Abortion

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah doctor has waived extradition proceedings and will be transported to Maryland to face felony murder charges after a botched late-term abortion in 2010.

ELKTON, Md. -- A doctor charged with murder in connection with abortions has been arraigned in Maryland.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Mitt Romney cruises down two-lane blacktops, past combines churning up clouds of dust harvesting corn, on his way to one more gathering, one more step on a long journey.

Four years ago, he thought these farm fields would lead to the White House. Iowa, instead, turned out to be the beginning of the end. Weeks after an embarrassing loss here, his campaign folded before the snow had even melted. Romney’s now back, more casual but still cautious, making his sales pitch: In these hard times, America needs a leader who understands balance sheets and budgets.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No Kansas abortion clinic has met the state's new licensing rules, raising the prospect that by Friday, Kansas will be the only state where women cannot get an abortion.

On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the clinics inspected so far hadn't met the new standards approved by the Legislature earlier this year.

WICHITA, Kan. -- Federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Kansas woman of sending a threatening letter to a physician who is considering opening an abortion practice in Wichita.

CHICAGO -- Rev. Isaac Hayes, a minister at Chicago's Apostolic Church of God, came out to a vacant lot in the Englewood neighborhood on Tuesday to support a Texas minister as he launched an anti-abortion billboard campaign targeting the city's black community.

On a building adjacent to the lot were three newly unveiled billboards that held the likeness of President Barack Obama and the words: "Every 21 minutes our next possible leader is aborted."