Tuesday was the thirty-sixth anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It was also the day the delightful Juno was nominated for an Academy Award in the categories of Best Picture and Best Director. It is easy to argue that the storyline of Juno, like Knocked Up, Saved , The Opposite of Sex, and Waitress, has a plot where the girl keeps the baby, simply because giving birth is a lot more uplifting and entertaining than tales ending with abortion. However, the spate of these pictures, and the...
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I was always under the impression that we had succeeded in ending the practice of Partial Birth Abortion in the last Congress, but I guess the legislation passed was too vague and has resulted in states needing to close the loopholes created by the federal law. That’s what’s happening in Michigan where the state legislature has closed the loopholes and all they need now is the Governor’s approval but instead, it looks like the legislation is going to get nothing less than a veto.
Michigan...
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Obama: “I Put Roe at the Center of My Lesson Plan When Teaching Constitutional Law”
I found a blog entry by Amy Proctor about Barack Obama’s speech to Planned Murderhood Planned Parenthood back in July 2007. After listening to much of his speech, one clear lesson is gleaned from Obama’s remarks that is unmistakable to me; Barack Obama is 100% pro-abortion-on-demand and profoundly PROUD of that fact 100% of the time.
Here are some of Obama’s stances taken at the conference:
He thanked...
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Bharat is fast becoming the land of the boys. The infanticide of girls is changing the male female ratio and many males are without wives. Despitethe shortage of women the infanticide goes on from the February 09, 2005 edition More than a million girls are killed at birth or aborted AIRBORNE: Girls play on a swing in Allahabad, India. In some parts of the country, bias against baby girls remains ingrained despite efforts to counter such attitudes. The practice of sex-selective abortion has...
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Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled in Gonzalez v. Carhart that Congress has the authority to prohibit certain late term abortion procedures. When the constitution was drafted there were severe limits on the ability of the federal government to regulate the activities of individuals. And state's rights was more than bigot hogwash. But for decades, liberals and progressives have looked to the federal government to right all the wrongs of the Republic. And yesterday it backfired. In 2003...
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Rob Breakenridge, For The Calgary Herald ... The court's rousing defence of freedom of expression was a delightful breath of fresh air after months of the smog of speech suppression. Justice Ian Binnie wrote that: "We live in a free country, where people have as much right to express outrageous and ridiculous opinions as moderate ones." And "chilling debate on matters of legitimate public interest raises issues of inappropriate censorship and self-censorship. Public controversy can be a...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental
distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term
abortions ... In an interview this week with "Relevant," a Christian magazine,
Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict,
well defined exception for the health of the mother."
Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress'
qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious
physical issue that arises in pregnancy...
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Here’sa political riddle: When Republicans attack Democrats for allowing third-trimester abortions, why don’t Democrats respond by pointing out that ...
According to a poll released this month by WorldPublicOpinion.org, 53 per cent of Egyptians, 57 per cent of Palestinians and 55 per cent of Iranians oppose their governments' policies of making abortion a crime.
One contributing factor is likely that the Democratic presidential nominee's recent attempts to put a more conservative spin on his extreme pro-abortion ...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. (Deseret News/AP)
Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to abort a pregnancy at home (11th July 2008)
I'm 100% pro-choice, but there are some things I agree with in the article. Primarily, the rate of abortions is very high, and the issues behind that should be addressed.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a legal reason to get a late-term abortion, a restriction not embraced by many pro-choice supporters.
AP - July 22, 2008 11:24 PM ET DENVER (AP) - A judge has rejected a request for Denver to list how many police officers would be needed to staff potential ...
Bush redefines abortion to include the pill, emergency contraception and IUDs and deny federal funding to medical providers who hire doctors or nurses that do not object to abortion.