Abortion

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) received praise as a proponent of abortion rights after news broke late Monday of his death.

Inouye, 88, was the chamber's most senior member and third in line for the presidency. His voting record has been characterized as centrist to liberal and he strongly supported women's access to abortion, receiving a corresponding score of zero percent from the National Right to Life Committee for the 112th Congress.

"Sen. Inouye was a pro-choice champion for reproductive freedom," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, in a statement late Monday. 

Prominent abortion-rights groups responded with praise and rancor Friday to Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R-La.) proposal that Republicans back over-the-counter birth control.

The GOP has been "stupid to let the Democrats demagogue the contraceptives issue and pretend … that Republicans are somehow against birth control," Jindal, who is expected to run for president in 2016, wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

Jindal was referring to debates over the healthcare law's requirement that most employers provide birth control in their health plans without a co-pay. 

Jindal said the GOP has been "stupid to let the Democrats demagogue the contraceptives issue."

An effort by artists and academics is in response to the ongoing controversy over the death of a 31-year-old woman.

Sen. McCain calls abortion argument against disability treaty "bad politics."

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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) vowed Friday to fight for abortion rights and healthcare coverage for military service women if the Senate defense bill reaches a conference committee with the House.

Shaheen said the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 3254, includes language allowing reproductive healthcare for female service members.

ICYMI: Widower of woman denied abortion to sue Ireland.

Bishop, abortion-rights opponents concerned that abortion may widen in Ireland.

Poll: 45 percent want a liberalization of abortion laws in Northern Ireland.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is drawing sharp rebuke on the right for saying that Republicans should "leave the [abortion] issue alone."

The Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List and Personhood USA, both groups that oppose abortion rights, attacked McCain after he spoke about the issue on "Fox News Sunday."

"As far as young women are concerned, absolutely, I don't think anybody like me — I can state my position on abortion, but, other than that, leave the issue alone," McCain said. 

New legislation would allow people an exemption from the healthcare mandate by filing an affidavit with the IRS. 

Records released from his 2001 divorce offer details about the lawmaker's relationship with patients and his ex-wife