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Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed controversial new legislation.

A new law requiring doctors who perform abortions to be board-certified OB-GYNs threatens to shut down the state's only abortion clinic.

The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has voted to legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

CDC says drop in teen pregnancies behind the overall decline.

Christian anti-abortion activists lead a prayer vigil called "Encircle the Court in Prayer" on March 25, 2012 in Washington, DC.

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