The allegations in the case sound like a Third World dictatorship: Police officers talk over before the arrests what charges they'll use, there are no explanations when the arrests are made, the suspects are denied access to legal counsel while in custody, and cops subject suspects to semi-public strip-searches.
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American RTL Action, the political 527 group, is exposing Focus on the Family's Dr. James Dobson for violating his public pledge in which he invoked the name of God, by declaring that he is voting for John McCain
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The Alliance Defense Fund, a group founded 14 years ago with the stated mission of safeguarding Christian beliefs, has filed suit against Harford County, the town of Bel Air and seven local and state police officials in connection with an anti-abortion demonstration in the town last month.
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On Thursday, Planned Parenthood gave the media and supporters a peek inside its new clinic in Dubuque.
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A Canadian appeals court on Thursday upheld a provincial "bubble zone" law that limited protests around abortion clinics in British Columbia.
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Contrary to a widely circulated report in Tuesday's Washington Post, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, did not slash funding for a program supporting teen mothers.
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The Spanish government has appointed a group of experts to advise on liberalizing abortion law by the end of 2009 or early 2010, the equality minister said on Thursday.
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