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File photo of an abortion clinic. (credit: Kelly Glasscock/Getty Images)

Philly Abortion Murder Trial Makes 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.

2013/05/04

President Barack Obama speaks at the Planned Parenthood Gala at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on April 26, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images)

Obama: ‘A Woman May Not Even Know That She’s Pregnant At Six Weeks’

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.

2013/04/26

Thousands attended the annual pro-life, anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C. .(Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Anti-Abortion Protest Of 40th Roe V. Wade Anniversary Draws Thousands

Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators marched through Washington to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to protest the landmark decision that legalized abortion.

2013/01/25

US Bars Protester From ‘Buffer Zone’ at Clinic

The Department of Justice says it has settled a civil complaint against a Maryland man who protests abortions outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington.

2013/01/14

A new study finds that medication-induced abortions are very safe. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Study: Medication-Induced Abortions Very Safe

Medication-induced abortions at Planned Parenthood have almost no serious side effects, a new study finds.

2012/12/23

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Brain Dead Politics In Virginia

Ken Cuccinelli aspires to be the next governor of Virginia after spending four years trying to deny women’s health care rights, blocking Obamacare and forcing his ideology and personal beliefs on the Commonwealth of Virginia.

2012/11/28

Paul Ryan (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Paul Ryan And The War on Women

If you like the GOP war on women, you are going to love Paul Ryan. After all, Ryan’s record on women’s health could easily be mistaken for one of W. Mitt Romney’s primary opponents, Rick Santorum.

2012/08/15

Opinion: GOP Shows True Priorities With War On Women

Instead of working on the economy the GOP has focused on denying women access to health care.

2012/06/20

Anti-abortion protesters pray outside the US Supreme Court (Photo Credit: MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP / Getty Images)

Planned Parenthood Clinic Sues Anti-Abortion Grandpa

Dick Retta stands outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Washington three days a week, trying to persuade pregnant women not to get abortions. The 80-year-old grandfather has been coming to the clinic for eight years and said he’s personally persuaded over 400 women to leave this clinic and others.

2012/04/04