ABORTION

He said that focusing only on divisive issues like homosexuality is counterproductive and will hurt the Church in the long run.

Personhood USA, a Christian activist group, posted an anti-Planned Parenthood listicle, but BuzzFeed took it down amid a flurry of criticism.

Across South Asia, untold numbers of infant girls have been murdered by their own families throughout the centuries.

A Tampa man has pleaded guilty to charges of tampering with a consumer product and conspiracy to commit mail fraud after he tricked his girlfriend into taking an abortion pill.

Uruguay's Congress voted to pass a bill that would make it legal for citizens to grow, distribute and buy cannabis.

Newly obtained documents outline a so-called "abortion contract" between Los Angeles Clippers guard J.J. Redick and his former girlfriend, model Vanessa Lopez.

The average Pakistani woman gives birth to four children in her life.

Last Friday, Ireland passed a bill on abortion: Women can now have an abortion if their lives are in danger.

Building off a bit of yesterday's post on the lack of diversity within the newsroom, it appears cable news' diversity problem extends beyond merely the people in the newsroom, but the people who appear as guests as well. Media Matters reports that, of the 92 guests that discussed Texas' abortion bill on cable news (the one Wendy Davis filibustered), only four of them were women's health experts. Unsurprisingly, Fox News hosted none, "while CNN and MSNBC hosted two and three, respectively."

Texas Gov. Rick Perry verbally attacked State Sen. Wendy Davis for filibustering SB-5, a bill that would have outlawed abortion after 20 weeks and placed other restrictions on abortion clinics in Texas.

In spite of a campaign to outlaw abortion, the Latin American nation with the most liberal law is keeping it.

A few facts about Sen. Wendy Davis, the Texas senator who fillibustered for hours 11 without a break to defeat the abortion bill.

The House passed a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a symbolic gift to conservatives that has zero chance of becoming law.

John Andrew Welden, 28, of Tampa, Fla., is accused of killing his unborn child by tricking his pregnant girlfriend into taking an abortion pill.

Under the new law, clinics that perform drug-induced abortions will need to meet the same standards as surgical clinics.

A judge dropped three murder counts against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, accused of killing babies by cutting their spines with scissors.

Abortion is ugly. It's also an ugly issue. Not even pro-choice women’s-rights advocates deny this.

Major news outlets aren't sprinting to the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who ran an abortion clinic that allegedly used grisly tactics.

An Ohio woman is suing a clinic after a routine abortion following a dangerous pregnancy results in the birth of a baby girl.

A medical council backs legalizing first-trimester abortions, saying it would save hundreds of thousands who die from illegal abortions every year.

The Kentucky senator implied banning abortion could undermine not only women's health, but doctor-patient confidentiality.