abortions

UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Permissibility of Abortions in State

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Source: www.texastribune.org --- Thursday, June 20, 2013
Texas voters remain split on the permissibility of abortion but favor banning the procedure after 20 weeks of a pregnancy, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. The survey also found a divergence of opinion about public schools: Voters with school-age children give schools much better ratings than all voters as a group. The divide on abortion — evident in past UT/TT polls — persists. Forty-six percent of Texas voters say it should never be permitted or permitted only in cases involving incest, rape or when the woman's life is in danger. On the other hand, 49 percent say it should be allowed after the need for an abortion has been clearly established, or that the choice should be completely left to the woman. Within those numbers, 16 percent said abortion should never be allowed, and 36 percent said that a woman should always be able to get an abortion as a matter of personal choice. Enlarge Todd Wiseman . Laws restricting abortion should be stricter, according to 38 percent of the respondents, while 26 percent said the laws should be less strict and 21 percent said they should be left as they are now. “What you see is what you would expect in a relatively red state,” said poll co-director Daron Shaw, a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. “It’s a slight pro-life lean. It’s probably pushed a little bit because of the question about late-term abortions.” The poll split a question ...

Texas Bill Puts Strong Restrictions On Abortions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:24:50 GMT

Source: www.keyetv.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The approval of SB 5 has sparked debate over forcing Texas abortion clinics to meet the same guidelines as outpatient surgical facilities. Right now there are 400 ambulatory surgical facilities in Texas, five of them perform abortions. Several clinics worry if the law passes through the Texas House of Representatives it would close their doors. ... ...

Democrats: Banning Late-Term Abortions is “Stupid, Offensive, Cowardly, Cruel”

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:00:49 GMT

Source: www.lifenews.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
It was anything but business as usual on the House floor yesterday, as the two parties bitterly fought over a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks. Emotions were raw from the opening gavel, when Democrats objected to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) managing the debate on a bill that they called “stupid” (Rep. Charlie Dent, D-Pa.), “offensive” (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.), “cowardly,” (Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.), “cruel,” (Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.), “blatantly unconstitutional,” “borne of ignorance,” and an “insult to the intelligence of women.” The Left is so fiercely protective of America’s culture of killing it is unwilling, even for a second, to consider the excruciating pain abortion inflicts on these children. “Why are we here,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries argued, “wasting the time and the money of the American people on a futile and extreme legislative joyride?” “This debate is not some waste of time,” Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nebr.) fired back . “This is not some exercise in extremism. The fact that we are having this debate at all demonstrates that our society is actually failing women… Madam Speaker, there are some lines that we should all agree should be drawn.” At the very least, Rep. Trent Franks’s bill suggests, those lines should begin at 20 weeks when scientists agree that children can feel the pain of their dismemberment. Congressman John Fleming (R-La.), a doctor who’s delivered hundreds of babies, couldn ...

New Zealand abortions decline for the 5th consecutive year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:47:00 GMT

Source: www.lifesitenews.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
by Michelle Kaufman, New Zealand Correspondent AUCKLAND, 19 June, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The downward trend for induced abortions in New Zealand has continued for the 5th consecutive year and numbers have now have dropped to their lowest since 1995. Figures released today reveal that there were 14,745 induced abortions in the year ended… ...

Gosnell is behind bars but Douglas Karpen is still doing abortions! Please like...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:30:18 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Gosnell is behind bars but Douglas Karpen is still doing abortions! Please like and share! http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/19/pro-life-leaders-want-abortion-clinic-closed-where-born-alive-babies-killed/ Pro-Life Leaders Want Abortion Clinic Closed Where Born Alive Babies Killed www.lifenews.com A coalition of pro-life leaders, including pro-life African-Americans, will band together at a press conference demanding that an abortion clinic in Houston, Te ...

