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...deal with the consequences of unintended pregnancies and back-alley abortions. As director of the Dayton Planned Parenthood affiliate, and then as president of the national organization, she was at the forefront of the fight to legalize abortion and of the ongoing battle to prevent the erosion of Roe v. Wade. In her account, her efforts at Planned Parenthood were hindered not only by the forces of political conservatives and the religious right but also by some of her colleagues, balky and "ambivalent" about thrusting the organization into a more crusading role...
...horror, and all along, the symbolic importance of the issue has driven both sides of the debate. The ban that passed earlier this year was the first attempt by Congress to outlaw a specific abortion procedure in the 23 years since the Supreme Court upheld abortion rights in Roe v. Wade...
...risk (it specifically allows them to do so if the mother's life is in danger). Most congressional Democrats say they would have backed the bill had it included the broader health provision. That's an alarming wakeup call for staunch pro-choicers, who for the first time since Roe vs. Wade have to acknowledge that support for abortion within their own ranks is narrowing. -->