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Feb 2, 2012 at 12:35 am

Planned Parenthood: Donations Spike After Komen Halts Support

Planned Parenthood: Donations Spike After Komen Halts Support

NEW YORK — Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the 24 hours after news broke that its affiliates would be losing grants for breast screenings from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer foundation.

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Komen, meanwhile, incurred heated criticism from some members of Congress,

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Dec 30, 2011 at 10:52 pm

Abortion Providers Charged With Murder Of Fetuses

Abortion Providers Charged With Murder Of Fetuses

WASHINGTON — Authorities say two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, an unusual use of a law that allows for murder charges in the death of a viable fetus.

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Dr. Steven Brigham, of Voorhees, N.J., was taken into custody Wednesday night and is

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Al Sharpton

Dec 30, 2011 at 9:48 pm

Abortion Outrage: Out Of State Doctors Arrested For Murder

Abortion Outrage: Out Of State Doctors Arrested For Murder

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, an unusual use of a law that allows for murder charges in the death of a viable fetus.

Dr. Steven Brigham, of Voorhees, N.J., was taken into custody Wednesday night and is being held in the Camden County jail, according to police in Elkton, Md. Authorities

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Al Sharpton

Oct 14, 2011 at 10:31 am

Houses Passes Controversial Bill Restricting Abortions

Houses Passes Controversial Bill Restricting Abortions

The House returned Thursday to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Obama’s health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.

Providers that offer abortion coverage would have to set up identical plans without abortion coverage to participate in the health insurance exchanges to be set up under the new law.

The legislation, which

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Aug 18, 2011 at 9:13 am

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“Abortion In The Hood” Billboard Says Jesse Jackson Betrayed Us

“Abortion In The Hood” Billboard Says Jesse Jackson Betrayed Us

ATLANTA- New billboards in Atlanta by an anti-abortion group, Abortion In The Hood attack Jesse Jackson and the Congressional Black Caucus for betraying the Black community on the issue of abortion.

The website and campaign, funded by the Restoration Project criticize Jackson for changing his position on abortion after being against it in the 1970s.

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According to the Restoration Project, the organization behind the campaign and the billboard, African-American leaders have

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Larry Young

Jul 15, 2011 at 3:05 pm

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Abortion-Aided Genocide Claims Fuel Controversial Ad Campaign

Abortion-Aided Genocide Claims Fuel Controversial Ad Campaign

Nationally, Black mothers have five times as many abortions as white mothers. It’s this reality that inspired a controversial anti-abortion billboard campaign that is driving a wedge between activists in Oakland, California.

Anti-abortion organization, Issues4Life, created the campaign to bring awareness to what they describe as an abortion aided genocide of Black children. Abortion rights groups say the ads are simplifying a complex issue and dividing people.

“It is reprehensible,

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Jun 28, 2011 at 7:54 am

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Controversial Anti-Abortion Billboards Staying Up In Oakland

Controversial Anti-Abortion Billboards Staying Up In Oakland

*Correction: The previous article said that CBS Outdoor Billboard Manager Jeff McCuen didn’t think the billboards were offensive. McCuen actually never made a comment on this story, and throughout the aggregation process, the writer made a mistake by attaching his name to comments that were never made by him.*

A series of controversial anti-abortion billboards that have been erected in the predominantly Black East and West Oakland areas will not be taken

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Jun 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm

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Several States Pass Law That Bans Abortion After 20 Weeks

Several States Pass Law That Bans Abortion After 20 Weeks

NEW YORK — Many states are banning abortion after the 20th week, possibly changing the landscape of the Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade.

Alabama, Kansas, Idaho, Indiana and Oklahoma have passed laws banning abortion with the new limitation, based on the theory that the fetus can feel pain at the 20-week stage of pregnancy. That theory disputes previous contentions set by the Supreme Court that abortions cannot be banned until

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Apr 2, 2011 at 11:53 pm

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New Anti-Abortion Billboards Hit Black Communities In Chicago

New Anti-Abortion Billboards Hit Black Communities In Chicago

CHICAGO — Anti-abortion billboard organization Life Always have installed their most recent questionable display in Black communities in Chicago. The latest billboards show an image of Barack Obama next to the words, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.”

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“The sponsors of these billboards are using race as a wedge issue to deny women

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Feb 24, 2011 at 5:39 pm

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Racial Anti-Abortion Billboard Pulled Down Amid Outrage

Racial Anti-Abortion Billboard Pulled Down Amid Outrage

New York –  A controversial anti-abortion billboard in Soho aimed at African-American women and children is being pulled down after mass outrage from Black leaders.

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The Rev. Al Shaprton, who applied pressure to the group who put the ad up said that it was especially offensive during Black History Month.

“The billboard was offensive, especially during Black History Month, and I had intended

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