abortion

Women seeking an abortion in Utah will have to wait 72 hours before a doctor can perform the procedure under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gary Herbert. The measure, which is to take effect May 7, calls for the longest waiting period of any U.S. state, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. South...

About 350 people attended an abortion rally held outside Charlottetown's Province House Saturday. More...

A view of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France The European Court of Human Rights was expected to rule Thursday on whether Ireland's strict abortion laws violate human rights. The ruling could force the overwhelmingly Catholic republic to end its ban on abortion, which sees...

Volunteers carry the remains of fetuses from the Phai-nguern Chotinaram temple in central Bangkok on November 19, 2010. Bangkok, Thailand -- A legislator from Thailand's ruling party said Tuesday that he is proposing a new abortion law there after police found thousands of illegally aborted...

FDA approves 5-day emergency contraceptive WASHINGTON, U.S. regulators Friday approved an emergency contraceptive that can be effective for 120 hours over the objections of those calling it an abortion drug. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the prescription sale of ulipristal...

Rubella may have shifted abortion views URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., (UPI) -- Ten years before 1973's Roe vs. Wade decision, German measles played a major part in shifting public attitudes toward abortion laws, a new book contends. Writing on the history of abortion, women's attitudes toward...

WICHITA, Kan. – A man suspected of fatally shooting abortion doctor George Tiller in church was in jail Monday while investigators sought to learn more about his background, including his possible connections to anti-abortion groups. Tiller, 67, was serving as an usher during morning services...