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 Technorati Women
  Court Rules Texas Abortion-Sonogram Law Constitutional
  A three judge panel ruled that Texas Sonogram Law does not violate free-speech rights of doctors
  by stephengfm / on Jan 11, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Maryland Charges Abortion Doctors With Murder
  The two abortion doctors were charged with first and second-degree murder in Maryland
  by stephengfm / on Dec 30, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Pleading Guilty: Abortion Worker Scissored Newborn
  On Wednesday, an abortion worker plead guilty to two counts of third-degree murder in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  by stephengfm / on Nov 11, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “abortion”

 

• Granny Bird Award: Komen Foundation

  
  cab drollery — Authority: 114
  This edition of the Granny Bird Award, given from time to time to those who in some impair the rights or welfare of the elders, goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization for their weak-kneed yanking of grants to Planned Parenthood. From an AP report : The nations leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. ...
  19 hours ago

• Wednesday Reads: Pink is for Pussies and PLUBs

  
  Sky Dancing Blog — Authority: 561
  That title may get me in trouble… Good Morning! You all have heard the latest in the ongoing struggle for women’s reproductive health and rights, it seems that Susan G. Komen for a Cure has put the screws to women who count on the breast cancer screening programs Komen has provided through Planned ...
  19 hours ago

• First, they came for the Catholics

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 506
  By Michelle Malkin President Obama and his radical feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It’s about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty. First, they came for the Catholics. Who’s next?   This weekend, ...
  19 hours ago

• Komen Foundations Stops Funding Cancer Causing Planned Parenthood

  
  Blue Collar Philosophy — Authority: 476
  Why would an organization that wants to help prevent breast cancer give money to another organization that is helping to increase the risk of breast cancer in women? Finally, the Komen Foundation is going to stand with women and not deny the science in regards to abortion and breast cancer . This means that they ...
  20 hours ago

• 6 Months Old Fetus Found in the Shopping Mall Bathroom

  
  Best Gore — Authority: 123
  Caruaru – my favorite Brazilian state. The goriest state in the goriest country in the world. Approximately 6 months old female human fetus was discovered inside the bathroom of a shopping center in the Park of the 18th May (Parque 18 de Maio) in Caruaru, Brazil. According to the coroner, Dr. Charles Henry, the ...
  21 hours ago

• October Baby

  
  Andy Naselli — Authority: 104
  Last week my wife and I watched October Baby , a new film that releases in theaters on March 23. Here’s the official trailer : More clips and interviews here . Some Strengths It celebrates life in our culture of death. It’s about Hannah, a college freshman who learns that she’s adopted and that ...
  21 hours ago

• On Conservativism

  
  Bitter Harvest — Authority: 120
  Another word word for conservativism is “ separatism ”. If you look at the world today, you see both the world from bygone years, and the world of tomorrow. For all through human history there have been those forces,  in the human condition, that have sought to maintain a kind of singularity within various ...
  21 hours ago

• "To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion,..."

  
  ViciousNeutral — Authority: 113
  “To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an...
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• Anti-Christian despotic fascism at UCL

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 506
  From Cranmer [...]  But now it transpires that students of the LSE have reintroduced the blasphemy law (which His Grace observed long ago [five, to be precise]), and students at University College London have voted to force Roman Catholic chaplaincies to invite pro-abortion speakers to pro-life ...
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• #OccupyProvidence Pelts Pro-Lifers With Condoms; Leader Preaches Saul Alinksy

  
  Blue Collar Philosophy — Authority: 476
  Here we have more evidence that the Occupy movement is a movement of Leftist radicals. Some Occupiers feel the need to harass a group of pro-lifers and talk about Saul Alinsky in the process. From Life Site News : Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement threw condoms on Catholic ...
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• Pro-Lifers In California Trying To Get Parental Notification On The Ballot; It Protects Girls From Abuse

  
  Blue Collar Philosophy — Authority: 476
  One of the clearest ways to expose the hypocrisy of feminism as being a philosophy that is about helping women, is by bring up parental notification. Who could possibly be against a minor girl notifying her parents that she is pregnant and wants an abortion? Especially if rape is the reason for the pregnancy. Would ...
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  Sisters of the Gospel of Life — Authority: 106
  We came across an interesting posting by  Kristen Walker  who muses about what needs to change before abortion can come to an end.  She compares the current abortion situation with the ending of slavery and how society had to change their attitude towards coloured people before slavery could end. The same is true ...
  2 days ago

• Ending Abortion

  
  Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative — Authority: 106
  We came across an interesting posting by Kristen Walker  who muses about what needs to change before abortion can come to an end.  She compares the current abortion situation with the ending of slavery and how society had to change their attitude towards coloured people before slavery could end. The same is true ...
  2 days ago

• On free speech and reproductive rights

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 124
  I must say, I was a bit flummoxed by this story . The City of Austin might repeal a 2-year-old ordinance requiring some facilities that counsel women with unplanned pregnancies to post signs saying they don’t offer abortions or contraceptive services. The four Austin facilities affected by the ordinance sued the ...
  2 days ago

• St Rochs’ High School

  
  Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative — Authority: 106
  In the last couple of weeks here at the Initiative we were invited into  St Rochs’ High School, Glasgow  to do a number of talks on abortion.  This is a new acquaintance for both parties and it was great to establish a link which we hope will flourish. Talks on the methods of abortion, the Catholic Churchs’ ...
  2 days ago

• St Rochs’ High School

  
  Sisters of the Gospel of Life — Authority: 106
  In the last couple of weeks here at the Initiative we were invited into St Rochs’ High School, Glasgow to do a number of talks on abortion.  This is a new acquaintance for both parties and it was great to establish a link which we hope will flourish. Talks on the methods of abortion, the Catholic Churchs’ ...
  2 days ago

• North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Providers

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 134
  By Marie Diamond Think Progress.org The last legal public hanging in America took place in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. The “event” attracted 20,000 people and turned into such a sickening spectacle that many credit it with ending the practice in the U.S. But one North Carolina Republican believes that ...
  2 days ago

• Abortion

  
  Homil? — Authority: 107
  ‎"The only issue where the secular humanists of our day do not want the evidence of science to bear weight on the issue is the issue of abortion - at 8weeks in the womb it is scientific fact that a baby has brainwaves, a heartbeat, functioning liver, functioning kidney, a fingure print & recoils from a prick. ...
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• Happy anniversary of Roe v Wade!

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 134
  from an email dated 1/26/2012 Anne Slater National Organizer Radical Women Happy 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the monumental U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the United States! Abortion is a simple medical procedure that is vital for women to exercise any form of ...
  2 days ago

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

  
  Sky Dancing Blog — Authority: 561
  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 ...
  3 days ago

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