WASHINGTON — George W. Bush minced no words during the presidential campaign when discussing the controversial procedure its foes call “partial-birth” abortion. Send him a bill banning it, Bush ...

WASHINGTON — After years of battling in Congress, a nationwide ban on a procedure that kills late term unborn babies with scissors is expected to be signed by the president and become federal law. The ...

For more than 10 years, the debate over the question of partial-birth abortion hinged on a public statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Partial-birth abortion, ...

Michigan is close to passing a ban on “partial-birth abortions,” which is unnecessary both because the procedure is already banned at the federal level and because the term “partial-birth abortion” is ...

WASHINGTON—The first federal law banning an abortion procedure since abortion was legalized nationwide in 1973 is about to become law. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are preparing to ...

Once again, Congress has voted to ban what-s called partial-birth abortion, and President Bush says he-ll sign it. The term -partial birth abortion- is not a medical one, and it appears the ban would ...

"I am pleased that the Supreme Court has upheld a law that prohibits the abhorrent procedure of partial-birth abortion," he said. "Today's decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the ...

WASHINGTON -- Anti-abortion forces in the House once again pushed through a ban on a specific abortion procedure despite past legislative failures, court challenges and an uncertain future in the ...

ABCNews' "World News Tonight": The segment includes comments from Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), Boxer, Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), John Ensign (R-Nev.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Santorum (Douglass, ...

WASHINGTON -- The House voted decisively Thursday for the first ban of an abortion procedure since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling that women have a right to end their pregnancies. Strongly ...