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PASSINGS: Dr. Henry Morgentaler
Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 90, an abortion rights activist who helped overturn Canada's abortion law 25 years ago, died Wednesday at his Toronto home, according to Carolyn Egan, director and founding member of the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics....Tags: Nazi Party, Canada, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Montreal (Canada)
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On the Chicago Keystone Pipeline Protest
On Wednesday, President Obama was in town for a fundraiser, and I headed down to the Hilton Chicago on South Michigan to cover the Keystone protest. A couple things: 1) It’s telling that despite the supposed scandals engulfing the president, I...
Tags: Asthma, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Human Rights, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Global Change
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Rauner officially enters GOP race for governor
Wealthy venture capitalist Bruce Rauner formally entered the Republican governor's race Wednesday, saying state government is broken and portraying himself as a down-to-earth businessman who can fix it. Rauner made the announcement in a three-minute...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Kirk W Dillard, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Democratic super PAC asks for Cuccinelli-Jackson phone records
Republican nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson told the National Review this week that his running mate Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli "has a lot to teach me." Jackson told the National Review that he and Cuccinelli, the GOP nominee for...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Tea Party Movement
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty
PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...
Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Kermit Gosnell, Woodbridge, Crime, Law and Justice
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Maybe Americans agree about more than they know
WASHINGTON (AP) — Can we agree on this? Americans still think alike much of the time even if our politicians don't. To get heads nodding, just say something worrisome about the economy or dismissive of Washington. Almost all Americans consider...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Elections, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Republican Party
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Voice of the People, May. 27
Jolie's decision Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo testing for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and then to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk for breast and ovarian cancer was prompted by her family history. The Society of...Tags: Prosecution, Kermit Gosnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Oncology, Assassinations
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Proposal to block insurance coverage for abortions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...
Tags: Elections, Government, Abortion, Women's Health, Rick Snyder
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Mailbag: Give teachers better seats at board meetings
Thirty-five years ago, I wrote a letter to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education arguing that the teachers' organization should have an equal place on the board dais during meetings. For those of you who have not been to a board...Tags: Feminism, Abortion, Landforms, PTA, Social Issues
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Prude or prudent?
WASHINGTON -- They lost me at the word "women." As so often happens with contemporary debate, arguments being proffered in support of allowing teenagers as young as 15 (and possibly younger) to buy the "morning-after pill" without adult supervision...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Plan B (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Speaking of Dan Quayle and 'Murphy Brown' ... [Blowback]
In response to Jonah Goldberg's Op-Ed on Tuesday, "The wisdom of Dan Quayle": What? It's been 20 years since the Murphy Brown-Dan Quayle feud, and we're still talking about this? I suppose I should be flattered. And not surprised. After all, we’re...
Tags: White House, Religion and Belief, United Negro College Fund, Iraq, Sarah Palin
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The morality brigade
We're still legislating and regulating private morality, while at the same time ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America. In recent weeks, Republican state legislators have decided to thwart the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in...
Tags: Eric Holder, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Religion and Belief, Head Start
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May 27, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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