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Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions
Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially ...
FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — ...
Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight
President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women's health back to ...
2nd stillborn's remains may have gone to laundry
A Minnesota hospital said Friday that missing remains from a stillborn baby presumed to have been wrapped in linens at the hospital morgue likely was ...
North Dakota governor signs 'fetal pain' measure
Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law a measure that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that at that ...
Groups sue to block Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban
Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the more restrictive of Arkansas' two new abortion laws, saying the near-ban ...
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license reprieve
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P.
Patenting genes: Justices tackle big health issue
The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the ...
Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school
Visitors to the elite feeder school for Cuba's renowned National Ballet might be forgiven for thinking they're suddenly seeing triple.
US says preemie study didn't fully disclose risks
Federal health officials say the parents of premature babies enrolled in a study of oxygen treatment several years ago weren't properly informed of ...
Widower accepts apology in Irish abortion case
The husband of a woman who died after being denied an abortion in an Irish hospital accepted an apology Thursday from a midwife who, when explaining ...
Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look
The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide ...
FDA approves return of drug for morning sickness
Talk about a comeback: A treatment pulled off the market 30 years ago has won Food and Drug Administration approval again as the only drug ...
'At fertilization' declaration gives some pause
A phrase declaring that life begins "at fertilization" tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights ...
Risk for Obama in pursuing morning-after pill case
President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in ...
Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov.
Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins ...
Judge making morning-after pill available to all
The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year ...
Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics
Alabama lawmakers late Tuesday gave final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. The state House voted ...
Lohan plays April Fools' joke with pregnancy tweet
Lindsay Lohan isn't going to be a mother, yet. The actress confirmed Tuesday morning that a cryptic late-night Twitter posting hours earlier that ...
Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans
Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North ...
Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can ...
ND gears up for legal dispute on new abortion laws
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said his decision to sign strict new abortion laws, including the nation's toughest restriction on the procedure, was ...
Rallies held to protest ND anti-abortion measures
More than 300 abortion-rights activists carried signs and chanted, "Veto! Veto! Veto!" in a demonstration Monday at the state Capitol protesting a ...