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Patronizing Much?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s yet another bossy, patronizing (and, I imagine, eventually taxpayer-funded) idea from the UK’s frequently lamentable Conservative-led government: [Britain’s] Department of Health is to announce plans for a new system of independent counseling for women before they finally commit to … Continue reading →

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Free Speech at the Abortion (or anti-abortion) Clinic

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Yes, there should be rules against fraudulent counsel, but the idea of politicians dictating what can (or cannot) be said at a pregnancy advice center purely on the basis of their own views on abortion is less than attractive, so … Continue reading →

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Mitch Daniels: Still Looking at 2012?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Guess so.

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And Iowa…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Des Moines Register: Poor Iowans would be prohibited from having a taxpayer-paid abortion in cases of rape or incest under an amendment to a budget bill approved by a House committee this week. Again, grotesque…

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Big Government in South Dakota

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Time reports on a new law from South Dakota: In an ongoing effort to push legislation to reduce abortion rates — in part by restricting women’s access to the procedure — South Dakota’s Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, signed into … Continue reading →

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Giving More Power To The IRS

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

This story comes from Mother Jones, and it comes with plenty of ‘coulds’, so some caution is called for. Nevertheless it doesn’t make pretty reading. Here’s a key extract: Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of … Continue reading →

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Twenty Weeks

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

A hideous story from Nebraska (via NTV): It’s the story you may have seen, but the side you’ve never heard. A grieving Grand Island couple spoke out to NTV News, after newspapers across the country report they wanted an abortion … Continue reading →

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Birth Control and the Prevention of Abortion

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Wherever you stand on the abortion debate, the idea that access to contraception does not reduce the number of abortions ought to seem, to say the least, counter-intuitive, yet that’s what Kirsten Powers ends up arguing in this Daily Beast … Continue reading →

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An Exorcist in Trouble

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Politics Daily: A Catholic priest who traveled the country performing exorcisms and launching fierce attacks against anyone he viewed as insufficiently tough on abortion — he once suggested Fox News host Sean Hannity was a “heretic” for saying birth … Continue reading →

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Gee, thanks, Pro-Lifers

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

The just-negotiated Senate health care bill contains a big new pot of money to make it easier for pregnant teens to raise a child: The federal government would provide $25 million a year for a “pregnancy assistance fund.” The money … Continue reading →

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