President Obama tweeted today, In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep? creating the first Twitter town hall meeting at the White House. Twitter followers asked about gay marriage, the Patriot Act, abortion, and war as well as who his favorite Power Ranger is.
British fertility researchers developed a more accurate way to predict which pregnancies have more chance to end in miscarriage and say it could help doctors target a treatment to women.
Tough, new licensing requirements in Kansas will force two abortion clinics to close their doors, leaving the state with a single clinic for women seeking abortions.
A Kansas board has unanimously approved new regulations for abortion providers, moving the state one step closer to becoming the first in the nation without a clinic or doctor's office performing the procedures.
The Texas Legislature approved a bill Monday to block funding for Planned Parenthood clinics and to restructure the state's Medicaid program into block grants.
The New York State Conservative Party released the following statement denouncing the passage of same-sex marriage in New York:
Do we want to see another first in 2012? Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman may realize that dream, by becoming the first Mormon president ever.
Former porn star Ginger Lee has come out of hiding to call for Anthony Weiner's resignation.Lee, who is currently employed as a features dancer in nightclubs, admits to having communicated with Weiner but denies any sexting, saying that when Weiner attempted to take their exchanges in the gutter, she changed the subject.In a press conference in New York today, Lee claims that Weiner told her to lie about their communication.
Former Senator Richard John Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), who made his presidential campaign official, spoke with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' Good Morning America about his campaign and his record in the Senate, the State Column reported.
In GOP circles, what he said was akin to an act of treason. Mitt Romney, the latest Republican to declare his candidacy for the presidency in 2012, said Friday that global warming is, indeed, real.
An Indiana law that bars clinics that provide abortions from receiving federal funding is illegal, a federal official said today.
Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Despite his other qualifications, he will face a disadvantage because of it.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum announced he will formally declare his candidacy for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination on June 6, and to ensure his level of seriousness, has begun filling out his campaign staffs in Iowa and New Hampshire, Politico reported.
Data from the latest report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology shows that abortion rates were lower in most groups of U.S. women, but still on the rise among low-income women.
A debt ceiling vote and the 2012 budget will be the next major fiscal battles facing the U.S. throughout the rest of 2011, as Washington looks ahead after lawmakers in the House and Senate averted a shutdown in a last hour deal to fund the government for the next six months.
Leaders of the House and Senate were at odds on Friday over the reasons for not reaching agreement about funding the federal government for the next six months to avert a federal shutdown by midnight as spending cuts and federal funding for the women's health organization emerged as key sticking points.
With time running out, an ideological fight in the Congress over abortion and environmental issues threatened on Thursday to derail an agreement to avert a government shutdown.
A dispute on federal funding for abortions and restraining an environmental agency's actions may be the insurmountable sticking points that trigger a government shutdown as lawmakers struggle to reach a deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year.
With time running out, an ideological battle flared in the Congress over abortion and environmental issues Thursday as negotiators launched a late push to avert a looming government shutdown.
With time running out, an ideological battle over abortion and environmental issues threatened on Thursday to scuttle a congressional deal to avert a looming government shutdown.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday hardened their public stances on negotiating a budget and policy deal to avert a shutdown of the federal government ahead of a third meeting on the matter with President Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama and allied Senate Democrats are sparring with House Republicans on non-budget related items attached to a budget measure that would keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year and avoid a shutdown of non-essential government services.
