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Tens of thousands march in Paris to protest LGBT rights and easing of abortion restrictions

Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and Lyon on Sunday against new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalising gay marriage, accusing French President Francois Hollande's government of "family phobia". Police said 80,000 people took to…

Feb 02, 2014

Thousands of pro-choice activists march in Spain over new abortion restrictions

Thousands of pro-choice campaigners converged on the Spanish capital Saturday to voice their opposition to a government plan to restrict access to abortion in the mainly Catholic country. Demonstrators shouting slogans and carrying banners that read…

Feb 01, 2014

Ohio remains on the front lines of America's intractable abortion debate

"Last summer, people would call the clinic and ask, 'Is abortion still legal?'" Toni Thayer, the Director of Development and Communications for Preterm, an abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The calls came after Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) signed into law a ban on late-term abortions if the fetus is declared "viable," a source of confusion for some people.