The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday on Sunday examined the recent films "Waitress" and "Knocked Up," both of which "choose not to deal" with the subject of abortion. According to Hornaday, the films are "predicated on unplanned pregnancies and both confect ... reasons for their female protagonists t
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A Portuguese law that legalizes abortions during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy was published in official government records on Thursday and will come into effect July 15, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports (Hatton, AP/Chicago Tribune, 6/21). [click link for full article]
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Abortion-related issues have been "very, very good to the Republican Party -- and there is plenty more where that came from," Melinda Henneberger, author of "If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear," writes in a New York Times opinion piece. [click link for full arti
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), who is running for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, on Friday at a forum at Drake University said if elected president, he would reject Supreme Court nominees who do not believe Roe v. [click link for full article]
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Commenting on the abortion statistics published recently Anne Weyman, Chief Executive, fpa said: "The fact that there has been such a percentage rise in the numbers of women having an abortion since 2005 isn't surprising given that contraceptive services are in crisis and at their lowest point for
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The number of abortions reported in England and Wales in 2006 increased 4% from 186,400 in 2005 to 193,700 last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the United Kingdom's Department of Health, London's Guardian reports (Ward, Guardian, 6/20). The figures show the overall rate of abortion i
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Polish officials on Tuesday said they plan to appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that ordered the government to award damages to a Polish woman who says that in 2000 she was denied an abortion despite warnings from physicians that she could become blind if she continued the pregn
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The following highlights recent news of state and local actions on women's health-related issues. Abortion Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia City Council on Thursday voted 13-4 to rescind a resolution stating that the city supports "women's reproductive rights and freedom" and defends "the right
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The Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance on June 26 in Nairobi, Kenya, plan to hold a mock tribunal in an effort to "dispel the myths" about illegal abortions and develop an abortion policy for the country, the East African Standard reports. [click link for
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