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The Religious Right's Assault on Palliative Care

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Murder, Right-to-Life, Religious Right, Palliative Care, Euthanasia, Georgia, Do Not Resuscitate, End of Life Care, Anti-Choice, Politics News

The medical establishment's support for patient choice exists within a particular, and peculiar, bioethical framework.A problem arises for palliative care physicians when people question their intention.

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Why We Don't Celebrate Mother's Day in our Home

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Women, Maternity Leave, Mother's Day, Mothers, Right to Life, Mothers Day Gifts, Women's Rights, Mother's Day 2012, Respecting Women, Women News

If my kids aren't thankful throughout the year for all I do for them, one day won't make up for their failure -- or mine.

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Tim Tebow: Bashing & Religion

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Troy Aikman, Abortion, National Football League, Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad, Jimmy Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos, Right to Life, Religion, New England Patriots, Pam Tebow, Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow Broncos, Sam Hurd, NFL Playoffs, Sports News

What the sports commentator establishment ignores is that Tebow's religious fervor is not important to the fans. Fans could care less whether he proudly flaunts his piety instead of concealing it.

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Religious Conservative Group To Attack Mitt Romney On Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Abortion Romneycare, Abortion Mitt Romney, Romney Health Care Law, Romney Health Care, Abortion Policy, Romney Abortion, Gop Primary Abortion, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Abortion, Right to Life, Politics News, Abortion Romney, Health Care Abortion, Abortion-Massachusetts, Health Care Romneycare, Mitt Romney Abortion, Abortion Stupak, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A religious conservative group that spent part of the 2008 campaign attacking Mitt Romney on grounds that he signed off on pro-abortion ...

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Mitt Romney's Other Health Care Hurdle: Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Abortion Romneycare, Abortion Mitt Romney, Romney Health Care Law, Romney Health Care, Romney Abortion, Abortion Policy, Gop Primary Abortion, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Abortion, Right to Life, Abortion Romney, Health Care Abortion, Abortion-Massachusetts, Health Care Romneycare, Mitt Romney Abortion, Abortion Stupak, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney set to formally announce his presidential campaign this week and with several publication...

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Fetal Homicide Bill Killed After Right Wing Opposition

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Right to Life, Abortion, Mark Waller, Christian Family Alliance, Fetal Homicide, Video, Denver News

A bipartisan bill in the Colorado Legislature that sought to criminalized the killing of an unborn child, while maintaining abortion rights, was kille...

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A Buddhist View On Abortion And Forgiveness

Lodro Rinzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Buddha, Pro-Life, Buddhism, Pro-Choice, Right to Life, Abortion Rights, Siddhartha Gautama, Religion News

Traditional Buddhism may discourage abortion, but it also discourages imposing rigid moral absolutes.

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Ken Buck Trips Up Over Abortion Measure

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right to Life, Amendment 62, Personhood Amendment, Michael Bennet, Abortion, Ken Buck, Denver News

DENVER — A conservative Republican trying to unseat a rookie Democratic senator in Colorado is scrambling to explain his position on abortion in...

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Black Church Denounces Anti-Abortion 'Genocide' Lies (VIDEO)

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pro Choice, Abortion, Black-Genocide, Pro-Life, Reproductive Rights, Right to Life, Genocide, Reproductive Justice, Religion News

The black church has the moral authority to confront the outrageous lies about abortion perpetrated by this campaign and to bear witness to the fact that, for women, freedom must include reproductive options.

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Brazil's Greens Turn Right in Presidential Vote

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Ravi Singh, Marina Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Jose Serra, Workers Party, Psdb, Afro-Brazilian, Assemblies of God, Green Party, Right to Vote, Brazil, Right to Life, Davos, World Economic Forum, Rolling Stone, World News

With Brazil deciding whether to provide women with the financial assistance and educational opportunities necessary to help them grow beyond their traditional role, it's trick or treat on October 31.

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Planned Parenthood In Colorado Springs Changes Location, Stifles Right-To-Life Protesters

Colorado Springs Gazette | MARK BARNA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right to Life, Abortion, Colorado Springs, Planned Parenthood, Denver News

Since 1993, the Rev. Bill Carmody has led prayer gatherings outside Planned Parenthood Westside on West Colorado Avenue. Carmody and about 15 other...

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Personhood Colorado Compares Abortion To Slavery, Right-To-Life Activists To Abolitionists

Denver Daily | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Personhood Colorado, American Constitution Party, Gualberto Garcia Jones, Ben Goss, Right-to-Life, Alan Keyes, Tom Tancredo, Denver News

Backers of a ballot initiative asking Colorado voters to essentially ban abortion in the state announced their campaign strategy yesterday, a strategy...

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Gualberto Garcia Jones, Personhood Colorado Director Says Ballot Initiative WOULD Ban Abortion In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right to Life, Abortion, Gualberto Garcia Jones, Colorado Ballot Initiative, Personhood Colorado, Denver News

DENVER -- Personhood Amendment backer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes recently said he doesn't think Amendment 62 will have much effec...

