WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week that outlawed a certain abortion procedure could be a first step of greater government intrusion into private medical decisions, ...

You don't have to be an opponent of abortion to be troubled by the procedure that pro-life groups have artfully -- and not inaccurately -- labeled as "partial-birth abortion." Intact dilation and ...

We need to be precise, accurate and neutral. As we've covered the new abortion law in Georgia and legislation in Alabama, we've followed long-standing guidance very well. Thank you to all involved.

It appears Bush's appointees to the Supreme Court are now doing, at least in part, the job they were sent to do. <BR><BR>In 2003, Congress passed a bill banning second and third-trimester "intact ...

WASHINGTON — Lawyers favoring and opposing a ban on partial-birth abortions focused their attention yesterday on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy — the man poised to play a pivotal role in ...

Thanks to C-SPAN, a vital public service, I was able to see and hear on Nov. 8 the two hours of oral arguments at the Supreme Court on one of the most persistently passionate controversies in the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A sharply divided federal appeals court upheld Virginia’s ban on a type of late-term abortion Wednesday, ruling that the statute does not unduly burden a woman’s right to terminate a ...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Virginia’s ban on partial-birth abortions is unconstitutional and imposes an undue burden on a woman’s right to an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court had ...