Lawmakers are plunging back into the contentious debate over whether the state should compel ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. ...more

March 19, 2009

A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more

March 18, 2009

Restrictions have Effects In her editorial, "Can Common Ground Prevail?" (Dec. 27), Christina Page states restrictions have little effect on abortion rates and that fighting poverty to reduce demand for abortion is the way to go. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, abortion rates have gone down quite a bit, from 29.3 abortions per 1,000 women in 1980 to 19.4 in 2005, the greatest decline being among teenagers. Did restrictions have little to do with this? When Minnesota passed a parental notification law, within four years the abortion rate for minors fell 27 percent, and the pregnancy rate fell 21 percent (American Journal of Public Health, May 1991). ...more

January 3, 2009

At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, 'tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it's a sentiment that opponents of abortion and artificial birth control say denigrates the holiday season. ...more

November 28, 2008