MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against abortion. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits. Full Story »
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Republican party, whose platform condemns abortion as an "assault on the sanctity of innocent human life," will no longer offer health insurance that covers the procedure, the party confirmed Friday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill. Full Story »
CARSON CITY, Nev. - A legal challenge is expected to be filed by the end of the day against a proposed Nevada ballot measure that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree. Full Story »
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LEXINGTON, Mo. - Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family. Full Story »
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says recent comments by Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop questioning the congressman's faith because of his stance on abortion and health care reform were "very disconcerting." Full Story »
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