Congress passed a nationwide bill banning abortions past 20 weeks ...will it pas...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:23:29 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Congress passed a nationwide bill banning abortions past 20 weeks ...will it pass in the senate? What do you think? Watch today's episode of CMTV News for your latest Catholic headlines! CMTV News Roundup 06-19 www.youtube.com Today's stories - • Congress Passes Bill Banning Late Term abortions After 20 Weeks • School Prayer 50 yrs. After the Ban • British Girl Scouts Drop Pledge T... ...

MSNBC Panelist Suggests Opponents of Late-Term Abortions Are Racist

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:18:00 GMT

Source: www.weeklystandard.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Fox News Insider reports : Democrats criticized Republicans for what they see as a new attack on abortion rights. In a recent MSNBC panel discussion on the bill, University of Pennsylvania professor Salamisha Tillet suggested that this is a racial issue. ...

MSNBC Panelist Suggests Opponents of Late-Term Abortions Are Racist (The Weekly Standard Blog)

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:18:00 GMT

Source: labs.ebuzzing.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Fox News Insider reports : Democrats criticized Republicans for what they see as a new attack on abortion rights. In a recent MSNBC panel discussion on the bill, University of Pennsylvania professor Salamisha Tillet suggested that this is a racial issue. She expressed the possibility that Republicans support abortion bans so that white women will keep having babies, thereby "reproducing... Source : The Weekly Standard Blog Explore : Political Blogs , Politics , Racism , University of Pennsylvania ...

MSNBC’s Joy Reid On Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks: “This Isn’t Pro-Life, This Is Forced Birth”…

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:50:13 GMT

Source: weaselzippers.us --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The dead babies thrown in the dumpster beg to differ. Via RCP: “Republicans face a tremendous deficit with women voters. And so they keep putting on this spectacle over and over and over again,” MSNBC contributor Joy Reid said about the House GOP’s latest push for pro-life bills. “They’re obsessed with this idea of making [...] ...

President Obama Threatens to Veto Ban on Late-Term Abortions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:41:46 GMT

Source: girlsjustwannahaveguns.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The House voted Tuesday to impose a nationwide ban on abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy over Democratic objections that the bill represents a dramatic attempt by Republicans to restrict abortion rights. As expected, the [...] ...

House Republicans pass bill banning abortions after 20 weeks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:15 GMT

Source: video.foxnews.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Molly Henneberg reports from Washington ...

Last night, the House of Representatives passed a bill only allowing abortions u...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:59 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Last night, the House of Representatives passed a bill only allowing abortions up to 20 weeks, except in cases of rape or incest. This is four to eight weeks less time than allowed under Roe v. Wade. What are your thoughts? Is the new bill too restrictive, does it not go far enough, or should the decision be left up to the courts? House of Representatives Passes Restrictive Abortion Bill www.wetmtv.com WASHINGTON, D.C. (WETM-TV) – The House of Representatives has passed a bill banning late term abortions, the procedures for women who are beyond 22 weeks into their pregnancy. ...

House GOP Bans Abortions After 20 Weeks, Unemployment Rate Somehow Unaffected

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:03:44 GMT

Source: wonkette.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
To the complete surprise of no Wonketeers anywhere, the House of Representatives yesterday passed their bill aimed at alienating women everywhere outlawing abortions after 20 weeks. The effort, nothing more than an empty gesture to throw red meat to anti-choice whackadoos, has been a calamitous clusterfuck of epic proportions from start to finish. But before we review just how awful the Republicans have been, let’s see the final score, via TPM : House Republicans passed legislation to ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The final vote was 228-196; six Democrats and six Republicans crossed party lines. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act carves out exemptions to protect the life of the mother, and for cases of rape and incest as long as the crimes have been reported. It won’t go any further because Democrats control the Senate and White House. But it is invigorating both sides of a culture war that has deeply divided the country for generations. War on Women part 532, here we come! Because fucking with women’s rights worked out so well for the GOP in 2012, eh, President Romney? The shitshow began when Rep. Trent Franks (R – always ‘R’, people) did his best (worst?) Todd Akin impression. Our own Kaili summed it up best : [H]e went full-on Todd Akin , and jumped on the magic ladyparts theory bandwagon, dumbsplaining that “the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.” (Yes, that would be anoth ...

