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Obama Faces Down Abortion Heckles
Society & Culture  (tags: Society, religion, Notre Dame, graduates, Obama, abortion )

Dee
- 217 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
President Barack Obama has been briefly heckled as he addressed students at one of the largest Catholic universities in the US amid a row over abortion rights.
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Palin: 'I Don't Know" If Abortion Clinic Bombers Are Terrorists
Society & Culture  (tags: abortion, terrorism, Religious Right, Religious Extremists, Palin )

Clever
- 422 days ago - alternet.org
OMG! This has got to be the mother of all anti-Palin stories. "I don't know if you're going to use the word 'terrorist' there." Watch the video!
58 comments
Abortions Open Secret in So. Korea
Society & Culture  (tags: South Korea, abortion, abortion clinics, illegal abortions, Seoul, Christians, low fertility rate )

Kristmas
- 625 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
At a clinic in a fashionable area of Seoul, young women sit in plush leather couches waiting for a doctor to give them an illegal - hundreds of thousands each year, which operate in the open.
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Babies Aborted for Minor Disabilities
Society & Culture  (tags: enland, children, babies, abortion, disabilities, minor, society, women, ethics, crime )

Jacquelin
- 790 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
MORE than 50 babies with club feet were aborted in just one area of England in a three-year period, according to new statistics. Thirty-seven babies with cleft lips or palates and 26 with extra or webbed fingers or toes were also aborted. The data
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European Court of Human Rights Declares Polish Abortion Case Admissible
Society & Culture  (tags: women, freedoms, rights, abortion, health, safety )

Julia
- 816 days ago - federa.org.pl
The case arose when Ms. Tysiac was denied access to terminate a pregnancy that posed a serious threat to her health, even though such an exception is provided in Poland's restrictive abortion law.
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Pope Says Abortion "Not a Human Right"
Society & Culture  (tags: Pope_Benedict, abortion, human_right )

Pretty
- 835 days ago - today.reuters.com
VIENNA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right on Friday and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.
56 comments
10 Million Indian Girls Killed in 20 Years - India
Society & Culture  (tags: babies, females, girls, india, abortion, sex choice )

Chrissy
- 851 days ago - news.com.au
THE widespread use of illegal tests to determine the sex of an unborn child is fuelling a rise in female feticide cases in India, social activists and officials say. Sex determination tests through techniques such as ultrasonography and amniocentesis are
8 comments
Mexico City's Abortion Law Hits Stop-and-Go Signs
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, culture, abortion, legal, Mexico, family, freedoms, government, law, rights, women )

Cynthia
- 884 days ago - womensenews.org
Officials are challenging Mexico City's new law legalizing first-trimester abortion. But as the Supreme Court decides whether to take their case, city officials and activists are doing what they can to ease its implementation.
5 comments
Protests Cloud Kenya Abortion Debate
Society & Culture  (tags: abortion, activists )

Renee
- 906 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Four Kenyan women, who were set to share their personal stories about undergoing abortion, had to pullout of a discussion forum at the last minute following threats and intimidation from anti-abortion activists.
3 comments
Aspiring Abortion Doctors Drawn to Embattled Field
Society & Culture  (tags: abortion, women'srights, women )

Cal
- 942 days ago - latimes.com
Medical students cite defiance and conscience as a reason to choose the career. 'It doesn't matter what you believe if you don't back it up with action,' one says
7 comments
Attempted Abortion Clinic Bombing, and Hate Speech From The Right
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, ethics, freedoms, abortion )

David
- 962 days ago - alternet.org
Bruce Wilson: When Does Public Speech Become Advocacy of Violence ?
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