The web site a Minnesota couple created seeking a public vote on whether or not they should have an abortion, taking the life of their 17-week unborn child, has been declared a pro-life stunt by both sides of the abortion debate.

The web site has received worldwide attention with both pro-life and pro-abortion people flabbergasted that someone would leave a life and death decision up to the general public.

Although some readers of their web are taking the couple’s claims at face value and voting in droves to ensure they don’t have an abortion, pro-life nurse and blogger Jill Stanek is one of the skeptics...

Pro-choice advocates have been "forced … into a corner" by legislative maneuvering and should fight to "regain momentum," a Guttmacher Institute official says in a rally-the-troops article.

"Antiabortion advocates have unveiled a radical agenda aimed at eliminating abortion coverage from any health insurance plan that in any way touches a public dollar, whether directly or even indirectly, under the tax code," said Susan A. Cohen, director of government affairs for the Guttmacher Institute.

This "goes far beyond the Hyde amendment," and advocates will need to fight harder to ensure that abortion is a covered health care service under the federal government's Medicaid program, in state health care "exchanges" and in private insurance policies, she said in an analysis in the fall 2010 issue of the Guttmacher Policy Review...

Tallahassee, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Florida voters backed pro-life candidates for Senate and governor on Tuesday night and set up battles pitting pro-life and pro-abortion candidates against each other. In the gubernatorial race, pro-life Republican candidate Rick Scott defeated Attorney General Bill McCollum.

And in the Senate race, pro-life former House Speaker Marco Rubio is now preparing to take on pro-abortion Gov. Charlie Crist and pro-abortion Rep. Kendrick Meek.

Scott took 47 percent of the vote to 43 for McCollum in the Republican gubernatorial primary...

Washington, DC -- Incoming president Barack Obama appears to be expanding on the steady stream of abortion advocates he is appointing to top administration posts. His latest choice appears to be pro-abortion CNN medical reporter Sanjay Gupta to become the next Surgeon General.

Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon and considered a media celebrity of sorts for his role in reporting on medical matters for the massive cable news network...