COLUMBUS (Reuters) - The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, which can be as early as six weeks.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, viewed as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, ventured far from his home state on Sunday to address a largely Hispanic group at an anti-abortion rally in Los Angeles.
Minnesota state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen (R) compared the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized access abortion, to the court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which said former slaves could not become U.S. citizens.