In two thousand seven, Verizon refused to make it easier for an abortion rights group to send text messages to its supporters.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Some supporters of the president-elect deplored his inviting Pastor Warren because he opposes same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

For days,activists near the Catholic university protested Mister Obama's appearance because of his policies supporting abortion.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

For some people, policies about stem-cell research, same-sex marriage and abortion rights threaten religious beliefs.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

She says both sides can agree on one thing: no one favors abortion as the best method of family planning.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Despite his Catholic background, Kennedy also became a strong advocate of abortion rights and later, a supporter of same-sex marriage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

House-Senate negotiations will also focus on other issues, including provisions regarding abortion services, and those involving participation for illegal immigrants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

So,having legal abortion helps." But Dr.Sheriar says it is not enough to just give women the right to a safe abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

And,protesters have vowed to make their presence know when the president, who supports abortion rights, arrives on campus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

In the nearly two decades since the Cairo conference, at least 17 countries have liberalized their abortion laws.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Certainly,I would do so." Palin is popular among grassroots conservatives around the country,especially those with conservative views on social issues,such as abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"You should be proud that your country both defends the unborn and promotes stable family life by saying no to abortion and divorce."

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

But his speech was interrupted a number of times by anti-abortion hecklers, with most graduating students drowning out the hecklers in support of Mr.Obama.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Notre Dame has ties to the Roman Catholic church, which has taken a strong anti-abortion stand.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

Students who oppose abortion rights held an all-night prayer vigil on another part of the campus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

In 2005, Ethiopia became a model for other countries in the region by expanding abortion rights.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

A few steps away, a woman named Sandy from Oklahoma held aloft a sign protesting abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

At Notre Dame Sunday, President Obama took on the issue that has dogged his visit and sharply divided and polarized Americans for decades - abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

The World Health Organization says a woman dies every eight minutes from an unsafe abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Eastern Africa has the highest rate of maternal deaths because of complications from unsafe abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

But even Ethiopia has ways to go before safe abortion is accessible to all women.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

They took prayer out of the schools and replaced it with drugs. We didn't stand up and we got legalized abortion and they are killing babies.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

India has one of the more comprehensive laws regarding a woman's right to abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24