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For some women, the biggest decision of their lives may be whether to abort a pregnancy. The physical and mental ramifications of choosing abortion can cause a lifetime of pain, sorrow, and regret. To balance these perceived ills, the South Carolina legislature is considering a bill that would require women to view ultrasounds of their fetuses before making a final decision. One of the biggest opponents of the measure, Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-SC) told MSNBC, "It suggests that women don't know what they're doing, that they've arrived at this decision quite lightly, and nothing could be further from the truth.”...

The state Health Department investigated conditions at Metropolitan Medical Associates in Englewood. State health officials have shut down one of New Jersey's largest abortion centers after finding violations at an Englewood clinic that posed "immediate and serious risk of harm to patients."  Metropolitan Medical Associates will remain closed until it corrects the deficiencies that prompted the closure, state officials said. State reports show the clinic performs more than 10,000 abortions a year.The shutdown order cited problems "including but not limited to infection control, instruments, equipment used for sterilization of patient care use items and the processing of equipment."  The...

Whatever your personal, spiritual or scientific beliefs regarding abortion, you have the right to know the facts. Abortion-on-demand has been with us for over 30 years - far too long for most people to remember what the pro-abortion movement promised America in the years preceding Roe v. Wade. "Woman's Body, Woman's Right" - I want it because I want it - was only part of the sales package.  Two other claims were made. One was that, when every child was a "wanted" child, unhappy marriages, divorce, child abuse, spousal abuse and sundry other woes and dysfunctions would evanesce. The other...