Abortion provokes ethics clash for US presidential contenders
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President George W. Bush vowed Friday that no public money would be spent on abortion -- which with embryonic stem cell research provoked an impassioned ethical clash with Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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Incumbent California GOP lawmakers facing ethics questions:
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A political guide is urging Catholics to vote against candidates who support abortion rights, stem-cell research and other "evil" issues &#151; an appeal that could undercut Democratic Sen. John Kerry's candidacy.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign issued a stinging attack on GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney's stance on abortion Wednesday.
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters Â her first direct attack on the Illinois senator since his victory in Iowa.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has had an epiphany on abortion &#151; not once, but twice.
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Republican John McCain's campaign criticized rival Mitt Romney's abortion record anew Wednesday, circulating a video showing the then-Massachusetts governor reiterating his vow to uphold the state's abortion-rights laws.
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By RON FOURNIER    LANGHORNE, Pa.  -- First lady Laura Bush defended her husband's policy on embryonic stem cell research Monday, calling Democratic rival John Kerry's criticism "ridiculous" and accusing proponents of overstating the potential for medical breakthroughs...
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Harvard University scientists have asked the university's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue.
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Embryonic stem-cell research is polarizing America as much as George Bush and John Kerry. And the issue has become just as political.
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The National Right to Life Committee and Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) are locking horns -- not over abortion, but over whether thousands of top executive branch officials should have to disclose the names of people who lobby them.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The widow of Christopher Reeve urged Americans yesterday to support John F. Kerry in the presidential election because the Democrat supports expanded embryonic stem cell research, but President Bush made his own case for reelection by
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John Kerry has come under renewed criticism for raising the case of Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, during a presidential debate.
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In Congress and states nationwide, anti-abortion activists are broadening efforts to support hospitals, doctors and pharmacists who &#151; citing moral grounds &#151; want to opt out of services linked to abortion and emergency contraception.
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Locked in a pitched battle for a too-close-to-call election, the leading presidential candidates are accusing each other of being unfit to lead Americans.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: It is not anti-choice to want a more thoughtful debate on why women have so many abortions.