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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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  • Sunday Reads: Occupy Superbowl, Alveda King throws women under bus, and the big homeless


    Sky Dancing Blog — Authority Authority: 554
    Vintage ad for a Sunday Drive... It is Sunday Morning… All day yesterday, I kept thinking it was a Friday. It is strange how days have a certain “feel” about them… If you missed any of yesterday’s posts, Wonk the Vote and PeggySue and Dakinikat and  BostonBoomer had some excellent post, take a ...
    4 hours ago

  • Why Poll Data Doesn’t Matter


    Gender Focus — Authority Authority: 416
    This article was originally posted at Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome . Cross-posted with permission. Peggy Cooke is a reproductive justice activist and former abortion clinic worker living in Toronto, ON. She likes feminism, grammar, and sharks. So, I guess there’s been an Angus Reid poll that found that 51% of ...
    1 day ago

  • Governor Romney to Skip Third Consecutive Social Conservative Event


    American Conservative Daily — Authority Authority: 142
    Washington D.C. (PRWEB) January 25, 2012Governor Romney was the only Republican presidential candidate who claimed to be prolife, yet refused to sign Personhood USA’s Personhood Pledge, which quoted and affirmed the Republican Party Platform on abortion.
    1 day ago

  • Diane Abbott: The abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 962
    With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics Just when you thought it was safe to go out, the right wing of the Conservative party have resurrected their fact-free campaign about abortion counselling. It is important to stress that there are ...
    2 days ago

  • THE FRUIT OF THE WOMENS MOVEMENT:


    BrothersJudd Blog — Authority Authority: 527
    A hidden cause of Baltimores population loss : abortion: Citys rate of terminated pregnancies is indicative of a wayward society (Diana Schaub, January 23, 2012, Baltimore Sun) The decline of marriage, particularly among African-Americans, is all too familiar. Not as well-known is that Maryland has a very high ...
    2 days ago

  • Va Board of Health to take up abortion-clinic regs


    Capital Land — Authority Authority: 143
    ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia Board of Health is developing permanent state regulations governing clinics that ...
    2 days ago

  • Abortion Safer Than Childbirth For Women


    Sports n Health — Authority Authority: 100
    Having a legal abortion is safer than carrying a baby to term, according to a new study. The study disclosed that the risk of death associated with a full-term pregnancy and delivery is 8.8 deaths per 100,000, while the risk of death linked to legal abortion is 0.6 deaths per 100,000 women. “Regardless ...
    2 days ago

  • Get Shortey: he thinks there’s a plot to slip human foetuses into the food chain


    The Freethinker — Authority Authority: 459
    RALPH Shortey is an Oklahoma state senator who this week got himself branded as “hilariously delusional” after he tabled bill that would ban the use of aborted human foetuses in food products. According to this report , the ridiculous Republican and ardent Christian pro-lifer said he filed the bill after reading ...
    2 days ago

  • “Abortion is as American as Apple Pie” — The Culture of Death Finds a Voice


    Jesus Lives! — Authority Authority: 134
    From Albert Mohler.Com Abortion is now one of America’s most common surgical procedures performed on adults. As many as one out of three women will have at least one abortion. In some American neighborhoods, the number of abortions far exceeds the number of live births. Most Americans will pay little ...
    2 days ago

  • Obama: abortion can help daughters ‘fulfill their dreams’


    The Christian Institute News — Authority Authority: 526
    Abortion helps daughters “fulfill their dreams”, the US President has declared in a statement to mark 39 years since the legalisation of abortions in America. President Barack Obama asserted he was “committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose” an abortion and said the government “should not intrude ...
    2 days ago

  • Abortion safer than birth?


    American Conservative Daily — Authority Authority: 142
    In just the last few days, abortionists claimed that abortion is safer for women than giving birth, President Obama called abortion a "fundamental constitutional right," and Planned Parenthood celebrated "whats happened" to women since Roe v. Wade.
    2 days ago

  • March for Life


    Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative — Authority Authority: 102
    Here’s a glimpse of what can be achieved with fantastic organisation and a belief in standing up for what’s right.  The American pro-life movement seem to have got the whole pro-life publicity show brilliantly executed and this short video  ...
    3 days ago

  • ‘It’s a Girl’ is Fatal


    Women News Network - WNN — Authority Authority: 510
    Derek Bekebrede – The  Harvard Crimson  – Thursday, 26 January 2012 (originally published 23 Jan) The United Nations estimates that there are 200 million “missing” women in the world today, and by “missing,” the UN means they are dead. With the advent of abortion on demand, the modern world has ...
    3 days ago

  • Why All Politicians Must Pass Psychological And Intelligence Tests To Qualify For Office


    Grumpy Lion — Authority Authority: 104
    Without comment. Okay, comment… someone please recall this idiot from office. Oh, wait a minute… he’s in Oklahoma, the great American Midwest, where the real Bible crazies live. Next thing you know the citizenry there will be encouraging him to run for the Presidency because he’s so damn smart. It makes me ...
    3 days ago

  • Child sacrifice in 21st Century America


    Anglican Mainstream — Authority Authority: 507
    By George Weigel, First Things The Hebrew Bible is not for the squeamish. And its harshest maledictions are called down upon those who practiced the abomination of child-sacrifice. Thus the Psalmist: “They sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons/they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons ...
    3 days ago

  • March For Life


    KitmanTV - Watch Documentary online — Authority Authority: 404
    New York Times ignores March for Life for fifth year in a row The Media Research Center (MRC) reports that the New York Times completely ignored the event for the fifth year in a row. Humorously, the Times even ran a “Happenings in Washington” blog post Monday that mentioned that the Boston Bruins were set to ...
    3 days ago

  • Fr. Pavone permitted to attend March for Life: Interview on latest developments


    SANCTE PATER — Authority Authority: 116
    by Kathleen Gilbert   WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Many pro-lifers at the March for Life this year caught a glimpse of one prominent pro-life leader they might not have been expected to see. Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life was sighted leading a crowd of post-abortive witnesses with ...
    3 days ago

  • Who Is a Real Abortion-Promoter?


    feminist blogs — Authority Authority: 135
    Yes! “ In a long-anticipated decision that will affect millions of women’s ability to pay for contraception, the Obama administration announced on Friday that it would not allow religiously affiliated employers such as universities and hospitals to deny full birth control coverage to the women they employ.” ...
    3 days ago

  • Rachel Maddow Complains To Alan Grayson That Democrats Are Evangelical On Abortion (Video)


    Blue Collar Philosophy — Authority Authority: 478
    Here is Rachel Maddow claiming about how Democrats do not take pride with their position on killing the unborn. An interesting statistic she mentions is that 2011 has been a historic year for the pro-life movement in defending the unborn. I hope it continues into 2012. HT: Newsbusters
    3 days ago

  • ask me what is an abortion


    burninghouserecords.com — Authority Authority: 130
    There are a lot of people who come up to me and ask me what is abortion and I simply end up telling them to look it up. It is not because I am trying to be mean, but because I think that they will learn a lot more if they figure out the answer to that themselves. If they do the research on their own, I also think ...
    3 days ago

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