On Roe v Wade anniversary, US House approves abortion curbs

As pro-life demonstrators gathered in front of the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives voted 242-179 on a bill that would prevent women from using federal taypayer funding to pay for abortions or applying federally supported insurance coverage for abortions. A similar bill passed the House last year but died in the Democrat-run Senate. The White House said Thursday that President Barack Obama would veto the bill if it passed the Senate and reached his desk, and warned the current bill go