Abortion

Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas

2013-05-17 14:27:00

An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...

Letters: Missed chances to stop Kermit Gosnell

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Re "The Kermit Gosnell verdict," Editorial, May 15 The Times is correct: Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell's operation was clearly outside the bell curve of normal abortion clinic procedures. Nevertheless, it does make one wonder why the state of...

Doctoring in a family way

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...

Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty

2013-05-14 14:35:00

PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...

Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of murder

2013-05-13 20:21:00

PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a...

The Kermit Gosnell verdict

2013-05-15 00:00:00

When Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell was put on trial for murder, activists seized on the case as a symbol of all that is wrong with abortion in America, and used it to call for tighter restrictions and stepped-up oversight. But though Gosnell's...

Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell gets third life sentence

2013-05-15 13:34:00

PHILADELPHIA — Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree...

Abortion doctor guilty of killing 3 babies said to be born alive

2013-05-13 12:47:00

PHILADELPHIA� — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a...

Jason Collins and Tim Tebow: Lessons in being true to yourself

2013-04-30 15:23:00

On Monday, two stories captivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut from the New York Jets.� One man belatedly discovered the value in being true to himself,...

M.G. Lord on Elizabeth Taylor, the accidental feminist [Video]

2013-04-27 09:00:00

You may associate M.G. Lord with "Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll" or "Astro Turf," a family memoir about Cold War aerospace culture. Last year, Lord, who teaches at USC, came out with "The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth...

Abortion doctor's murder case goes to jury in Philadelphia

2013-04-30 12:51:00

After six weeks of testimony, a Philadelphia jury began deliberating the fate of a veteran doctor accused of four counts of murder while performing late-term abortions in his clinic that served poor women. The case, which has reignited passions over the...

Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives

2013-05-01 11:18:00

LONDON -- Spurred by the preventable death of a pregnant woman, the Irish government unveiled a proposed law Wednesday spelling out when abortions can be performed to save the life of the mother, a controversial move in a country that still outlaws most...

Some 14 years before his role in "The Great Gatsby," Tobey Maguire played Homer Wells in "The Cider House Rules." "Cider House Rules," based on the 1985 novel by John Irving, followed Homer's life from his boyhood in an orphanage, where he is raised by the resident physician Dr.

2013-04-09 18:13:40

Bette Grande, a state representative in North Dakota, talks to reporters after the state Senate passed a bill banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. It would be the nation's most restrictive abortion law.

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Jennie Linn McCormack and her physician/attorney Richard Hearn successfully challenged Idaho's abortion laws

2013-03-07 11:46:00