Abortion News

To court African-Americans, abortion foes make racial case

By theGrio

1:04 PM on 03/03/2010

Across the country, the anti-abortion movement, long viewed as almost exclusively white and Republican, is turning its attention to African-Americans and encouraging black abortion opponents across the country to become more active...

GOP Rep: Blacks worse off now than under slavery

By theGrio

3:56 PM on 02/26/2010

Rep. Trent Franks said that because of U.S. abortion policy, "far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery."...

China's 'One-Child' laws won't translate for African-American women

By Shamara Riley

8:25 AM on 12/17/2009

OPINION - The adoption of China's one-child policy in the US would have a disproportionately negative impact on women of color.

Black women need a voice in health care's abortion debate

By Talia Whyte

1:47 AM on 12/08/2009

OPINION - The overall health concerns of black women, who are disproportionately affected by health care inequalities in general, have indirectly been mentioned in the headlines lately, but not dealt with effectively.

Republican suggests Obama may have been aborted if it were free

By Mariama Eversley

12:15 PM on 07/17/2009

Yesterday on the house floor, Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt made a case against using public funds for abortions. He feared that with publicly funded abortions young impoverished mothers would be encouraged to terminate their pregnancies. "If you think of it in human terms, there is a financial incentive that would...

Abortion as population control?

By Jason Ravin

7:34 AM on 07/16/2009

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) African Americans who are just as suspicious of white liberals as they are of conservatives will have plenty of fodder this week as recent comments by left-leaning Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bater Ginsberg have many asking for an explanation. In a recent interview with the...

Reproductive rights are civil rights

By Marlo David

12:26 AM on 06/08/2009

The murder of Dr. George Tiller, who provided medical care for women seeking abortions, was an act of domestic terrorism because it was meant to threaten and intimidate women who seek safe and legal abortions, their families, and the healthcare professionals who assist them. Tiller's murder created yet another touchstone...

Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes

VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...