Aug 24, 2012 – Todd Akin, saying Romney doesn't believe in an abortion exception in the case of rape or incest. … Romney called for Akin to exit the race due to unfortunate comments he made about rape and pregnancy. … Todd Akin to rescind his ridiculous, ignorant-of-basic-biological-functions comments about rape and abortion, their party just voted…

Aug 24, 2012 – Akin told a local TV interviewer: "First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare." … I cannot imagine how infuriating it would be for a rape victim to have her rape claim dismissed by her pregnancy. … She, like her fellow party henchmen and henchwomen, does this by making it sound as if Akin's offense is being against abortion in…

Aug 24, 2012 – He was saying that in an actual rape -- from what doctors have told him -- the likelihood of pregnancy is rare. … But if a pregnancy did occur, the punishment should be imposed on the rapist not the unborn child. … Even Paul Ryan, whose position on abortion appears identical to that of Akin, called and urged him to drop out.…

Aug 24, 2012 – Akin's mistaken belief in the unlikelihood of rape-induced pregnancy is now being lassoed into service against other Republicans. … the nine months of pregnancy -- are not controversial. … The Democratic Party's support for partial-birth abortion is not worthy of skepticism.…

Aug 23, 2012 – This plank allows for abortion only for the life of the mother, but once the anti-life press turns its sights on it, may fall to a … around the country regularly come to the aid of such women offering comfort and care and medical help and adoption through crisis pregnancy…

Aug 23, 2012 – He has also voted against bans on a horrifyingly grisly procedure known as "partial birth abortion."  … ban, eliminate parental notification laws, and likely lead to public financing of abortion.  … This language convinced the Senate's most reliable pro-abortion members to support the measure unanimously.…

Aug 23, 2012 – Abortion is today the most frequently performed medical procedure in the United States. … Their understanding, too, was slaughtered by abortion. … Every abortion ends the life of an innocent unborn human being.…

Aug 23, 2012 – interview in which he basically stated that if a rape is "legitimate," the female body has ways of shutting down and avoiding pregnancy … link Republic VP nominee Paul Ryan to Akin through various pieces of legislation or other vehicles they both signed related to abortion … driven by Democratic operatives, hand-feeding the press with images of Ryan participating in signing or supporting certain anti-abortion…

Aug 23, 2012 – The bait in the latest case is the issue of abortion in cases of rape. The hunter's target was Rep. … Wade and subsequent Supreme Court rulings legalizing abortion, one might think a pro-lifer like Todd Akin would be able to see he was … Louis TV reporter asked him whether abortion should be allowed, even in cases of rape. He didn't.…

Aug 22, 2012 – By using the words “legitimate” and “rape” in a dependent clause, and by opining that pregnancy is less likely to occur under traumatic … Akin stopped talking halfway through his answer to the question about abortion, (“First of all, from what I understand from doctors … But defending the pro-life position opposing abortion in cases of rape and incest requires one to speak the truth in love.…

Aug 22, 2012 – Wade, the 1973 decision in which the Supreme Court overturned state abortion bans, to Dred Scott v. … , promising he would not seek to restrict abortion rights. … "For many people," Romney said in a 2007 presidential debate, abortion "is considered an act of murder."…

Aug 21, 2012 – They can and do cause pregnancy.  … Opposing abortion in such circumstances is intellectually and morally defensible, but denying those phenomena is insane.  … Nor is it about abortion. …

Aug 21, 2012 – There are two sides within the anti-abortion movement. … Pro-choice now means no choice -- for religious folk.As for women, they stand on both sides of the abortion divide. … The view that women are united in support of abortion rights is about as fact-based as Akin's view on "legitimate rape."…

Aug 21, 2012 – for condemnation and retraction -- and necessitates an explanation.On a Missouri TV program Sunday, he was asked his position on abortion … violent crime than do Democrats.The far greater problem was Congressman Akin's other comment: "From what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy … Therefore, the pro-life movement should announce that the comment on pregnancy has no basis in truth.…

Aug 20, 2012 – Jonathan Wald alerted the world that Akin would be appearing on CNN at 9pm to discuss his controversial comments regarding rape, pregnancy … and abortion, and to discuss the widespread GOP calls for dismissing himself from the GOP nomination.…

Sep 6, 2012 – care to any baby surviving a late-term abortion (Baby Born Alive acts). … With respect, the term 'partial birth abortion' isn't what's grisly.  The procedure is.  … This convention perfectly encapsulates his views on abortion.…

Sep 6, 2012 – (Because while abortion advocates mock abortion foes by pointing to microscopic zygotes floating in plasma, the fact is that they defend … They will support a politician accused of rape, as long as he supports abortion. … Now, liberals castigate him as an anti-female pig, while the chumbucket who defends abortion because his personal life requires abortion…

Sep 5, 2012 – Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay … abortion. … on partial-birth abortion or laws that require minors to notify a parent before obtaining an abortion.…

Sep 5, 2012 – platform sketches out a radical vision for taxpayer-subsidized abortion at any stage of pregnancy.  … It's pro-abortion:   The 2012 Democratic party will officially adopt an extreme position on the issue of abortion on Tuesday … Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay…

Sep 4, 2012 – Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay … abortion. … Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay…

Sep 3, 2012 – The issue concerns the use of pictures of the aftermath of abortion and whether the pictures should be displayed on college campuses … , which are obviously populated by scores of women who have, in fact, suffered through the trauma of abortion. … Put simply, the use of graphic abortion pictures on college campuses will upset women who have had abortions.…

Sep 2, 2012 – [T]he Democratic Party plank on abortion is the most extreme plank in the United States.   … That plank says tax-paid abortion at any moment of-- of, meaning, partial birth abortion, that’s a 20 percent issue.   … Indeed, his position was even more radically pro-abortion-rights than NARAL's (that's the National Abortion Right Action League).…

Aug 31, 2012 – Louisiana has seven outpatient abortion facilities. … APPLETON, CONVERTED ABORTION CLINIC NURSE, DIES -- Joan Appleton, who converted from abortion clinic nurse to pro-life leader, died … Under her leadership, the program helped abortion clinic employees leave the industry.…

Aug 31, 2012 – But the Left shows no interest in protesting China’s forced abortion policies. … Abortion is, was and always shall be the deadly third rail of public discourse. … There are few out there who would condemn a woman for aborting a pregnancy resulting from rape.…

Aug 30, 2012 – Conservatives have been divided over Akin's candidacy ever since a mid-August interview when he was asked about his opposition to abortion … in cases of rape and said of pregnancy from rape, "From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. … Doctors say the probability of pregnancy for rape victims is similar to the general female population.…