Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, on Wednesday stood by controversial comments he made in 2008, insisting that abortion doctors were falsely telling women they were pregnant. “There’s ample evidence that abortion doctors on any number of occasions have deceived women into thinking that…
A Republican candidate for sheriff in New Hampshire apologized Thursday after telling a reporter he would use deadly force to prevent abortions. Speaking to The Associated Press on Thursday night, businessman Frank Szabo admitted that his strong anti-abortion views sometimes “get the better of me,” and promised not to murder…
A new bill headed for a vote by a Tennessee House committee this week targets abortion providers by requiring the state’s Department of Health to publish detailed information about doctors on a public website. Known as H.B. 3308, or the “Life Defense Act of 2012,” the bill would not actually…