Spain moves to ease abortion law


The Spanish government approved a plan Friday to ease its abortion law and allow the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, pressing ahead with a sweeping social reform agenda that has irked conservatives and the Catholic church.

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White House Begins Effort To Bridge The Divide On Abortion

The Huffington Post

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Abortion bill not top priority -- Obama

UPI

WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday his position on abortion rights has been consistent but the Freedom of Choice Act is not among his top priorities.

 

Kansas Senate doesn’t override veto of abortion bill

The Kansas City Star

TOPEKA | The Kansas Senate on Thursday night failed to resurrect a vetoed abortion bill. The legislation would have required late-term abortion providers to report to the state the medical diagnoses they used to justify the procedure.

 

Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry arrested at Notre Dame

Boston Herald

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has been arrested while protesting against President Barack Obama's upcoming commencement speech at the University...

 

Malawi: Women's Group Sues Govt Over Abortion Rights

AllAfrica.com

Lilongwe — An influential women rights organisation in Malawi, Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi (WILSA-Malawi), is suing the government of Malawi for preventing women from accessing safe abortion.

 

Tenn. House Committee Approves State Constitutional Amendment To Weaken Abortion-Rights Protections

Medical News Today

The Tennessee House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday passed the Senate version of a resolution (S.J.R. 127) supporting an amendment to the state constitution stating that "nothing in the Constitution of Tennessee secures or protects the right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion," the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.

 

Lawmakers deadlocked on abortion bill

WISH-TV Indianapolis

Indiana lawmakers are deadlocked over an abortion bill, and chances seem slim that they'll find common ground before the legislative session ends Wednesday. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

 

Nigeria: Catholic Knights Demonstrate Against Abortion

AllAfrica.com

CATHOLIC Knights of the Order of St. Mulumba yesterday took to the streets of Enugu to protest what they described as the increasingly permissive attitude of Nigerian government and citizens towards abortion and related vices.

 

Abortion pill charges laid

The Courier Mail

A CAIRNS teenager who aborted at two months with a pill smuggled in from overseas is the latest "cause celebre" of the pro-choice lobby.

 

Steven Waldman: Safe, Legal & Early -- A New Way of Thinking About Abortion

HuffingtonPost

The political debate on abortion has for several decades focused on the wrong moral question: Does life begin at conception? Those who believe it does,...