WASHINGTON — George W. Bush minced no words during the presidential campaign when discussing the controversial procedure its foes call “partial-birth” abortion. Send him a bill banning it, Bush ...

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 ...

For more than 10 years, the debate over the question of partial-birth abortion hinged on a public statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Partial-birth abortion, ...

Michigan is close to passing a ban on “partial-birth abortions,” which is unnecessary both because the procedure is already banned at the federal level and because the term “partial-birth abortion” is ...

Moving the heated controversy over a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion closer to the Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit on Friday ruled that Congress acted unconstitutionally in 2003 in outlawing ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis agreed ...

"I am pleased that the Supreme Court has upheld a law that prohibits the abhorrent procedure of partial-birth abortion," he said. "Today's decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the ...

WASHINGTON—The first federal law banning an abortion procedure since abortion was legalized nationwide in 1973 is about to become law. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are preparing to ...

Once again, Congress has voted to ban what-s called partial-birth abortion, and President Bush says he-ll sign it. The term -partial birth abortion- is not a medical one, and it appears the ban would ...

When President Bush signs into law the ban on partial-birth abortions, it will be a historical milestone. The ban will be the first federal law prohibiting an abortion procedure since the landmark ...

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, ...

PHOENIX — Partial-birth abortion could soon again be illegal in Arizona. The House and Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to measures enacting a new version of the law that makes the procedure ...