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  • Mr. Buck replied, "I don't think abortion's going to be criminalized anytime soon."

    Democrats Stress Social Issues Laura Meckler 2010

  • But now that Justice John Paul Stevens, one of abortion's most full-throated defenders, is retiring on a sympathetic president's watch, it's tough to sound the alarm.

    Remember Roe! 2010

  • Fewer and fewer people knew about illegal abortion's toll first hand.

    On 'Friday Night Lights,' a brave and honest abortion story 2010

  • The report also showed that while the incidence of abortion is closely related to the rate of unintended pregnancy, it does not correlate with abortion's legal status.

    Spain Expands Legal Access to Abortion 2010

  • Because while the conventional Deny-Defend-Attack voices were expressing outrage that Minnesota Governor Pawlenty declared April as "Abortion Recovery Month" and that pro-life feminist Michaelene Fredenburg plastered the New York City subway system with ads depicting abortion's negative emotional impact, the voices of the future were busy thinking -- and working -- outside the box.

    Overcoming Stigma: Dead NFL Players, Suicidal Veterans, and Emotional Women 2010

  • Ms. Noem was an activist in the Vote Yes For Life campaign that resulted in abortion's being outlawed by the state legislature in 2006.

    No Breeze for South Dakota Democrat 2010

  • After watching both films my feelings towards abortion's now a lot stronger.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • Though the Nelson amendment, which attempted to restrict federal insurance funds for abortion, failed in the Senate Tuesday, the issue of abortion's role in health care is far from settled.

    Separate But Equal? Insurance, Abortion, And Politics 2009

  • The current fight — over whether the health-care bill does enough to make certain that government money isn't used for abortions — underscores abortion's continuing potency as a political weapon.

    Abortion’s New Battleground 2009

  • Not in the formulation of abortion's legality or the influence of their partner's choice, but in an entirely different moral obligation: To help women survive their decision.

    Mike Alvear: How to Survive an Abortion 2009

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