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I Feel Your Pain Even When You Can't: Another Assault on a Woman's Right to Choose

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embryology, Abortion, Anti-Abortion, Neural Development, Pro-Life, Nebraska, Pro-Choice, Right to Life, Politics News

Let us stop the charade. Pain is not a viable measure to determine when an abortion is acceptable.

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Are Black Children An "Endangered Species"?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Abortion, Teenage Pregnancy, Georgia Right to Life, Reproductive Rights, Loretta-Ross, Black Abortion, Reproductive Health, Georgia, Atlanta, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Right to Life, Black Genocide, Catherine Davis, Margaret Sanger, Population Control, Prenatal Nondiscrimination, Health Care Reform, Sister-Song, The Radiance Foundation, Anti-Choice, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Eugenics, Black-Children-Endangered-Species, Reproductive Justice, Video, Politics News

The black community is the frequent testing ground for bad legislation and restrictive medical policies. But this time, according to sponsors and anti-abortionists, its purpose is to stop discrimination -- before birth.

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Bart Stupak: The Moderate From Michigan

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, John Dingell, Barack Obama, Michael Moore, Right to Life, Stupak Abortion, Erick Erickson, Stupak Health Care, Michael Moore Stupak, Bart Stupak, National Review, Health Care, Stupak Right to Life, Politics News

You may not agree with him. But Bart Stupak certainly put his heart, soul and head into his decision -- which is far more than can be said about those rashly making threats against him.

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Respect Life? Gimme a Break.

Douglas Forbes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Abortion, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Congress, Bankruptcy, Poverty, US Poverty, Abortion Rights, Hyde Amendment, Anti-Abortion, Catholic, Pro-Life, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Palin, Right to Life, Catholic Church, Politics, Politics News, Npr, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Breaking Politics News, Universal Health Care, Abc, Healthcare Reform, Republican Party, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Bristol Palin, Healthcare, Politics News

Protect life? Respect life? Gimme a break. The very people who prescribe life more than often also prescribe death. And like death row, healthcare, or the dearth thereof, continues to take American lives.

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How the People in My District Changed Stupak's Mind and Saved Health Care Reform

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Women's Rights, Carson Daly, Michael Moore, Hyde Amendment, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Abortion Amendment, Michigan, Health Care, Barack Obama, Baby Killer, Right to Life, Politics News

Stupak stood on the floor of the House last night and spoke against the "Stupak Amendment!" Once he got through his medieval meanderings about where babies come from, he gave one helluva speech.

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Male Entitlement: Church & State Preserve Male Prerogatives, Female Punishments

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Abortion, Religious Right, Birth Control, Evangelical Church, Right to Life, Denver News

A tradition of silence and secrecy within the Church reinforces an environment of male entitlement that places women and children at risk.

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Profile Of A Teen Mother

Reproductive Justice | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Teenage Pregnancy, Video, Abstinence Only, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence Education, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Birth Control, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Right to Life, Reproductive Justice, Healthy Living News

I see a lot of teenage girls having kids, and it's not until you have your child and you're taking care of your child that you understand that it's really not about you anymore, that you're living for somebody else. I just feel like wait, if you can, just wait-until it's the right time for you.

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Sex Ed in Utah

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

My legislative district in St. George, Utah, is conservative, and I am conservative. Yet, I am running legislation to promote contraceptive education. Why? Well, I'll tell you.

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Why Euthanasia Is Going to Be Legal Someday

Bryan Cones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Right to Die, Right to Life, Mri, Medical-Science, Brain Scan, Terry Schiavo, Death With Dignity, Prolife, Euthanasia, Technology News

British scientists have discovered "cognition" in a vegetative patient. This may encourage some at the "natural death" end of the pro-life spectrum. But I find it more to be a sign of our cultural denial of death than an affirmation of life.

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Scott McInnis Says Life Experiences Have Moved His Position On Abortion To The Right

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Penry, Scott McInnis, Right to Life, 2010, Abortion, Dave Shultheis, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis said last week he opposes abortion, but in Congress he earned a reputation as a moderate and a maverick on the i...

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Donald Hertz, Man Who Threatened Boulder Abortion Doctor,

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boulder Colorado, Abortion Death Threat, Donald Hertz, Right to Life, Abortion, Boulder Abortion Doctor, Denver News

DENVER — Federal prosecutors say statements from a Washington man accused of threatening a Colorado abortion doctor's family should be admitted ...

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Lunatic Fringe

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Grassley, Health Care Town Halls, Town Hall Debate, Congress, Lunatic Fringe, Obama Healthcare Reform, Healthcare Debate, Obama Health Care, Right to Life, Politics of Fear, Patriotism, Town Halls, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Death With Dignity, South Park, Politics News

The fringe elements, carefully nurtured by fear, hatred, mistrust, and fitful bouts of fantasy are positioning the conservative opposition into a death spiral

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