Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News

Report: GOP platform to again call for abortion ban

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:45 AM PDT

Amid the controversy over Republican Rep. Todd Akin's comments on "legitimate rape" and abortion comes word that the Republican Party platform will again call for outlawing abortion without specifying an exception for cases of rape or incest. According to draft language of the platform obtained by CNN, the GOP will voice its support for a [...]

Akin cancels CNN interview, leaving Piers Morgan with an empty chair

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 06:55 PM PDT

Facing a firestorm of criticism over his comments about "legitimate rape," Missouri Rep. Todd Akin canceled a scheduled interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on Monday. And in what's becoming something of a trend on cable news, Morgan opened his primetime show with a shot of Akin's empty chair, calling the embattled Republican Senate candidate a [...]

Obama warns Syria of military ‘red line’ on chemical weapons

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama warned Monday that he would consider military force if Syria's Bashar Assad either tries to relocate his regime's arsenal of chemical and biological weapons or attempts to use them on his own people in a bid to crush an uprising that could topple him from power. "I have, at this point, not [...]

Obama: Romney not ‘responsible’ for death of woman in political ad

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Monday effectively repudiated a controversial and misleading ad, crafted by a super PAC fighting for his re-election, that essentially blamed Mitt Romney for the cancer death of the wife of a laid-off steelworker. The White House had previously resisted calls to denounce the commercial, which has run only once as a [...]

Will Todd Akin drop out of Senate race?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Rumors were flying Monday afternoon that Rep. Todd Akin would resign his candidacy after causing a firestorm of controversy with his "legitimate rape" comments on Sunday. A senior Republican official told Buzzfeed's Ben Smith that Akin is planning to withdraw his Senate candidacy at 5:00 pm tomorrow. The source said Akin may still change his [...]

Obama on Akin: ‘Rape is rape’

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Monday condemned Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin's comments about rape and pregnancy as "offensive" and "way out there" but stopped short of suggesting the lawmaker quit the race. "The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape," Obama told reporters during an unannounced question-and-answer session in the White House briefing room. "And [...]

Crossroads pulls out of Missouri race

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The big-spending conservative super PAC Crossroads GPS is pulling advertising money from the Missouri Senate race following Rep. Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments, Crossroads spokesman Nate Hodson told Yahoo News. As Politico first reported, the group began canceling its ad buys in support of Akin this morning. The move follows Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who's [...]

Rep. Todd Akin: ‘I’m not a quitter’

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT

GOP Rep. Todd Akin said Monday that he doesn't plan to drop out of the Missouri Senate race after his Sunday comments about "legitimate rape" prompted criticism from at least five Republican Senate candidates and presidential contender Mitt Romney. "I've really made a couple of serious mistakes here that were just wrong, and I need [...]

Scott Brown says Rep. Akin should step down after ‘legitimate rape’ comment

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts is calling on Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race after he said yesterday that victims of "legitimate rape" do not need access to legal abortions because they rarely become pregnant. Brown is facing a challenge from Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren this November. Brown called [...]

Democrats tie Akin ‘legitimate rape’ comments to Romney-Ryan

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:08 AM PDT

Democrats are trying to tie Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to GOP Rep. Todd Akin's claim that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant, accusing Republicans of trying to drag women back to "the Dark Ages." "Akin's choice of words isn't the real issue here," Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a [...]
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