public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jasontromm with tags politics & life

2006

A Medical Crisis of Conscience

In Chicago, an ambulance driver refused to transport a patient for an abortion. In California, fertility specialists rebuffed a gay woman seeking artificial insemination. In Texas, a pharmacist turned away a rape victim seeking the morning-after pill.

South Dakota Bill Bans Most Abortions

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South Dakota moved closer to imposing some of the strictest limits on abortion in the nation as the state Senate approved legislation that would ban the procedure except when the woman's life is in danger. ()()Could this bill lead to the test case that will be used to overturn Roe v. Wade?

2004

Where women can't march

Ten thousand miles away, hundreds of thousands of women in black from head to toe couldn't march if they wanted to, but they have a champion in the president of the United States.

John Kerry's Catholic problem

John Kerry made a familiar statement about abortion last week. Bill Clinton said it before him.

Informed choice and abortion

The number of abortions in America declined from about 1.03 million in 1992 to 854,000 in 2000

The Roe Effect

Teens More Conservative on Some Issues