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U.S. regulation stops short of defining abortion (Reuters UK)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:28:07 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health officials released a controversial regulation on Thursday to protect health professionals who do not want to provide abortions or certain other health care services.

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Abortion rights in Mexico City face legal fight (The Guardian)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:21:48 GMT

Catholic Church and anti-abortion activists argue measure allows for taking of life that violates Mexico's constitution

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Opinion Pieces Address Presidential Candidates' Responses To Abortion Rights Issues At Saddleback Forum (Medical News Today)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Six opinion pieces recently addressed comments on abortion made by presidential candidates Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at a forum moderated by the evangelical minister Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., on Saturday. Summaries of the opinion pieces appear below.~ E.J.

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'Narrative' Of Presidential Candidates On Abortion Issues Changing, Washington Post Reports (Medical News Today)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The "narrative" of presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) on abortion appeared to have been set with Obama as the abortion-rights supporter and McCain as the abortion-rights opponent, but those impressions have been "altered" since Saturday's forum moderated by influential evangelical minister Rick Warren at

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Abortion Rule Would Shield Foes (Tampa Bay Online)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:11:59 GMT

The Bush administration on Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.

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Child Survives Abortion (ProLifeBlogs)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:59:33 GMT

At just 23-weeks, this baby was pronounced dead by doctors but later revived after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator:"We unwrapped her and felt she was moving. We didn't believe it at first. Then she began holding my mother's hand, and then we saw her open her mouth," said 26-year-old Faiza Magdoub, the baby's mother. The baby was pronounced dead several hours earlier, after doctors at Western...

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Surviving an Abortion (ProLifeBlogs)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:15:37 GMT

Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some...

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Obama's Abortion Problem (RealClearPolitics)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:25:15 GMT

Abortion is back with, dare we say it, biblical vengeance. Republicans recently have been focused on Barack Obama's opposition several years ago to "born alive" legislation in Illinois that mirrored similar federal legislation aimed at granting personhood to a fetus/baby that was alive after removal from its mother's body, either by abortion or premature birth. In the past few weeks, Obama has...

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When It Comes to Abortion, There’s Really No Argument At All (The Blue Site)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:34:15 GMT

People often talk about serious issues and use the phrase “we can argue over these issues.” This works a lot of the time, as many issues can be argued one way or another. Abortion isn’t one of those issues. Let’s be real- you can’t argue on the side of abortion. Logic [...]

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McCain Advisers Say Stance on Abortion Is Crucial for No. 2 (New York Times)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:32:20 GMT

Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota are the top candidates.

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Media cite anti-abortion activist and Obama critic Jill Stanek as though she's credible (Media Matters)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:14:13 GMT

Several media outlets have quoted or cited criticism of Sen. Barack Obama by anti-abortion activist and WorldNetDaily columnist Jill Stanek over Obama's opposition to certain bills amending the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 while he was in the Illinois state Senate -- without citing relevant facts that undermine her credibility. These facts include her suggestion that domestic violence...

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OBAMA VOTED FOR A HEINOUS ABORTION PROCEDURE (Hang Right Politics)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:05:57 GMT

... to just simply die, even if it was born alive. This is even even more heinous than partial birth abortion, which kills the baby before it born. How inhuman have we become that either of these procedures are allowed by law? How callous of the doctor’s to allow a live baby to just lay there. How callous of Obama to vote against abolishing both laws. Is this the kind of inhuman person we want...

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men and abortion (personal political)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:40:52 GMT

Leslie Cannold has a very strong article in today's Age on men and abortion.

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Do YOU Think Birth Control Equals Abortion? Then You and the Bush Administration Are Buds (Somervell County Salon)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:09 GMT

The Bush administration, which has never let being outside of the law stop them from breaking it daily or trying to put in laws that are completely outside the scope of personal freedom, is at it again. From PRWatch. The

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Abortion does NOT hurt Women (Feministe)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:41:10 GMT

In my previous post I mentioned the recent 8th Circuit Court ruling requiring ridiculous changes to South Dakota’s already ridiculous “informed consent.” Doctors are now forced to – among other things – tell women that by having an abortion they are increasing their risks of depression and suicide. The other side has always clung to the [...]

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New protection urged for anti-abortion docs (CNN)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:49:15 GMT

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Obama and Abortion Finally Getting Attention (TexasSparkle)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:44:53 GMT

The reason the story regarding Obama and his vote to kill a bill protecting babies born alive following botched abortions is getting more attention is not, unfortunately, because of the horror of letting babies born alive die in soiled linens,...

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Charles Hartshorne on Abortion (Maverick Philosopher)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:08:00 GMT

The eminent philosopher Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000) in Concerning Abortion: Attempt at a Rational View writes:...

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Catholics Supporting Abortion Should Not Receive Communion (Dispel the Illusion)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:48:00 GMT

The prefect of the Apostolic Signature, Archbishop Raymond Burke, said this week that Catholics, especially politicians, who publically defend abortion should not receive Communion, and that ministers of Communion should be responsibly charitable in denying it to them if they ask for it, “until they have reformed their lives.” In an interview with the magazine, Radici Christiane, Archbishop...

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AP/Boston Globe Examines Abortion Rights Positions Of New Hampshire Gubernatorial Candidates (Medical News Today)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

The AP/Boston Globe on Saturday examined the positions of the three New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates on abortion rights and other issues.According to the AP/Globe, both Democratic candidates -- current Gov. John Lynch and Katy Forry, a retired teacher who is challenging Lynch in the Sept.

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