abortion

An abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before full term brought about either by artificial means or through natural occurrence (in which case it is more commonly termed a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"). Two main methods of abortion are used in modern medicine, surgical and medical (using hormone tablets). Historically many other highly dangerous methods have been used.

There is considerable variation in abortion law around the world, ranging from the Netherlands which has abortion on request up to 22 weeks' gestation (and one of the world's lowest abortion rates), to Britain where it is legal up to 24 weeks (although a woman must get two doctors' signatures to approve the procedure), to Nicaragua, where there is a total ban on the procedure (which has been described as a denial of women's basic rights).

Bloggers using the tag are likely to be debating the legal and moral aspects of abortion. This is particularly a highly emotional issue within American politics.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “abortion”

• in Politics
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “abortion”

 

• Obtaining an Abortion Clinic within the South: What You Ought To Understand

  
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  The state of Florida hosts some of the leading abortion clinics in the country. There are lots of skilled and educated doctors as well as staff members at these facilities. Many medical professionals in these facilities possess over Ten years of expertise with abortion processes. These kinds of treatment centers also ...
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• Behold Our Future

  
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  Rampant Infanticide in China The following piece has been posted on The Blaze : Accuracy in Media ‘s investigative video team put together a fascinating video discussion with Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF) . The non-partisan, international coalition works to ...
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• Brad from LFO Spends All His Free Time at Abortion Clinics

  
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  You guys. This is crazy. You remember LFO, right? Of course you do. They’re the ones who like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch, remember? Yeah, those guys. Well, ever since their star began to fade in 2001, it doesn’t look like they’ve been up to too much. Rich Cronin, the cute blonde one on the far ...
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• Former LFO member is sickened by Chinese food, abortion clinics

  
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• A week in radio: Victoria Derbyshire visits an abortion clinic

  
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  [unable to retrieve full-text content] Derbyshire pressed home tricky questions in following what happens in... more »
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• No One Calls Themselves Pro Choice Anymore — So What? [Roe V World]

  
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  A gallup poll released yesterday showed that a smaller percentage of Americans than ever — 41%! — identify as "pro choice." At the same time, a record number of people say theyre "pro-life." What the hell is going on? More »
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• Catholics, Evangelicals May Coordinate on Religious Freedom Event This Summer

  
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  Christian Post : The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed ...
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• WHO Ignores Link Between Growing Incidence of Preterm Birth and Abortion

  
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  C-FAM : The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released an important new study looking at the growing and harmful medical phenomenon of “pre-term birth.”
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• Book Review: Feminism Reconsidered: How Women are Exploited by Abortion

  
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  The book was interesting, but I had a few problems with it off The bat. The book was on feminism, but it was ironically published by a company called Family of Man. predictably, she promotes the conservative party line. She quotes liberally from publications of Focus on the Family, and though she claims to be a ...
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• Guttmacher Inflates Abortion Numbers In Latin America

  
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  Turtle Bay and Beyond : A  recent article in a medical journal in Mexico completely debunks the Guttmacher Institute numbers on “unsafe” abortions in several latin american countries.
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• A Horrible Trend: Legally Requiring Doctors To Lie To Their Patients

  
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  The Kansas state legislature recently joined New Hampshire, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas (bills in other states are in the works) in mandating that doctors providing abortions inform their patients that they will be at increased risk of breast cancer following the procedure. The problem? That is not true. The ...
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• Official vows China will correct gender imbalance

  
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  XINHUANET : With most Chinese provinces experiencing a serious gender imbalance, a government official in charge of family planning has pledged the country will work hard to ameliorate the problem.
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• A week in radio: Victoria Derbyshire visits an abortion clinic

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk A week in radio: Victoria Derbyshire visits an abortion clinic Derbyshire pressed home tricky questions in following what happens in an average day at the clinicWhen radio broaches the issue of abortion, it’s mostly, inevitably, about strongly held views on either side of the ...
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• What really lies behind the ‘war on women’ | Naomi Wolf

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk What really lies behind the ‘war on women’ | Naomi Wolf It would be a mistake to see these attacks as simply a backlash against women. This is about empire struggling for social controlAre women suddenly running rampant in the streets by the millions, threatening society in ...
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• The Senate is Safer for Women

  
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  Following on the heels of terrible House action against women’s health, the Senate is proving to be a safer place for women. Working on the funding bill for the State Department and U.S. foreign assistance programs, today the Senate Appropriations Committee repudiated the negative action recently taken in the ...
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• Today in Totally Not Terrorism

  
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  [Content Note: Anti-choice terrorism.] Amanda at Think Progress: Suspicious Fire Breaks out at Second Reproductive Clinic in Georgia . Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic — the second suspicious fire at a Georgia reproductive clinic this week. No ...
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• GOP Rep. compares Obama contraceptive rule to socialism and communism

  
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  While the radio show he said it on compared the new rule to Nazism.Just ignore the fact that communism and Nazism were deadly enemies, because thats a bit over these guys heads.Oh, and hes a Republican and from North Carolina.  In case there were any doubt.The congressmans solution is to pass a law letting churches ...
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• Former LFO Member Now Spends His Time Live-Tweeting at Abortion Clinics [Video]

  
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  Ever wonder what LFOs Brad Fischetti is up to these days? Thanks to his Twitter feed (and Buzzfeeds story , which tipped us off), we now know he spends his days hanging out at the Orlando Womens Center and tweeting about patients who "need to be saved" from having abortions in creepily specific detail. More »
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• A week in radio: Victoria Derbyshire visits an abortion clinic

  
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  Derbyshire pressed home tricky questions in following what happens in an average day at the clinic When radio broaches the issue of abortion, its mostly, inevitably, about strongly held views on either side of the debate. Think Moral Maze, if you can bear to. So it was extraordinary to hear a markedly different ...
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• What really lies behind the war on women | Naomi Wolf

  
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  It would be a mistake to see these attacks as simply a backlash against women. This is about empire struggling for social control Are women suddenly running rampant in the streets by the millions, threatening society in unexpected ways? You would surely think so by looking at the pattern that is visible across the ...
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