A Wisconsin state Senate committee advanced an abortion restriction on Thursday that prioritizes the health of the fetus when the pregnant woman's life and health are in danger, The Cap Times first reported.

The bill bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape and incest, except when the woman is undergoing a medical ( Read more... )

Fox's Keith Ablow thinks getting an abortion should be a two-person decision.

“I think men should be able to veto women’s abortions if they’re willing to care for the child after it’s born,” the psychiatrist said on Tuesday’s episode of "Outnumbered."

None of the show’s four female panelists challenged the statement, though they did swiftly bring ( Read more... )

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version ( Read more... )

WITH the success of Republicans in the midterm elections and the passage of Tennessee’s anti-abortion amendment, we can expect ongoing efforts to ban abortion and advance the “personhood” rights of fertilized eggs, embryos and fetuses.

But it is not just those who support abortion rights who have reason to worry. Anti-abortion measures pose a risk ( Read more... )

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Last week, the news that Chelsea Clinton is expecting her first child inspired its fair share of headlines - even fueling suggestions that it was somehow carefully timed to benefit her mother’s potential presidential run. The ( Read more... )

Even a law requiring schools to teach sex ed is falling short in a state with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S.TUNICA, Miss. - Marie Barnard was delighted when, after decades of silence on the topic, Mississippi passed a law requiring school districts to teach sex education. But the lesson involving the Peppermint Pattie wasn't ( Read more... )

Hospital, family concur that brain-dead Texas woman's fetus 'not viable'

(CNN) -- For the first time, John Peter Smith Hospital acknowledges that Marlise Munoz, who is being kept on a respirator under Texas law, has been brain dead since November 28 and that the "fetus gestating inside Mrs. Munoz is not viable," according to court documents ( Read more... )

One morning three years ago, while riding a packed commuter train, I was struck by one of those thoughts that’s obvious and not obvious at the same time, like when you’re going about your day and suddenly realize you’re standing on a planet that’s spiralling through the universe ( Read more... )