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Giuliani Caught on YouTube
The Drudge Report recently linked to a 1989 video clip of Rudy Giuliani expressing support for public funding of abortions for low income women, news that quickly found its way…
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NYT: Pope Reaffirms View Opposing Gay Marriage and Abortion
Ian Fisher reports in today's New York Times:Pope Benedict XVI strongly reasserted on Tuesday the church’s opposition to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, saying that Roman Catholic politicians were “especially”…
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Abortion E-Cards
From the San Jose Mercury News, Senders can show support or sympathy with post-abortion e-cards:A nonprofit that runs a national post-abortion telephone talk line has unveiled a series of electronic…
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L.A. Times: Conservatives balk over Giuliani’s judges
In yesterday's L.A. Times:Rudolph W. Giuliani, in an effort to temper his support for abortion rights and his other socially liberal stances, has been assuring conservatives that as president he…
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Unsafe Abortions Have Dropped by 91% in South Africa Since Enactment of Law Allowing Some Abortions, Ipas Data Says
From the Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report:Nearly 530,000 women and girls in South Africa have had abortions since a law passed in 1996 that allows the procedure until 12…
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NYT on Gen Nexters and the Culture Wars
Ann Hulbert writes in Sunday's New York Times Magazine about the Pew Research Center's recent report, "A Portrait of 'Generation Next'":So what is special about Gen Nexters? ... [I]f you…
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Mississippi Abortion Ban Now Goes to Governor
From the Hattiesburg American, Bill with abortion restrictions going to Gov. Barbour:A bill designed to eventually outlaw and criminalize abortion in Mississippi got final approval from the Legislature on Thursday…
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Catholics for a Free Choice Launches Campaign to Place Catholic Americans’ Views on Contraception and Abortion Center Stage
From PR Newswire:Prevention Not Prohibition, a provocative campaign launched today in the nation's capital, highlights the fact that the majority of American Catholics support access to contraception and legal abortion,…
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L.A. Times: Romney isn’t the first to flip on abortion
More on politicians' flip-flopping on abortion, in today's L.A. Times:He is indisputably the most liberal Democrat running for president in 2008. He wants the U.S. out of Iraq — and…
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Law Students for Choice National Conference Begins Today
The Law Students for Choice National Conference, Many Voices, One Vision: Reclaiming Our Rights, is being held March 10-11 at Stanford Law School. To find out about the featured topics…