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Placards are all that are left behind after tens of thousands ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:35:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Placards are all that are left behind after tens of thousands of pro-life demonstrators marched past the U.S. Supreme Court during the 'March for Life', marking the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe vs Wade that made abortion legal, in Washington January 22, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Abortion rights demonstrators (R) share the plaza with pro-life ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:35:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Abortion rights demonstrators (R) share the plaza with pro-life demonstrators (L) in front of the Supreme Court to mark the 35th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, the landmark legislation which allowed abortion rights, during a rally in Washington January 22, 2008. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)

Barbra Calantas, center, of the Women's Ordination Conference, ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:45:55 GMT

(AP) - Barbra Calantas, center, of the Women's Ordination Conference, and Al O'Brien, of Call To Action, present a petition to David Scheckelhoff, executive assistant to the Office of the President at the University of San Diego, asking the university president to reverse a decision that canceled the hiring of a theological professor because of her pro-choice stand on abortion Thursday Aug. 21, 2008 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Barbra Calantas, right, of the Women's Ordination Conference, ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:43:52 GMT

(AP) - Barbra Calantas, right, of the Women's Ordination Conference, and Al O'Brien, of Call To Action, lead a contingent past the Immaculata Church on the campus of the University of San Diego on their way to present a petition to the university president Thursday Aug. 21, 2008 in San Diego. The petition ask the president to reverse a decision that canceled the hiring of a theological professor because of her stand on abortion. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Randall A. Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, talks about his ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:13:43 GMT

(AP) - Randall A. Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, talks about his group's plan to get arrested during a protest during the Democratic National Convention at a news conference outside police headquarters in Denver on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Operation Rescue plans to protest Barack Obama's support of abortion rights during the convention, which will be held in Denver next week. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Randall A. Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, talks about his ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:12:58 GMT

Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Guatemalan Congress, ...

(AP) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:18:54 GMT

(AP) - Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Guatemalan Congress, Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008. Demonstrators protested against the decriminalization of abortion and the guaranteed access to therapeutic legal abortion. The banner reads in Spanish 'No to abortion, yes to life.' (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A pro-abortion rights activist protests outside the Guatemalan ...

(AP) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:10:33 GMT

(AP) - A pro-abortion rights activist protests outside the Guatemalan Congress, Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008. Some 200 women demonstrated in favor of the decriminalization of abortion and the guaranteed access to therapeutic legal abortion, which is used to end a pregnancy when either the mother's life is in danger, or the baby has severe birth defects. The T-shirt reads in Spanish 'Free people, secular states, my body doesn't belong to the state or to the church, my body is mine.' (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man looks at portraits of women who support abortion rights ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:07:25 GMT

(AP) - A man looks at portraits of women who support abortion rights during a demonstration in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Pro-choice activists displayed some 8.000 photos at the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, to support abortion rights. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A man, carrying two children, walks past portraits of women ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:00:37 GMT

(AP) - A man, carrying two children, walks past portraits of women who support abortion rights during a demonstration in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Pro-choice activists displayed some 8.000 photos at the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, to support abortion rights. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A pro abortion activist places portraits of women who support ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:59:49 GMT

(AP) - A pro abortion activist places portraits of women who support abortion rights during a demonstration in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Pro-choice activists displayed some 8.000 photos at the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, to support abortion rights. The T-shirt reads in Spanish 'It's my body-life, so it's my decision' in regards to abortion. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this July 14, 1992, file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Robert ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:20:23 GMT

(AP) - In this July 14, 1992, file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey poses for photographers along with members of the Pennsylvania delegation at the Democratic Convention at New York's Madison Square Garden. Democratic officials say Casey's son, Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's 2008 national convention. Gov. Casey was not given a marquee speaking spot at the 1992 convention because of his anti-abortion views. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)

In this April 19, 2008 file photo Democratic presidential hopeful, ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:16:21 GMT

(AP) - In this April 19, 2008 file photo Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, looks at the crowd of supporters with Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., at a rally outside the Lancaster, Pa., train station. Democratic officials say Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's national convention. Casey is the son of the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey, who was not given a marquee speaking spot at the 1992 convention because of his anti-abortion views. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

In this March 28, 2008 file photo, Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa. ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:47:09 GMT

(AP) - In this March 28, 2008 file photo, Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa. speaks at the Soldiers and Sailors Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh.Casey, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's national convention, officials said Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

South Korean mothers practice massage techniques on their babies ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:43:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - South Korean mothers practice massage techniques on their babies at a public health centre in Seoul in 2005. South Korea's top court has ruled that parents have the right to know the sex of their unborn babies, sparking concerns the decision might result in more sex-selection abortions.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)