Central London abortion centre to stop performing abortions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:59:00 GMT

Source: spuc-director.blogspot.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
young pro-lifers praying outside BPAS Bedford Sq. Top stories: Central London abortion centre to stop performing abortions The central London centre of the British Pregnancy Advisory Services (BPAS) is to stop performing abortions there. The abortions will now be performed at its recently-opened centre in Stratford, east London. Daniel Blackman, a research and education officer of SPUC and a member of the 40 Days for Life London organising team from 2010 to 2012, said: "The news that BPAS will no longer be performing chemical abortions at its Bedford Square facility is to be welcomed. Special mention should be made of 40 Days for Life, Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, and the Good Counsel Network, who have held prayer vigils outside the BPAS facility for a number of years. However, like the head of Hydra, BPAS opened a new facility in Stratford, East London in 2011. SPUC launched a vigorous campaign of opposition, working closely with local residents and pro-life groups. Sadly, BPAS Stratford is now open six days a week, with long opening hours, carrying out chemical and surgical abortions, ie, more abortion procedures than were offered at Bedford Square. It is situated on the ground floor of a residential block housing residents with complex needs, in an area with one of the highest abortions rates in the country. SPUC, together with others who want to offer protection for unborn children and their parents, will continue its ca ...

House Republicans passed a bill yesterday banning abortions after 20 weeks. Part...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:53:17 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
House Republicans passed a bill yesterday banning abortions after 20 weeks. Part conviction, part branding. http://ow.ly/mbGw6 ...

Should Late-Term Abortions Be Banned? The Republican-led House of Representativ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:33 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Should Late-Term abortions Be Banned? The Republican-led House of Representatives voted to ban all abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy based on the theory that fetuses at that stage of development are capable of feeling pain. What is your opinion of late-term abortions: Should they be banned? Take our poll now! http://www.empr.com/should-late-term-abortions-be-banned/article/299333/ Should LateTerm abortions Be Banned www.empr.com What is your opinion of lateterm abortions. Should they be banned Take our poll now ...

Led by Republicans, House passes measure to limit abortions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:02 GMT

Source: www.worldpress.org --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Los Angeles Times, California, U.S ...

Democrat: 'Morally outrageous' to ban late-term abortions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:28:36 GMT

Source: www.wnd.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday it is “particularly morally outrageous” to ban abortions after five months of pregnancy. “It is morally outrageous, frankly,” Nadler said about the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), a bill that would ban abortions 20 weeks post-fertilization, or five months into pregnancy. “Here we go again,” he said. “Every single year we have to go through the same nonsense with the same morally presumptuous, morally arrogant attitude that we know better. ‘We know better than women and their doctors. We know better about their health care. We know better about their moral choices in very personal decisions’” ...

House Passes Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:55 GMT

Source: bighealthreport.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Republican-led House Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, approved by a vote of 228 to 196, comes in the wake of gruesome details that emerged during the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of murdering babies born during the late-term procedures. The trial highlighted medical evidence about fetal development and their ability to feel pain beyond 20 weeks. Supporters of the bill cited the Gosnell trial during the floor debate. “I, like all Americans, was disgusted to learn of the horrific and illegal abortion procedures performed by Kermit Gosnell,” Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said after the vote. “By banning abortion after 20 weeks, today’s bill will save the lives of innocent children from enduring the excruciatingly painful death of a late abortion.” The bill has virtually no chance of advancing beyond the House because the Democratically led Senate will not bring it to the floor and President Obama has vowed to veto the measure. Democrats cited the bill as evidence of a GOP war on women. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., pointed out that an all-male panel marked up the legislation in committee, just as an all-male committee held a hearing last year on on health insurance coverage of women’s contraception. Post Continues on washingtonexaminer.com ...

GOP-led House passes bill that would restrict nearly all abortions to first 20 weeks after conception

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:54 GMT

Source: www.nydailynews.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women. ...