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Arizona abortion ban struck down
SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in a medical emergency was struck down by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the court said the law violated a woman's...Tags: Justice System, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Court Preliminary, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Social Issues
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Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of murder
PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Social Issues
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA — Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Ariel Castro, Justice System, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Kermit Gosnell verdict
When Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell was put on trial for murder, activists seized on the case as a symbol of all that is wrong with abortion in America, and used it to call for tighter restrictions and stepped-up oversight. But though Gosnell's...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance, Birth Control, Feminism, Family
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Letters: Missed chances to stop Kermit Gosnell
Re "The Kermit Gosnell verdict," Editorial, May 15 The Times is correct: Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell's operation was clearly outside the bell curve of normal abortion clinic procedures. Nevertheless, it does make one wonder why the state of...Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Freedom of the Press, Politics
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Abortion doctor guilty of killing 3 babies said to be born alive
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Career and Workplace, Media Industry, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty
PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Abortion doctor's murder case goes to jury in Philadelphia
After six weeks of testimony, a Philadelphia jury began deliberating the fate of a veteran doctor accused of four counts of murder while performing late-term abortions in his clinic that served poor women. The case, which has reignited passions over the...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, FBI, Justice System, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Digoxin (drug)
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Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives
LONDON -- Spurred by the preventable death of a pregnant woman, the Irish government unveiled a proposed law Wednesday spelling out when abortions can be performed to save the life of the mother, a controversial move in a country that still outlaws most...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Republic of Ireland, Crime, Law and Justice, Enda Kenny
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Jason Collins and Tim Tebow: Lessons in being true to yourself
On Monday, two stories captivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut from the New York Jets. One man belatedly discovered the value in being true to himself,...
Tags: Civil Rights, Focus on the Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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