late-term abortion ban

The Senate is scheduled to take an initial vote next week on a measure that would prohibit abortions in the United States past the twentieth week – or fifth month – of pregnancy.

A new Marist poll reveals more than three quarters of Americans would restrict abortion to, at most, the first trimester of pregnancy.

Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones holds extreme views on abortion that are not in tune with the pro-life state of Alabama, but he’s apparently working to soften them.

Actress Sandra Bullock is slated to star as Wendy Davis in the spec Let Her Speak about the former Texas state senator who became a rock star among abortion advocates when she filibustered a bill that would ban abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The Arizona Republican who introduced the legislation – now passed by the House – to prohibit abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy, is urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call for a straight up-or-down vote on the bill.