August 2006
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The Myth of Mass Back-Alley Abortion Deaths
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League, admits his group lied about the number of women who died from legal abortions when testifying before the Supreme Court in 1972. "We spoke of 5,000 - 10,000 deaths a year ... I confess that I knew the figures were totally false ... it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics?"
March 2006
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Planned Parenthood Condemns Abortion Ban, Undecided on Legal Challenge
They may opt to use a statewide referendum to repeal the law, denying those who supported the ban the opportunity to take it all to the way to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Should Planned Parenthood lost the ballot vote, it could still file a lawsuit against the ban.
()() I'm pretty sure they would have trouble even getting a referendum on the ballot. Who's going to sign a petitition in favor of killing babies?
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Mo. Court Upholds 24-Hour Abortion Wait
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions, a decision that turns the focus of the legal battle to federal court.
The unanimous ruling Tuesday by Missouri's highest court focused on whether the 2003 law ran contrary to the state constitution. The judges rejected arguments that it was overly vague and deprived people of liberty and privacy rights.
February 2006
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U.S. Supreme Court depicts Muhammad
Protesters of cartoons insist Islam
forbids any image of prophet
Frieze depicts Muhammad among 18 "lawgivers" on wall above Supreme Court justices' bench
While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. Supreme Court portrays the Islamic leader wielding a sword.
January 2006
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New England Liberals Lead Charge Against Alito
Liberal Democrats waged an eleventh-hour attempt Monday to block Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation, arguing that he would tilt the high court further to the right.
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