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NBC's "Friday Night Lights" wants to tackle more than football players. In a bold move for scripted dramas, which usually shy away from taboo issues, the July 9 episode of the network drama featured a high school-aged character deciding to have an abortion, declaring it was "the right thing to do." The plotline earned praise from many in the media. Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker praised "Friday Night Lights" for delivering "one of its finest hours ever." In a July 10 blog post, The Atlantic's Tony Lee noted that he was impressed by the "nuanced, apolitical manner" that the writers used...

Teen Abortion, Pregnancy and Birth Rates Increased in 2006 Washington, DC -- Despite billions of dollars spent by national and state governments and groups like Planned Parenthood on promoting birth control and contraception, a new report issued by the Guttmacher Institute indicates teen abortion, pregnancy and birth rates all rose in 2006. http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5925.html

A proposal to allow students in the San Juan Unified School District to be excused from school without parental consent for "confidential medical services" has stirred up a debate that's been playing out throughout the state. The Pacific Justice Institute – a conservative legal nonprofit – is expected to square off against Planned Parenthood and the nonprofit National Center for Youth Law on the question of whether students in grades seven to 12 can leave campus for medical services that generally include abortions, acquiring birth control and treatment for sexual assault, drug and mental health issues. Parents on both sides...

CHICAGO, Illinois, October 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Efforts to bypass a parental notification law, preventing minor girls from obtaining an abortion without their parents knowledge, are fueled by the Illinois abortion industry with no regard for parental rights or the good of the child, the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) has charged. “There’s no compelling state interest to modify the existing law,” said David E. Smith, executive director of IFI, in a press release Wednesday. “This bill serves the interests of the radical abortion industry in Illinois--not girls nor the parents who love them.”The measure proposed by State Rep. John...

Hagerstown, MD (LifeNews.com) -- When the Senate approved a bill last week prohibiting taking a teenager to another state for an abortion without her parents' knowledge or consent, abortion advocates claimed the practice rarely occurs. However, the director of a Maryland abortion business says it routinely gets calls from teens wanting to avoid parental involvement laws. Teenagers in Pennsylvania's York County are apparently heading to the Hagerstown Reproductive Health Services abortion business in neighboring Maryland. They appear to be wanting to avoid a Pennsylvania state law that requires parental consent for a minor girl to have an abortion and requires...

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Page:  1, 2   Next The fate of a New Hampshire law requiring parents of minor girls to be notified before their daughters can have an abortion now rests with the Supreme Court. Opening arguments in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England begin Wednesday.Most U.S. adults think parents should not just be notified, but should have to give their permission, before a minor daughter has an abortion. For more than a decade, Gallup has found roughly 7 in 10 Americans favoring laws that require women under 18 to receive parental consent for any abortion. The latest poll, conducted...

<p>New Jersey has the highest teenage abortion rate of any state, surpassing even New York, according to a report released by a national organization that studies reproductive issues.</p> <p>New Jersey recorded 47 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19, posting the highest statewide teenage abortion rate of any state for 2000, the latest time period for which state-by-state data were available.</p>

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The state's social services agency was granted a court order to block an abortion for a pregnant 13-year-old girl living in a state shelter, prompting an emergency appeal Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU in its appeal on the girl's behalf cited Florida statutes that protect a minor's decision to decide on an abortion. "No (Department of Children & Families) regulation or state law can override a constitutional right as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court," said Howard Simon, the organization's executive director for Florida. "But putting aside the legalisms, forcing a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – ACLU and Planned Parenthood sued Monday to block a Florida ballot measure that would pave the way for a law requiring parents to be told when their minor daughters seek abortions. The lawsuit argues that the ballot summary for the proposed constitutional amendment is misleading, leading voters to think they're preserving rights when, in fact, the measure takes them away. State lawmakers voted this spring to put the proposed constitutional change before voters. The ballot summary says state lawmakers "shall not limit or deny the privacy rights guaranteed to minors" under the U.S. Constitution. But the summary...