I would like to address some of the supposed “truths” about dilation and extraction Laura Watkins wrote about in her Monday column. Having an abortion is a serious decision women do not make lightly.

R.R.S. Stewart lays out an interesting argument against the partial-birth abortion ban in her Wednesday column, “Medical decisions should be left to woman and doctor.” While acknowledging this ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion ...

President Bush signed legislation Wednesday banning the dilation and extraction procedure commonly called partial birth abortion. Gwen Ifill discusses the medical implications of the law with two ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate was the latest battleground of the reproductive rights conflict, ...

CINCINNATI — An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The U.S. 6th ...

Texas officials asked a federal appeals court's permission Tuesday to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure -- before the court rules on its constitutionality. A ...

COLUMBUS — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion ...