In 1973, the U.S. Supreme court passed Roe v. Wade, declaring that most laws against abortion violated a woman's constitutional right to privacy. Since that landmark ruling, abortion has become one of the nation's most controversial and divisive issues. Read about the issue from the pro-choice and pro-life camps in our featured articles and publications.

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• Abortion in democratic Spain: the parliamentary political agenda 1979-2004

  Abstract: Since Spain's transition to democracy, abortion has been a public policy issue both inside and outside parliament. This paper describes the...

  Reproductive Health Matters, 5/1/07 by Belen Cambronero-Saiz Maria Teresa Ruiz Cantero Carmen Vives-Cases Mercedes Carrasco Portino · More from publication

• A recent ruling by Colombia's highest court that legalized some forms of abortion has fueled a heated debate—and even threats of excommunication from the...

  A recent ruling by Colombia's highest court that legalized some forms of abortion has fueled a heated debate--and even threats of excommunication...

  Christian Century, 7/25/06 · More from publication

• Abortion Politics

  The Alito hearing couldn't have come out better for the Republicans if the Supreme Court nominee himself had chaired the committee. Even though it...

  Newsweek, 1/13/06 by Eleanor Clift · More from publication

• Abortion and politics

  * Eugene Kennedy (NCR, April 23) points out that the Catholic bishops, having used the National Review Board as a means of dealing with the church's...

  National Catholic Reporter, 5/28/04 by Gabrielle Bernard Ellen Conway Bellone Patricia M. Johnson Walter Collins Lois A. Ellis Delores Kline · More from publication

• Politics and abortion

  * Your editorial "Politics, piety and the Catholic vote" (NCR, April 30) makes the point well that politicians' pro-choice or pro-life...

  National Catholic Reporter, 5/21/04 by John D. Bagley Isaac McDaniel Norbert Hruby Anne Kadera Michael Dorner · More from publication

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