House bills on abortion aim to avert possible gov't shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to avert a government shutdown, Republican leaders are hoping to contain conservatives' demands for a politically risky showdown with President Barack Obama by striking a quick blow against abortion and Planned Parenthood. The vote followed a no-holds-barred debate that included a graphic, poster-size photo of a scarred, aborted fetus and underscored how abortion has resurfaced as a white-hot political issue. The issue's re-emergence followed the release of secretly recorded... Читать дальше...