AI’s New Position on Abortion Amnesty International (AI) has long promoted human rights across the world; internationally, they are the largest and most influential human rights group. Until this year, their position regarding abortion has always been...
Abortion
Partial-Birth Abortion
What is Partial-Birth Abortion (PBA)? [Caution: Graphic description in the following section] This gruesome procedure, also known as Dilation and Extraction (D&X), is used to abort pre-born children who are 20 to 32 weeks old—or even later....
Female Feticide in India
Status of Girls in India Girls in India are often viewed as a burden. Although illegal, the cultural practice of dowries for the groom’s family is still common and expected. Therefore, daughters present a great financial burden. If the family...
34 Years of Legalized Abortion in America
January 22nd, 2007 marks the 34th anniversary of legalized abortion on demand in the United States. In 1973, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton rendered abortion legal through all nine months of pregnancy for almost any reason. Thirty-four years later, as the...
Abortion and Social Security
Today’s workers will not long be able to sustain the Social Security pay-outs for our retired citizens, who are living substantially longer—almost 15 years longer—than when Social Security was initially implemented. To compound this...
Effects of Birth and Abortion on Teens
About 25% of the approximate 1.2 million abortions reported annually are committed on girls younger than 20 years old. These young ladies need extra care and attention when facing unintended pregnancies. A nationally representative study published in the...
Child Custody Protection Act
The Child Custody Protection Act is a federal bill that would prohibit anyone other than a parent from transporting a minor girl across a state line to obtain an abortion when doing so would circumvent a parental involvement law. Over half the states in the U.S....
Abortion & Suicide
“Women seeking abortions should be informed that abortion is associated with significant physical and mental health risks, and it also deprives them of numerous physical and mental health benefits associated with childbirth.” David Reardon, Director...