Aug 27, 2012 – There are economic libertarians who share little of the passion that social conservatives hold on issues like abortion and same-sex…

Aug 25, 2012 – than I did before,” said Molly Nesham, a home-schooling mother who also teaches at a Christian school and likes Akin’s stand on abortion…

Aug 24, 2012 – Abortion and contraception, which do not appear in the top five most important issues to women in anyone’s polling, dominate the discussion … when what they really mean is abortion. They’re saying comparatively little about heart disease, obesity or cancer.…

Aug 24, 2012 – damaging distraction, in other words, by letting them screech tediously about “dog whistles” for awhile instead of focusing on abortion…

Aug 24, 2012 – get network coverage — yes, how very convenient for the Democrats, considering that they’re turning their convention into an “abortion-palooza…

Aug 24, 2012 – to head against Mitt notwithstanding a strong Republican sample among likely voters: As for Akin-gate, this trendline on abortion … Usually there’s not much of a gender gap in abortion polls, but there’s one here: Fully 83 percent say abortion should be legal…

Aug 24, 2012 – It’s gotten so darn extreme, what with their crazy statist views on contraception and abortion, and not wanting equal pay for women…

Aug 24, 2012 – lawsuit to challenge the Obama administration’s unconstitutional mandate that faith-based employers provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing…

Aug 23, 2012 – If they are asked about abortion, they should chide the reporter for asking about a topic that is of little interest to voters and … If the Democrats want to define themselves to voters as the party of abortion and gay marriage, please, God, let them do so! … This could be particularly bad if the Democrats spend the entire week tearing down Mitt Romney and talking about abortion.…

Aug 23, 2012 – The GOP adopted the same abortion language in its platform this year, with no specific exceptions for rape or incest, as it did in … Romney’s on record repeatedly as saying that he favors exceptions for rape and incest in prospective abortion bans.…

Aug 23, 2012 – One: Warren might grill him specifically on his prior support for abortion rights. … all the attention to Akin lately, he’d practically be guaranteed a question on whether there should be an exception for rape in abortion…

Aug 23, 2012 – like a laser on avoiding an economic discussion, what with all of that talk about Romney’s tax returns and Republicans’ “extreme” abortion…

Aug 23, 2012 – You think Mitt Romney, whose abortion flip-flopping has already made him untrustworthy to social cons, is going to restart a war with…

Aug 23, 2012 – Agenda changes show that Democrats will make Akin the poster boy of the GOP and focus the three-day affair on abortion and contraception … It’s not clear if they will have a single abortion night or multiple nights on the subject. … Be sure to include abortion in that third “trimester,” just as Barack Obama supports it in real life.…

Aug 23, 2012 – The top five in all three states: The economy Health care Medicare Budget deficit Taxes Curiously, abortion, gay marriage, and…

Aug 22, 2012 – Todd Akin’s (R-Mo.) controversial comments on “legitimate rape” and abortion… Given the importance of female voters to both Democrats … Perhaps so, but the cumulative effect of Republican actions aimed at limiting women’s access to abortion rather than seeking remedy … On abortion, immigration, climate, evolution, taxes and government spending, the Republicans have flirted with disaster.…

Aug 22, 2012 – Via John McCormack, whose post you should read as a refresher on how dismal The One’s abortion record is. … this that Obama supports “choice” in virtually every conceivable situation, including when a baby emerges alive after a botched abortion … imagine how impressed feminists would be if he finally exploded the facade that the Democratic Party is meaningfully opposed to abortion…

Aug 22, 2012 – In a potential sign of his strategy, Akin appealed Tuesday to Christian evangelicals, anti-abortion activists and anti-establishment…

Aug 22, 2012 – elected — would become its top generals,” Boxer said calling Akin’s comments a “direct outgrowth” of the extreme positions on abortion … Three of them are expected to squarely address abortion and contraception: the president of the leading abortion rights advocacy group…

Aug 21, 2012 – Generally, women with a degree are more inclined to support abortion rights. … it will undermine that strategy. *** Republicans on Tuesday decided they will call for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion … In a Sunday statement condemning Akin’s remarks, Romney said his administration would not oppose abortion in cases of rape.…

Aug 21, 2012 – comments, and found that … nothing much really changed: Missouri voters strongly disagree with the comments Todd Akin made about abortion…

Aug 20, 2012 – It was basic abortion politics 101.…

Aug 20, 2012 – And if he wanted to suggest that some women would lie about being raped in order to secure an abortion, then he’s really setting up … “I recognize that abortion, and particularly in the case of rape, is a very emotionally charged issue.   … I also recognize that there are those who, like my opponent, support abortion and I understand I may not have their support in this…

Aug 19, 2012 – A budget has room for interpretation, and there are different ways to construct the social safety net; abortion, however, is a clear-cut … The violations would be: abortion, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, same-sex marriage, government-coerced secularism, and … We can argue whether one’s policies fit within Catholic doctrine, especially when it comes to intrinsic evils such as abortion, but…

Sep 6, 2012 – still alive” and arguing that the Democratic platform supports “partial-birth abortion.” … Abortion is a more delicate subject than our fierce, partisan arguments would have it. … The entire Democratic convention has become a primal scream on abortion and contraception. …