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The number of abortions in Illinois continues to drop. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports between 2009 and 2010, abortion rates decreased by nine percent.Tom Schafer is with the agency and said he doesn't know why there are fewer procedures being done.

The selective termination of a pregnancy based on gender is on the rise globally.  Science has made it easier than ever to detect the sex of a fetus and to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy.  The phenomenon is growing not only in countries like China and India, but also in p

With modern technologies like ultrasounds and pre-natal screenings, it's becoming easier for parents to selectively terminate a pregnancy based on gender. And in countries around the world -- from China to India, Vietnam, Korea, Georgia and Albania -- this form of sex selection is on the rise.

The state of Indiana is trying to reinstate its controversial law banning Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and other health agencies that provide abortions.The state’s lawyers Thursday went before a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals at the Dirksen Federa

Jump up and down, neatly touching your heels to your buttocks seven times to induce miscarriageA spider's egg, attached to the body with deer hide before sunrise (prevents contraception for twelve months)Attaching a cat liver to one's left footSneezing during sexCrocodile dung (for contraception)Mul

The battle over abortion has divided the United States for decades, especially since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v.

In the final installment of our Here, There series on abortion, we return to the divisive struggle over reproductive matters in the United States.