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More Abortions In Massachusetts Last Year, Data Shows

Massachusetts saw a 5.7 percent increase in abortions in 2022 from the previous year. There were 17,757 abortions in Massachusetts in 2022 — nearly 1,000 more abortions than there were in 2021 (16,795 abortions), according to data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health obtained by NewBostonPost.

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How Did Massachusetts Governor’s Office Get Abortion Pills Through UMass So Fast Last April? Healey Administration Won’t Provide Details, Citing Public Records Exemption

A federal judge hadn't even ruled yet on suspending approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in April when Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey orchestrated a major reserve shipment of the drug through the state's flagship university. But despite pledges of public records transparency, any paper trail of

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Biden Primary Challenger Marianne Williamson Says She Wants Women To Know Their Alternatives To Abortion

Is Marianne Williamson pro-life? No.

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Abortion Lessens ‘The Cost of a Child in Special Education,’ Local Democratic Party Official Says

Abortion is rightly a local issue because babies born with serious congenital problems will cost local public schools a lot of money to deal with, a Framingham Democratic Party official said. Michael Hugo, chairman of the Framingham Democratic Committee, made the comment during a city council meeting last week.

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The need to compromise

The topic of abortion has divided this country for more than half a century. And while the imminent March for Life in D.C. this coming Friday bears witness to a civic activism that is peaceful, both sides of the debate on abortion have tended to add to national divisiveness.

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#NeverTrump = Always Roe

"The progress of evolution," noted historian Henry Adams, himself a direct descendant of two presidents, "from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin." Today, witnessing the prospect of a presidential showdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, perhaps that aphorism should be

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Fallin vetoes Oklahoma bill criminalizing abortions

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday vetoed legislation that would make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion, a measure that would have effectively outlawed the procedure in the state. In vetoing the measure, Fallin said it was vague and would not withstand a

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Oklahoma lawmakers pass abortion ban, await governor’s signature

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized