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BOSTON – Single motherhood isn't often on the high school or college to-do list for women. But around 6 percent of those aged 15 to 19 become pregnant each year. In 2010, pregnancy ended in abortion for 157,450 women, or 26 percent of those in that age group
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Discovering an unplanned pregnancy can invoke lots of emotions, including fear, anger or dread. But getting over the shock and carrying such a pregnancy to term can also lead to pleasant surprises. Often, a woman with an unintended pregnancy doesn't have a realistic choice because of challenging circumstances,
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Abortion is not the topic of many movies, and good films that handle the topic well are few and far between. For this month's theme, I decided to rewind and take a look at a few features that tell a compelling story about women faced with unexpected pregnancies,
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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the Birthplace Museum of the great American suffragist, and pro-life advocate, Susan B. Anthony. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the fight for women's suffrage in the late 19th century, a cause that would result in the 19th amendment to the
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Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. While the contemporary pro-life movement is often characterized as driven by the religiously devout and political conservatives, the origins and development of the
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There is a new normal in the abortion debate because what it means to be "pro-choice" in America has changed. It is a change likely to be missed in the reporting on this week's annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. But it is a
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WASHINGTON – On Friday, hundreds of thousands of activists plan to converge on the Washington Monument for a noontime rally and then march to Capitol Hill at the other end of the National Mall, where they will gather at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to commemorate the 43rd
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