Abortion

Bucking Trend, Ohio Doctor Opens Clinic That Provides Abortion Services

4:04pm September 08, 2015

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Ohio has put many restrictions on abortion. Since 2010, about half the clinics performing the procedure in the state have closed. But Dr. David Burkons sees offering abortion as part of patient care.

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Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in August. In a letter published Tuesday, he said, in part,

During Holy Year, Pope Will Let Priests Forgive Women Who Had Abortions

11:19am September 01, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

According to church teaching, abortion is a sin so grave that anyone who gets one or performs one is automatically excommunicated. Forgiveness was usually only given by senior church officials.

A Jizo figure at the Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Ore.

Adopting A Buddhist Ritual To Mourn Miscarriage, Abortion

2:45pm August 18, 2015

by Deena Prichep

More Americans are using mizuko kuyo to grieve the loss of a child, whether it be from a miscarriage or an abortion. Those who participate say it helps them learn to balance love and loss.

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A Planned Parenthood location in New York City. The organization is a presidential-campaign target.

Fact Check: Was Planned Parenthood Started To 'Control' The Black Population?

3:14pm August 14, 2015

by Amita Kelly

"I know who Margaret Sanger is, and I know that she believed in eugenics, and that she was not particularly enamored with black people," candidate Ben Carson said of the organization's founder.

Anti-abortion activists hold a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28 in Washington, D.C.

Fact Check: How Does Planned Parenthood Spend That Government Money?

10:29pm August 05, 2015

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The government spends $500 million a year on Planned Parenthood. Here's where that money goes, where it comes from and how it's used.

Protesters rally on the steps of the Texas state capitol on July 28 to condemn the use of fetal tissue for medical research.

Calls To Cut Off Planned Parenthood Are Nothing New

7:00pm August 03, 2015

by Julie Rovner

Flashback to the 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan tried to restrict funding for Planned Parenthood. Efforts in Congress have continued since then, with the latest focused on fetal tissue research.

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Sting Videos Part Of Longtime Campaign Against Planned Parenthood

5:02pm July 22, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

The young anti-abortion activist who planned the recent sting videos on Planned Parenthood staff members has ties to larger group that oppose abortion.

Susan Cahill, owner of All Families Healthcare, stands in front of the first building in Kalispell, Mont., where she offered abortion services. After vandalism closed her last clinic down, Missoula became the nearest place for women in the Flathead Valley

How Vandalism And Fear Ended Abortion In Northwest Montana

9:28am July 22, 2015

by Corin Cates-Carney

When Zachary Klundt broke into All Families Healthcare he destroyed the only clinic providing abortions in the Flathead Valley of Montana. More than a year later, the clinic remains closed.

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Undercover Video Targets Planned Parenthood

9:04pm July 15, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Activists say the video of a Planned Parenthood official is evidence the group is selling parts from aborted fetuses, which is illegal. Planned Parenthood says tissue is donated for medical research.

The U.S. Supreme Court gave a reprieve to Texas clinics that provide abortion services.

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Supreme Court Reprieve Lets 10 Texas Abortion Clinics Stay Open For Now

3:42pm July 01, 2015

by Carrie Feibel

Abortion providers and foes react to the Supreme Court's action that will allow 10 abortion clinics in Texas to remain open until a state law that would close them can be fully reviewed by the court.

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