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Legislator Wants Rape Victims to be Required to Carry Babies to Term, So the Fetus Can Be Used As Evidence
Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or coercing or compelling another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime -New Mexico House Bill 206, introduced Wednesday by State … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Bill Bickel, Editorials, polls, rape, right to life
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Wednesday Morning Miscellany
The High Cost of Talking to a Loved One Behind Bars: It’s a revenue stream for prisons Why Life Without Parole is a Terrible Idea: A Newsweek/Daily Beast editorial Kansas Bill Permits Doctors to Refuse to Administer Chemotherapy to Pregnant Cancer Patients – Now granted, this bill can be read … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Editorials, laws, LWOP, prisoners, prisons
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When Should a Justice Be Recused?
Hamilton County (Ohio) prosecutor Joe Deters, in response to Ohio Supreme Court justice Paul Pfeifer’s recent comment that the death penalty system is “broken” and should be scrapped, sent out letters to prosecutors and judges across the state questioning whether Justice Pfeifer can be “fair to both sides,” and suggested … Continue reading
Those Graphic Anti-Abortion Ads During the Super Bowl? Maybe Not.
The FCC today, responding to an appeal by Chicago’s WMAQ, ruled that Randall Terry does not qualify for unrestricted access under the Telecommunications Act: they agreed with the television station’s contention that Terry wasn’t a “serious” presidential candidate, adding both that Terry hadn’t fulfilled the requirements to be a write-in … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, FCC, pro-choice, pro-life, Super Bowl
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Mississippi’s “Personhood” Amendment Defeated
Today in Mississippi, voters rejected Initiative 26, which would have amended the state’s constitu tion to define a “person” as “every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof” — thereby banning abortion completely and outlawing many forms of birth control — by approximately a … Continue reading
