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Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:56 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:23 -0400

ATLANTA - Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, said Friday that she will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

Parker: Abortion? Right move is crisis counseling...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:17 -0400

With Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell convicted on three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies and on a count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a former patient, abortion is back in the national discussion. - It's pretty clear from the grand jury report <>that, during Gosnell's 30-plus years, he likely murdered hundreds, if not thousands, <>of babies. <>But because of the difficulty in documenting it all, he was just convicted of three.

Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:25:23 -0400

ATLANTA - Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:12:13 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - It can't meet the mandates of a 2012 state law and the governor wants to shut it down, but Mississippi's only abortion clinic is not about to quietly retreat.

Parker: Planned Parenthood targets black women

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:18:29 -0400

In 1854, Abraham Lincoln confronted America's first "pro-choice" U.S. senator, Stephen Douglas of Illinois, in a speech in Peoria. - "Choice" then was about slavery, not abortion.

Abortion opponents blocking Brewer's Medicaid plan

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:34:55 -0400

PHOENIX - A push by a powerful group opposed to abortion has forced Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to do an about-face and agree to new abortion funding restrictions as part of her Medicaid expansion plan.

Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:51:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women's health back to the 1950s, before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide, and singled out the GOP-governed states of North Dakota and Mississippi for criticism.

Parker: How abortion changed America

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:57:23 -0400

The trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, facing the death penalty for the deaths of four infants and one woman in his clinic, is over. America has moved on. - It's exactly what the pro-abortion contingent wants. They want Gosnell out of the news because they want abortion out of the news. Ongoing discussion provokes thought about the status quo. And pro-aborts want to keep things as they are.