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The growing case for life
Paul GreenbergThe jurisprudence of Her Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, may be only mediocre at best, but her candor deserves the highest praise. Every few years she'll pull back the judicial curtain and tell the rest of us what...Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Planned Parenthood, Kermit Gosnell
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ND: US Rep criticized for commencement comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer is defending comments he made this month linking legalized abortion with school shootings. The North Dakota Republican during a graduation speech at the University of Mary said, "Forty years ago, the...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court
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Cardinal skips Boston College commencement because Irish prime minister's involvement
Associated PressBOSTON (AP) — Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and O'Malley's views were echoed outside the ceremony by...Tags: Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Politics, Labor Legislation, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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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: Social Issues, Landforms, Abortion Issue, Mountains, PTA
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Maryland abortion law is clear
There are flagrant, undefined loopholes in Maryland's abortion law. That's what letter writer Jeffrey D. Meister, director of administration and legislation for Maryland Right to Life, would have us think ("Maryland has de factor abortion on demand,"...
Tags: Social Issues, Laws, Maryland General Assembly, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ridge abortion clinic inspection decision resonates in Gosnell case
The news that Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor, was found guilty of three counts of murdering live infants pales in comparison to the complicity of our former governor, Tom Ridge. His refusal, while governor, to allow regular...Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Kermit Gosnell, Government
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Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...Tags: Birth Control, Health Treatments, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases and Illnesses, Family
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Conflict-ridden session could lead to more Nixon vetoes
St. Louis Post-DispatchGov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, likes to portray his relationship with the Republican-dominated Legislature as one where they work toward common goals. But Friday's conclusion of the Legislature's four-and-a-half month session magnified their differences...Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Chemical Industry, Personal Weapon Control
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Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Jackson are GOP nominees
The Virginian-PilotVirginia Republicans last nominated an African American for statewide office in June 1988, when they picked Maurice Dawkins of Arlington County to challenge former Gov. Chuck Robb for U.S. Senate. History repeated itself Saturday as GOP activists tapped...Tags: Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Politics, Voting, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Barack Obama, Environmental Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Barack Obama, Environmental Politics, Parties and Movements
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Jury that convicted Gosnell bonded over the experience
Philadelphia Daily NewsAFTER COMPLETING nearly two months of duty on the Kermit Gosnell murder trial, the 12 jurors did what people often do after bonding: They took pictures. Before going their separate ways Wednesday, the seven women and five men snapped photos with one...Tags: Social Issues, Crimes, Punishment, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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