kind in the nation, also would restrict any physician who performs an abortion from obtaining or renewing a license to practice medicine in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The bill , which abortion rights group Center for Reproductive Rights says is the first of its kind in the nation, also would restrict any physician who performs an abortion from obtaining or renewing a license to practice medicine in Oklahoma.