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JURIST - Paper Chase: House votes to reverse ban on overseas contraceptive aid
The amendment would allow contraceptive aid to be given to nongovernmental agencies overseas, regardless of whether they promote or provide abortions.The aid ban, originally called the Mexico City Policy [Wikipedia backgrounder], was initially introduced under President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and required [...]

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Adults draw line in the sand in Lake Forest | Chicago Tribune
“It didn’t use to be respectable to speak out in public in ways that were anti-child or anti-family, but now that sort of talk is very acceptable,” Beck said.
Right, right. And in the same article, the backlash is already building. And even in the [...]

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I’ve wondered about this before, but OneUtah.org’s post pointed out some recent studies that were collected about the huge disparity in health care, income, education, and plain old quality of life between “Blue” states and “Red” states, and offers an interesting analysis.
First, some examples, none of which are going to be all that surprising, really.
PERRspectives [...]

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