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WEST PALM BEACH - A 13-year-old at the center of an abortion fight with the state was given permission Monday to terminate her pregnancy, but it was unclear whether she immediately underwent the procedure. Attorneys for the girl, known only as L.G. in court papers, said the abortion was scheduled for later Monday. However, the state Department of Children and Families appealed the decision, according to Maxine Williams, one of the teen's attorneys. "Since this is still in litigation, I can't speak to what's going on in court," DCF spokeswoman Marilyn Munoz said. Palm Beach Juvenile Judge Ronald Alvarez issued...

A large majority of the United States, men and women, support Roe v Wade. Instead of pandering to the undecided voter with pro-life leanings - who was never going to vote Democrat anyway - Kerry should have followed Bush's example and mobilised his own base. Bush and Cheney never shied away from using scare tactics to secure voters; Kerry should have got the message out, in no uncertain terms, that under the second term of a Bush administration American women might very well lose their right to choose.

Thousands of activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday to promote abortion rights and family planning two days before the start of the Republican National Convention, which has a strong anti-abortion platform. ---Snip--- Organizers described the rally as nonpolitical and nonpartisan, but many marchers carried signs mocking President Bush and the Republican Party. Some carried posters promoting the candidacy of Sen. John F. Kerry. Kerry's sister, Peggy Kerry, addressed the crowd, saying her message boiled down to "a four-letter word: Vote."

Laura, Karen, Ann, Lynne, Condi, Katherine - they're successful professors, lawyers, librarians and novelists. They have minds of their own. Yet, they unquestioningly support President Bush even as he robs women of the right to make private decisions about their personal lives. Even worse, they’re masking Bush’s record of restricting women’s rights – convincing women across the country to vote for Bush in November. You're not the only one who finds this disturbing... and you can be part of the growing number of Americans who are ready to do something about it. Imagine what President Bush will be able...

Conservatives are fuming over the $15.5 million that billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has pledged to defeat President Bush. But they're also anxious to fight back and expose what they consider to be Soros' "immoral" beliefs and atheist leanings. Several prominent conservatives told CNSNews.com that Soros' "moral bankruptcy" would prove disastrous for the Democratic Party. The liberal groups that have benefited from Soros' gifts - America Coming Together, MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress - are run by Democrats and have a close allegiance to the party's candidates. Soros, who emigrated from Hungary in 1956 and later became...

<p>On a day when opposing political parties chose candidates to face off against each other in November, Republican leader Elsie Hillman convened a bipartisan meeting at Chatham College yesterday called One Voice for Choice.</p> <p>It was probably the most high-powered gathering of abortion rights advocates Pittsburgh has ever seen. Among them were Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL); Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Susan Cullman, co-chairwoman of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition; and Pat Carpenter, executive director of The WISH List -- the political action committee that does fund raising for pro-choice Republicans.</p>