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BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a bill to legalize abortion, dealing a stinging defeat to a grass-roots movement that pushed reproductive rights to the top of the country’s legislative agenda and galvanized activist groups throughout Latin America. The vote gripped the nation as opposing camps fought to sway undecided senators until the final hours. As legislators debated the bill into the early hours of Thursday, thousands of advocates on both sides waited outside Congress in the winter cold, and the Roman Catholic Church held a “Mass for Life” at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. Proponents of...

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia endorses Steve Shannon for Virginia attorney general. Women are counting on you — don't forget to vote on November 3! Dear xxxx, The stakes are high in this election. As a trusted advocate for tens of thousands of women and young adults who need critical health care and education, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia has a strong interest in electing an attorney general who supports women's health and reproductive rights. This fall, there is only one candidate that fits that description: Steve Shannon. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) enthusiastically endorses Steve Shannon for the...

Now is that not something to boast about? Hillary Clinton brags that she is responsible for supporting more womb baby killing than Barack Obama! That’s America for you? That’s the Dems for you. That’s Hillary’s try to out left Obama’s left. That’s, in short, evil in-your-face. Hillary would best live in Sudan or Darfur where they boast the same thing. Their killing fields are daily hell pits like unto Planned Parenthood’s abortuaries. Yet Hillary boasts that she endorses same more than Obama. Any decent American who votes for a womb killing babies candidate has no morals left to his soul....

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, January 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following her crushing defeat in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has decided to attack Barack Obama on different ground: she is claiming that he is not as committed to abortion as she is, hoping to cast doubt that Obama is pro-abortion enough to make an acceptable Democratic president. In a recent mailing to voters in New Hampshire, Hillary criticizes Obama for voting "present" instead of in favor of pro-abortion legislature on seven occasions. The mailer claims Clinton is a person who will "stand up for women's right to choose." Obama has received a...

Portsmouth, NH (LifeNews.com) -- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned in New Hampshire over the weekend and told voters that the she won't soften her hard-core pro-abortion views if she's elected president. That could cause her problems as a recent poll showed extreme pro-abortion views are a turnoff to women voters. Clinton promised she would bring change as president but also vowed she would never compromise on her pro-abortion views. "Ultimately, to bring change, you have to know when to stand your ground, and when to find common ground," she said. "You need to know when to stick to principles and...

Democratic Party rethinks take on abortion Democrats studying how to regain votes they lost over 'moral value' issues Sunday, March 6, 2005 By Mary M. Shaffrey JOURNAL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON When it comes to the issue of abortion, the Democratic Party is at a crossroads. The majority of the party, including its chairman, its previous presidential nominees as far back as one can recall, and most grass-roots activists as well as national leaders are decidedly for abortion rights. They favor minimal restrictions on access to abortion. "We are a very pro-choice country," said Karen M. White, the national political director...