Abortion Articles

Chicago Tribune - I don't know if life begins at conception. I don't really know what "life" means. Consciousness? Possessing a soul? Well, if consciousness defines the issue, then life surely does not begin at conception. Not even the most adamant pro-lifer claims ...

FOX News - Abortion: It's one of the most controversial issues in America, and one of the most agonizing decisions a woman can face. It's also a hard topic to talk about, and most FOX News viewers know both sides of the debate. In an upcoming special, "Facing ...

Miami Herald - From the outside, the white, two-story building set back from a quiet, middle-class street here doesn't call much attention. No sign advertises its purpose. The large, tinted windows out front give no clues. Yet for more than three decades, hundreds ...

St. Petersburg Times - If abortion became illegal tomorrow, it wouldn't become less prevalent, just less safe. That is the conclusion of a comprehensive global study comparing abortion rates in countries where the procedure is legal to those in places where it is outlawed ...

Belfast Telegraph - Eamonn McCann is to be congratulated on his excellent article (Belfast Telegraph, October 11). I agree with him that most people can think of at least one circumstance in which they would accept the termination of a pregnancy as a more acceptable ...

BBC News - The leading killers during pregnancy or childbirth include massive blood loss, high blood pressure, an unsafe abortion, an untreated infection and obstructed labour - where the woman's body is too small for the baby to pass through the birth canal. ...

Boston Globe - ATLANTA - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said yesterday that even if the court's Roe v. Wade decision is reversed - which she doesn't think will happen - it has made access to abortion permanent. She said women who can afford train or ...

Miami Herald - and ANGELA HEIMBURGER M ANAGUA -- A year after elections in Nicaragua returned Daniel Ortega to power, scores of pregnant women have died, many as a consequence of a new law that prohibits doctors from providing lifesaving treatment. In the run-up to ...

Boston Globe - LONDON -- In an Oct. 11 story about a study examining global abortion trends from 1995 to 2003, The Associated Press erroneously reported that nine out of 10 women will have an abortion before age 45. Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute in the ...

Seattle Times - Which is true of Alicia — she won't listen to her parents saying, "We don't mind if you have an abortion." She wants to keep the baby. Q: Abortion is discussed in "Slam," but not the question of adoption. A: That wasn't a conscious decision. When I've ...