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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Standards, Family Planning, Republican Party, Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics
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Indiana House backs tighter abortion pill rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bill that would tighten state laws on distribution of the abortion pill and require clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions to meet the same standards as clinics that perform surgical abortions was approved by a wide...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Republican Party, Family Planning, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests
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House panel rejects Michigan-run health exchange
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan House panel on Thursday rejected a proposal to create a state-run online market where people can compare and buy health insurance plans, leaving Michigan to continue down the road of teaming up with the federal...
Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Abortion, Waterford, Rick Snyder
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Judge: Hobby Lobby must offer morning-after pill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-...
Tags: Family Planning, Hobbies, Social Issues, David Green, Healthcare Laws
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Indiana embraces GOP -- up to a point
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana continued its shift to the right Tuesday as voters supported Republican candidates for president and governor, but also sent a clear signal on where its embrace of conservatism ends. While GOP presidential hopeful Mitt...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Republican Party, Politics, Mitch Daniels, Democratic Party
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Indiana Senate race a test of tea party strength
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate race that saw a tea party-backed candidate defeat a political legend only to launch a firestorm with his comment that a pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended" could be a test of the movement's...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, John Cornyn, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Politics
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Anti-abortion group defends Bishop Jenky's controversial comments
WSBT-TV ReporterNOTRE DAME – A group made up of members from the infamous “ND 88,” people who were arrested and charged with trespassing when President Obama spoke at the university's 2009 commencement, did not hold back during a demonstration outside...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Jesus Christ, Social Issues, Politics, Education
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Abortion flap refocuses Indiana Senate campaign
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Seeking to capture an Indiana Senate seat Democrats haven't held for four decades, Joe Donnelly's television ads depict him as an earnest moderate while slamming his tea party-backed Senate opponent for an abortion remark that...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Primaries, The Wall Street Journal, Republican Party, Regional Authority
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Gregg attempts to link Pence to Mourdock's 'rape' comment
South Bend TribuneFORT WAYNE -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg wasted no time in trying to tie Mike Pence to his fellow Republican Richard Mourdock's comments that a pregnancy resulting from rape is something that "God intended." Gregg opened Thursday...Tags: Richard Mourdock, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate, Elections
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Threat to Planned Parenthood funding sparks protest in South Bend
SOUTH BEND — The House recently voted to stop all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The measure is headed to the Senate. MoveOn.org sponsored a protest Thursday in downtown South Bend with a message to politicians: The people of northern...Tags: Family Planning, St. Joseph County (Indiana), Social Issues, Politics, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana)
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Mourdock criticized over rape, pregnancy comments
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Top Republicans were slow to embrace tea party-backed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he ousted a longtime GOP senator from office. Though he eventually won their support — and money — Mourdock...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Primaries, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Republican Party, Joe Walsh, Politics, Jeff Flake
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