Abortion - Page 417

May 18, 2019

Progressive caucus co-chair calls for 'strong primary challenges' against anti-abortion Dems

Anti-abortion Democrats could face dwindling resources and primary challenges as abortion became more of a prominent issue heading into the 2020 elections.

May 18, 2019

Tomi Lahren: I'm a pro-choice conservative. I have had it with extremism on both sides of the abortion issue

Most Americans are in the middle on the abortion issue but our politicians aren’t representing that very well. 

May 18, 2019

Female lawmakers discuss rapes as strict abortion restrictions advance

May 18, 2019

Louisiana governor breaks with Dems, indicates he'll sign 'heartbeat' legislation

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards reportedly signaled he would sign his state's "heartbeat" legislation -- effectively banning abortions after just weeks of pregnancy -- as his party faced questions over whether it should be more inclusive of pro-life voices.

May 17, 2019

Alabama abortion law an example of 'emboldened' GOP state houses after Kavanaugh replaced Kennedy, Thiessen says

Alabama's new abortion law and other states' pending measures are examples of "emboldened" Republican-majority legislatures in the wake of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh filling retired Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat.

May 17, 2019

Klobuchar struggles with questions on late-term abortions when pressed by Meghan McCain

Minnesota Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar struggled to answer questions about late-term abortions when pressed by "The View" co-host Meghan McCain on Friday. 

May 17, 2019

RNC Chairwoman 'personally' supports rape, incest exceptions to abortion bans

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Friday that while she personally favors exceptions for rape and incest, she was willing to accept Alabama's controversial abortion ban as another aspect of the party's broad tent.

May 17, 2019

Missouri House approves 8-week abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk

The Missouri House on Friday approved a restrictive abortion bill that would ban abortions after the eighth week of pregnancy -- one of a slew of such bills in red states that have sparked a heated national debate on abortion rights.

May 17, 2019

Kristan Hawkins: Lives of the unborn are worth fighting for – no matter how they were conceived

How many infants lose their lives because of what happened on the night of their conception? Too many.

May 17, 2019

Joe Scarborough: GOP ‘extremism’ on abortion is ‘scaring the hell out of a lot of Americans’

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough said Friday that Republican “extremism” on abortion “is scaring the hell out of a lot of Americans who might even be pro-life,” responding to the recent passing of the controversial bill in Alabama which makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal and makes performing one a felony.