A British Medical Journal study challenges the belief abortion yields a higher risk of depression.

The authors suggest abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

In a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the members of Congress practically accuse the agency of earlier postponing a ruling because of politics

State GOP Chairman Gilbert Baker is speaking out against one doctor's decision to perform free abortions for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

According to Baker, the evacuees have already endured the trauma of a hurricane and might not be in the right frame of mind to make a life-or-death decision

Little Rock Family Planning clinic director Dr. Jerry Edwards is performing free abortions, for Hurricane victims. Edwards worries that waiting until it is safe to go home and have the procedure done will put the expecting mothers at risk.

Edwards tells KTHV-TV in Little Rock, "If we didn't provide it now, they would get it later -- a late-term abortion that would give greater risk to the mother's health

A test released Wednesday shows that the drug misoprostol is almost as effective as surgery for removing tissue that remains in the uterus after a failed pregnancy.

The drug, called Cytotec by manufacturers G.D. Searle and Pfizer Inc., has a success rate of around 85 percent, says Jun Zhang of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the chief author of the study