Ms. Rice told CBS's "60 Minutes" in 2008 she opposes late-term abortion and supports parental notification for minors seeking abortion.
Its narrative suggests, however, that "legitimate" abortionists routinely availed themselves of Gosnell's services to help their patients evade legal and ethical limits on late-term abortion.
The most practical objection to sex-selective abortion is the long-term effect on society.
In a separate decision on the same day, the Supreme Court gave states the right to restrict abortion access for later-term pregnancies.
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"We are opposed to what is known as abortion on demand - it is not a term that I like, " he said.
She said that even with the risks, medical abortion remains far safer than carrying a pregnancy to term.
At the 2010 mid-term elections, Republicans, knowing how unpopular the anti-abortion position was, ran all over the states saying they were only interested in jobs, the economy, and the debt.
For instance, the Republicans have considerable support when it comes to limiting late-term abortions and getting teenagers to notify their parents, but most Americans believe abortion should not be illegal.
Should all of the measures actually qualify for the November 3, 1998 ballot, they would include the following issues: campaign finance reform, civil rights, abortion rights, homosexual rights, gambling, guns, drugs, term limits, crime, education and tax reform.
Prosecutors say Dr Gosnell profited greatly from employing low-paid, unlicensed staff, while performing as many as 1, 000 abortions a year, charging from several hundred dollars for an early abortion to several thousand for a three-day long, late-term procedure.
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But the crop of Republicans that resulted began their term in 2011 not with job or debt or economy bills, but with anti-abortion bills.
He became a leader on public-housing reform, voted for gay and lesbian domestic-partner health benefits and executed a complicated straddle on abortion--nominally pro-choice but against federal funding and late-term abortions.
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