WASHINGTON — After years of battling in Congress, a nationwide ban on a procedure that kills late term unborn babies with scissors is expected to be signed by the president and become federal law. The ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate advanced one step closer Wednesday to final congressional passage of a bill to ban certain abortions, clearing a procedural hurdle on a 93-0 vote that belied years of ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A third federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional, saying it fails to include an exception when a woman's health is in danger. U.S.

PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday toward making "partial- birth" abortions illegal in Arizona. The House Health Committee voted to make it illegal for a doctor to partially ...

ABCNews' "World News Tonight": The segment includes comments from Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), Boxer, Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), John Ensign (R-Nev.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Santorum (Douglass, ...

Kansas Governor and HHS Secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed a bill that would change a state law further regulating late-term abortions. The veto prompted much protest from pro-life leaders ...