The International Business Times has compiled comprehensive profiles on Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum and their positions on 11 issues: entitlement programs, health care, job creation, taxes, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, abortion, education, gay marriage and immigration.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 25, 2012
Nearly 100,000 pro-life activists flooded in Washington D.C. over the in the rain and cold to protest against abortion.
Sara Dover
Jan 24, 2012
Rick Santorum would urge his daughter not to get an abortion if she were raped, the Republican presidential candidate has told CNN's Piers Morgan.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 24, 2012
On the 39th anniversary of landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, President Obama and Republican presidential candidates who hope to challenge him in November spoke for and against the controversial Supreme Court ruling Sunday and Monday.
Sara Dover
Jan 23, 2012
Highly restrictive abortion laws do not deter women from undergoing the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which found the rate of unsafe abortions has increased in recent years.
Ashley Portero
Jan 23, 2012
Roe v. Wade turns 39 today, but the number of threats to women's right to choose has ballooned in recent years. Here's the five biggest threats facing abortion rights today.
Connor Adams Sheets
Jan 22, 2012
Healthcare plans are required to cover birth control without charging any co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, President Obama announced on Friday.
Amir Khan
Jan 20, 2012
Pro-life activist Elizabeth Leichert released a flier this week slamming Santorum for allegedly being a wolf in sheep's clothing in his opposition to abortion. But in was Leichert's attack on the GOP candidate's wife Karen, whom she accused of having a six year affair with an older abortionist, that forced the former Pennsylvania senator to strike back.
Melanie Jones
Jan 20, 2012
In a big turnaround from Ron Paul's first debate in South Carolina, where the Texas congressman was booed by the audience for advocating the golden rule of statesmanship, last night's audience took to Paul's defense when moderator John King tried to switch the topic from abortion without letting Paul answer the question.
Melanie Jones
Jan 20, 2012
Gingrich exploded at CNN's John King for opening the debate with questions about his ex-wife, Santorum stepped up to the plate, Romney floundered and Paul desperately tried to get attention. How did the four candidates measure up?
Sara Dover
Jan 20, 2012
The CNN-Republican campaign debate so fiery moments as all the candidates attempted rip each other in order to take most advantage of the final debate, before the South Carolina primary.The Debate moderated by John King of CNN began just hours after the news of Rick Santorum replacing Mitt Romney as Iowa winner and Rick Perry's announcement of dropping out of the race- supporting Newt Gingrich came out. The debate reflected the uncertainty in Republican poll scenario on the right presid...
Sreeja VN
Jan 20, 2012
A new study analyzed links between abortion incidence and the legal status of abortion and stated that 95 percent of abortions in Latin America are unsafe in comparison to 40 percent of those in Asia. The study noted that “restrictive abortion laws are not associated with lower abortion rates.”
Sangeeta Ghosh Dastidar
Jan 19, 2012
The South Carolina primary is on Jan. 21, 2012, and GOP candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were gunning for every vote during tonight's second debate. Who do you think won this round, and who do you support for the 2012 GOP nomination? Vote here to let us know.
Melanie Jones
Jan 19, 2012
The South Carolina primary is on Saturday, and only four candidates -- Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum -- remain. Here are five things to look for when the results come in.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 19, 2012
Abortion is much more common in countries where it is illegal, according to a new study.
Sara Dover
Jan 19, 2012
An increase in unsafe abortions continues to put women's health in jeopardy, despite a worldwide decline in abortions, a new study has found.
Elisha Maldonado
Jan 19, 2012
A 200-page opposition document on Mitt Romney, dubbed The Romney Book, was published online Wednesday. The Romney Book appears to have been created by Sen. John McCain during his 2008 presidential run, according to Yahoo news.
Amir Khan
Jan 18, 2012
Kansas is the latest state to introduce personhood legislation, which aims to outlaw abortion by declaring life begins at the moment of conception.
Ashley Portero
Jan 17, 2012
Kale believes physicians in Canada and the U.S. should adopt policies that limit the information released about the sex of unborn fetuses to after 30 weeks. Kale indicates that because families can discover the sex of their child early in pregnancies, selective abortions occur that target female fetuses.
Julia Greenberg
Jan 16, 2012
The Tim Tebow-Tom Brady showdown during the Broncos-Patriots game might have absorbed all attention Saturday night, but a 30-second John 3:16-themed commercial from Focus on the Family might have piqued some interest.
Cavan Sieczkowski
Jan 15, 2012
Mitt Romney is being maligned as a vulture capitalist who enjoyed firing workers -- while amassing his own huge fortune -- but rivals' attacks on the former private-equity player's business record may be one of the best things that ever happened to his presidential campaign.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 14, 2012
The government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 12, 2012