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Anti-abortion walker struck, killed in Ind.
STILESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a California man has been fatally struck by a vehicle along a central Indiana highway while he was walking across the country as part of an anti-abortion group. The Indianapolis Star reports ( http://indy....
Tags: Injuries and Wounds
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US nuns consider response to Vatican censure
ST. LOUIS (AP) — At a pivotal national meeting, members of the largest group of U.S. nuns are weighing whether to accept or challenge a Vatican decision to assign control of the group to a trio of bishops after the Vatican concluded the nuns had...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Jesus Christ, Separation of Church and State, Arts and Culture, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
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Mississippi abortion case heard by GOP-appointed judge
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Restricting abortion has long been a conservative goal in Mississippi, and now, a Republican-appointed federal judge is considering the constitutionality of the state's stringent new abortion law. Those who know U.S....
Tags: Trent Lott, Politics, Justice System, Abortion Issue, Judges
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Medicaid official rules against Ind. abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal hearing officer says Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers. The state had asked the Centers for...
Tags: Government Health Care, Planned Parenthood, Cancer, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice
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Medicaid official rules against Indiana abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said. The state had asked the Centers for...
Tags: Government Health Care, Lawyers, Justice System, Court Preliminary, Cancer
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More abortion restrictions anticipated in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic says she expects legislators to keep trying to put new restrictions on the facility and the procedure, regardless of how a federal judge rules in a fight over a new state law....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Mich. House panel approves abortion bill package
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House is considering a package of bills designed to restrict and regulate abortion practices that backers consider common-sense reforms and critics say are contradictory and already covered by state laws. A...Tags: Social Issues
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Report: Indiana abortions fell 5 percent in 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new state report says the number of abortions performed in Indiana in 2010 fell by 5 percent from the previous year, but anti-abortion activists say they're alarmed by a substantial increase in drug-induced abortions, which...
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House approves anti-abortion bills in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan House passed legislation Wednesday that would restrict and regulate abortion practices, but lawmakers set aside or eased some contentious provisions. The House approved the main bill on a 70-39...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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Michigan lawmaker basking in support after vagina backlash
DETROIT (AP) — A state lawmaker from the Detroit area says she's getting support from across the country after she referred to her vagina on the House floor and was banned from speaking the next day. Rep. Lisa Brown, a Democrat from Oakland County,...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, Human Rights, Elections, Civil Rights
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Two female Michigan lawmakers silenced after vagina, abortion comments
Freedom of speech has it limits at least in the Michigan House of Representatives. State Reps. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, and Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, were told today that they wouldn't be recognized to publicly speak on any matters before the House...Tags: Politics, Abortion Issue, Freedom of the Press, Republican Party, Social Issues
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Silenced Michigan lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse...
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