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Care Net, national network of crisis pregnancy centers, to hold Orlando conference

By | 09.28.11 | 2:47 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Care Net, an organization that manages a nationwide network of crisis pregnancy centers, is kicking off a three-day conference in Orlando.

According to Care Net‘s website, the organization stresses a commitment to helping women “facing unplanned pregnancies” and aims to persuade those women to choose More…

Anti-abortion Operation Rescue calls Priests for Life ‘financial improprieties’ allegations ‘unfounded attack’

By | 09.14.11 | 4:45 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue announced today that it is standing behind the leader of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone. Pavone was recently suspended from “engaging in active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, as a result of concerns about financial improprieties.”

Debate to make birth control free for insured a question of prevention versus conscience rights

By | 07.19.11 | 5:54 pm

Today, the Institute of Medicine will announce its recommendations about preventative health-care services for women to help the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services determine which services are considered “preventive” for women’s health under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Services given the “preventive” distinction will be More…

As legislative sessions close, anti-abortion rights laws go into effect starting with South Dakota

By | 06.30.11 | 12:46 pm

By the end of this week, 40 state legislatures will have adjourned, concluding a legislative season full of proposed bills aimed to restrict women’s access to abortion and, in some cases, family-planning services. On Wednesday, lobby group NARAL Pro-Choice America, a national advocate for reproductive rights, organized a webinar

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Care Net and NARAL reps trade barbs over Crisis Pregnancy Centers

By | 05.20.11 | 9:25 am | More from The Florida Independent

Care Net, a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers across North America, released a statement earlier this week in response to a video posted on YouTube by pro-abortion rights group NARAL New York. More…

Gov. Scott unaffected by critics of abortion-rights restricting bills

By | 05.18.11 | 5:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In an exclusive interview with Florida Baptist Witness, Gov. Rick Scott briefly discussed public reaction to the state legislature’s passage of More…

Catholics for Choice: Obama hasn’t done enough for abortion rights

By | 05.09.11 | 1:44 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The newest issue of the Catholic pro-choice magazine Conscience raises several questions about the current administration’s stance on abortion-rights issues.

The recently published issue, which is a project of Catholics for Choice, is meant as a “comprehensive analysis of President Barack Obama’s prochoice record,” and the current “administration’s abysmal failure to take More…

NARAL begins campaign to take down anti-abortion rights billboards targeting African-Americans

By | 03.21.11 | 4:31 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinThey started popping up in Houston. But when a billboard appeared in Austin, featuring a smiling African-American child and the words “The most dangerous place for some children is in the womb,” the Texas branch of pro-abortion-rights group NARAL, decided to act in countering Heroic Media and its anti-abortion rights More…

Minnesota GOP files trio of bills to stop state funding of abortion

Two weeks ago, Republican leadership in the Minnesota Senate introduced a bill to ban state funding for abortion, and on Monday, two more bills with identical language were introduced in the Senate and another in the Minnesota House.

Personhood battles continue in new year with Republican legislatures

By | 12.30.10 | 11:46 am

A favorable enthusiasm gap heading into the 2010 midterm elections signaled a marquee year for Republicans and conservative interest groups across the country. That gap came by way of liberals disappointed by congressional inaction and conservatives revitalized by the tea party movement. On November 3, conservatives woke up to success More…