Posts Tagged ‘abortion’

Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat

Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia’s next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican opponent, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. That’s in part because his older brother, Joseph McAuliffe, spent two decades as a Republican activist who worked for evangelical leader Pat Robertson’s presidential [...]

House Republicans promote 20-week abortion ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican who oppose abortion are promoting legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Philly abortion murder trial has national impact

For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment — the tone of the national debate on abortion. Tweet This Post

Abortion Rights Activists Looking to Hillary Clinton As 2016 Champion

Abortion rights activists fuming over President Obama’s opposition to making emergency contraception accessible to women of all ages could have an ally campaigning for the Oval Office in 2016: Hillary Clinton. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Ryan: Abortion opponents should find common ground

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is urging anti-abortion activists to find common ground with supporters of abortion rights as a way to advance their agenda. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Lawmaker Received Threats After Saying She Had an Abortion

Nevada state Assemblywoman Lucy Flores (D-LV) “received threats after giving an emotional testimony about an abortion she had as a teenager,” the Huffington Post reports. Tweet This Post