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  • September 2008

    • If Roe Goes, States May Ban Cross-Border Abortions

      Washington Post  |  Sep 28, 08 7:51 PM CDT

      If Roe Goes, States May Ban Cross-Border Abortions

      (Newser) - If John McCain wins and puts conservatives on the Supreme Court, not only could Roe v. Wade go down—states may prohibit women from crossing state lines for abortions, Linda Hirshman writes in the Washington Post . Past rulings and Constitutional interpretations don't clearly support such laws, but times have changed since 1972, and many top legal minds "believe that this is something states probably can do," writes Hirshman. More »

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      John McCain  • Sarah Palin  • US Supreme Court  • abortion  • abortion rights  • Roe v. Wade  • reproductive rights

    • Palin Resurrects the Culture Wars

      Politico  |  Sep 3, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Palin Resurrects the Culture Wars

      (Newser) - The culture wars are heating up again, thanks to Sarah Palin’s staunch opposition to abortion and demonstrated fondness for firearms, Politico reports. Social issues have been largely absent from the campaign so far, with both candidates preferring to focus on the war and the economy. But Palin’s own pregnancy (and her daughter’s) are forcing McCain and Obama to address the issues head on. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • abortion rights  • creationism  • culture wars

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • VP Hopefuls Shift Positions, Hairdos

      Politico  |  Jul 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT

      VP Hopefuls Shift Positions, Hairdos

      (Newser) - Recipients of the VP vetting process are shifting their positions (and their stylists), Politico reports. Here are some examples: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ditched a less-than-leaderly mullet, opting instead for a short hairstyle. Florida's Charlie Crist has spun 180 degrees into the offshore drilling camp, matching John McCain’s switch; he also got engaged, ending a storied bachelorhood. More »

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      vice president  • abortion rights  • offshore oil  • Tim Pawlenty  • Charlie Crist  • hair  • Tom Ridge  • Sam Nunn  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  • June 2008

    • Anti-Abortion Groups Use Grand Juries on Foes

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      Anti-Abortion Groups Use Grand Juries on Foes

      (Newser) - Anti-abortion activists in Kansas are using an obscure 19th-century statute to convene grand juries to hear evidence against abortion-performing doctors, the New York Times reports. In several states, citizens who collect enough signatures can circumvent prosecutors and order their own investigation of an alleged crime. A Kansas doctor, for example, is being investigated to see if he performs illegal late-term abortions. More »

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      abortion  • abortion rights  • pro-life  • anti-abortion activists  • pro-choice activists

    • Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book

      Politico  |  Jun 16, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book

      (Newser) - Stephen Mansfield expects to cast his ballot against Barack Obama in November. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing an admiring book about the candidate's religious profile— The Faith of Barack Obama —which argues that the candidate may well steal young evangelical voters away from John McCain. McCain is “clumsy when it comes to religion,” Mansfield tells Politico, in stark contrast to Obama’s “fluency” in the language of Christianity. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • book  • abortion  • Christianity  • evangelicals  • abortion rights  • Republican evangelicals

    • 'Obamacon' Denied Communion

      Washington Post  |  Jun 3, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      'Obamacon' Denied Communion

      (Newser) - The question of whether pro-choice Catholic politicians should take Communion is a familiar one in election years, but in 2008 it has a new twist. A Repubilcan abortion opponent, onetime Reagan administration official, and private citizen who supports Barack Obama was denied Communion in April. EJ Dionne of the Washington Post tells the story of Douglas Kmiec, "one of the nation's leading 'Obamacons.'" More »

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      Barack Obama  • Republicans  • Catholic Church  • abortion  • Barack Obama supporters  • abortion rights  • Catholic

  • May 2008

    • Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

      (Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the Obama veep frontrunner anyway, as this election cycle has happily been immune to “single-issue appeals.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • vice presidential sweepstakes  • Catholicism  • abortion rights  • Kansas  • Kathleen Sebelius

    • Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

      Reuters  |  May 20, 08 10:23 PM CDT

      Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

      (Newser) - A federal appeals court struck down Virginia’s ban on a late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the law burdened a woman’s right to choose, Reuters reports. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar federal law last year, the appeals court ruled that Virginia's ban went further because it provided no protection for doctors who performed the procedure by mistake. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • pregnancy  • abortion  • doctor  • abortion rights  • court cases  • US Court of Appeals  • partial birth

    • McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

      New Yorker  |  May 20, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

      (Newser) - If you aren’t a conservative activist, John McCain didn’t have you in mind when he recently laid out his position on judicial appointments: The speech was “a dog whistle for the right,” Jeffrey Toobin writes in the New Yorker , in a piece that decodes references meant to assure that he’d continue—“and perhaps even accelerate”—President Bush’s Supreme Court revolution. He denounced those who legislate from the bench, but then took close listeners even deeper. More »

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      John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • privacy  • capital punishment  • abortion rights  • conservative base

    • Pro-Choicers Feel Backlash for Backing Obama

      Politico  |  May 17, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Pro-Choicers Feel Backlash for Backing Obama

      (Newser) - NARAL’s state affiliates are blasting the abortion-rights group’s decision to back Barack Obama, fearing the move could alienate donors loyal to Hillary Clinton. “It’s created a firestorm,” said the president of the group’s New York branch. “Everyone was mystified.” That includes Obama supporters, Politico reports. A Clinton ally said some of NARAL’s Obama backers thought the endorsement “ill-timed and ill-advised.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • endorsement  • abortion rights  • NARAL

    • NARAL Endorses Obama; Clinton Camp 'Surprised'

      Talking Points Memo  |  May 14, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      NARAL Endorses Obama; Clinton Camp 'Surprised'