Abortion

Another Texas lawmaker wants to impose the death penalty for women who choose to get an abortion and those doctors who assist them. Does that make sense?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a short ruling Thursday and scheduled a hearing for Friday morning.

WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For months, Gov. Greg Abbott stayed silent and Texas' bathroom bill languished in the Legislature amid mounting criticism from LGBT activists and business groups. Now Abbott's all-in, becoming the nation's first governor to fully embrace the issue...

A Texas lawmaker is taking a novel approach to the touchy subject of abortion by proposing a mock bill that would penalize men for "unregulated emissions".

DALLAS (AP) — Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" at the center of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, has died. She was 69.

A video of an aborted fetus placed on an altar by a noted anti-abortion activist Priest has drawn the attention of the Bishop of the Diocese where this priest serves. In Anti-Abortion circles, Father Frank Pavone, who is featured above in one of his regular video blogs, is one of the movement's most visible activists...

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion is back before the Supreme Court, and the justices could signal by the end of June whether they're likely to take up the biggest case on the hot-button subject in nearly a quarter-century.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst lost control of the Texas Senate to what he called an "unruly mob" during an abortion debate two weeks ago. He says it won't happen again. The conservative Republican has scheduled a vote on Friday afternoon to impose new restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain an abortion in Texas...

DALLAS (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry has invoked the name of Democratic filibuster star Wendy Davis as a rallying cry for tougher abortion limits in Texas. Perry mentioned the former teenage mom and Harvard Law School graduate during a speech Thursday to the National Right to Life Convention in Dallas...

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is set to address the annual National Right to Life Convention. The Texas Republican is sure to get a warm welcome from the conservative crowd Friday in suburban Dallas. Cruz was a little-known former Texas solicitor general before riding a tea party wave of support to an upset win in last year's Republican Senate primary against Lt...