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Settlement between city, protesters in effect

Signed copies have not yet been presented to a federal judge, but for all intents and purposes a settlement agreement between abortion protesters and the city of Aurora is in effect.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Boston Globe

Measure to change University of Nebraska stem-cell rule fails

The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush, W.

Daily Kos

Boehner's Over-the-Top Abortion Lies

Have you heard this one yet? That the Senate public option requires a "monthly abortion fee"? Apparently, Boehner claims on his blog that "a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run health plan" under the Senate bill.

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NPR

Senate Tries To Strike Balance On Abortion Language

Sen. Barbara Mikulski says of the Senate bill wording: "The abortion language would not be the language that I would write ... but I do think that this is a sensible position that we could accept." Robert Giroux / Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Chris Van Hollen, Democrat, US Senate, Barbara Mikulski, Lois Capps, Bart Stupak

The Courier-Journal

Fallacies on abortion

WASHINGTON - Let's dispense with three fallacies swirling about the question of abortion coverage in health care reform.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, Lois Capps, Healthcare Law, Law

Gouverneur Times

White House at odds with bishops over abortion

A top Obama administration official on Thursday praised the new Senate health care bill's attempt to find a compromise on abortion coverage a ' even as an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat

KQED-FM

Catholic Bishops' Lobby A Force On The Hill

Democrats last week came to terms with a lobbying force of unexpected influence in the health care debate: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a central element of the Roman Catholic Church in America.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bart Stupak

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WORLD Magazine

Life begins again

A Planned Parenthood director in Texas has a change of heart after watching a baby a crumplea on an ultrasound Julie Smyth Johnson and CFL's Shawn Carney In late September, the abortionist at Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, needed assistance, so he asked the center's director Abby Johnson to hold the ultrasound probe during a dilation and ...

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The Nation

Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes

But the 2,074-page document significantly expands access to medical care for Americans who currently lack coverage, contains a modest public option, bars discrimination by insurers against Americans with pre-existing medical conditions and gets remarkably good marks from the Congressional Budget Office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bart Stupak, John Kerry, US Senate

Messenger

Group takes anti-abortion message to skies over Lynchburg

An airplane towing a banner depicting the hand of a human fetus lying on top of a dime flew for three hours over Lynchburg on Monday and is expected to return today.

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Related Topix: Liberty University, US Politics, Trent Franks, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Free Republic

Maddow Guest Jeff Sharlet Falsely Claims...

Here's how the revelant portion of the conversation went -- MADDOW: Let me ask you about some of the other conventional wisdom here because the sort of conventional explanation for this is that this anti-abortion amendment to health reform resulted mostly from the Catholic bishops pressuring Catholic politicians to support it.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat

Fog City Journal

Stupal-Pitts Amendment: A Step Back for Abortion Rights

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives prohibits the use of Federal funds "to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion" except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Newswatch 50

Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level

MEXICO CITY a " Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.A majority of the country's 32 states have now enacted anti-abortion measures in response to Mexico City's legislature ...

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Activism, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Pocono Record

How they voted

How Congress voted the week ending Nov. 13. DEMOCRATS' HEALTH BILL: Voting 220 for and 215 against, the House on Nov.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Family, Elderly

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Catholic bishops' influence on healthcare bill

For weeks, the Catholic Church has asked its U.S. parishioners to work toward ensuring that tough language restricting federal funding of abortion is included in healthcare overhaul legislation.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, John Boehner, Republican

The Cincinnati Enquirer

A false choice on health care

BOSTON -- It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Barack Obama, Diana DeGette, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Daily Chronicle

Pitts: Struggling through the gray areas of life

They killed a killer last week. I kept waiting to feel something when news came that John Allen Muhammad had been executed in Virginia.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty

Tue Nov 17, 2009

NBC Action News

Critical Condition: Pro-choice group launches new ad

A new commercial is taking aim at Senators crafting a health care reform bill. The pro-choice group, The Center for Reproductive Rights, starts their commercial with a standup comedian telling stories about insurance covering plastic surgeries.

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Free Republic

ANALYSIS - Abortion exposes divisions among U.S. Democrats (WHAT? All ...

President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul America's healthcare system has exposed a split within his Democratic Party over abortion that threatens to undercut the party's gains in recent elections.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Reno Gazette-Journal

Two groups opposed to abortion come out against Nevada personhood law

CARSON CITY - Two anti-abortion groups say they oppose a proposed ballot measure that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws.

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