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' Here is an article in my local paper that goes a bit beyond the stale propaganda of the US mass media. Moral : If you want to know what is happening in the USA, take a look from outside the country. A full-bore attack on women's rights[/b] You can't say women are being ignored in the U.S. Republican nomination battle, exactly.
If any one of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination were to win power, the consequences for women could include an end to Planned Parenthood's affordable cervical-cancer screenings, breast exams and contraceptive services; power handed over to employers in some states to deny, on personal-moral grounds, their female employees coverage for contraception; and some states simply outlawing most forms of birth control.
[b]Happily, the prospect of a Republican winning the November presidential election is slim and getting slimmer by the day. A recent poll that stunned Republican candidates and their strategists found that female voters had turned sharply away from the party.
Women were finally reacting to the Republicans' increasingly aggressive campaigning against contraception and abortion. A recent analysis of states' attitudes toward abortion by the New York-based Guttmacher Institute - which promotes sexual and reproductive health through research, policy analysis and public education - found that states had enacted a "record-breaking number of new abortion restrictions" by 2011.
Two states in particular, Arizona and Kansas, had gone from being supportive of abortion rights to outright hostile in very short order. In case anyone was wondering whether it matters that women are elected to public office, the reason behind the abrupt change was the departure of two powerful female politicians. emphasis added. You read it here first. Canada announces that the Republicans are toast -- at least, this time around. Meanwhile, in the country that did not turn traitor to its lawful sovereign : The facts of abortion in Canada offer nothing to justify Woodworth's emotional plea to save from death fullterm fetuses. An estimated 90 per cent of abortions in this country are carried out in the first trimester, before 12 weeks.
The few abortions performed in the second or, even less often, third trimesters are primarily done when the mother's life or health is in danger, or there are serious or even fatal fetal abnormalities that did not become apparent until later in the pregnancy, or both....
Let's be clear: These are campaigns whose goal is to curtail women's right to self-determination.
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"You read it here first. Canada announces that the Republicans are toast -- at least, this time around." Yes, you did read it here first, months ago: I've been saying for some time now that the Republican Party will fail to field a viable ticket in Nov 2012. My prognostication now is that there will be a walkout in Tampa. Most likely at this time it will be the rabid right wing walking out, but if things change between now and then it's possible the centrists/moderates will walk out.
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Two Republican tickets, Perry vs. Romney, with Obama taking almost all of the states. The moderate Repubs will drift into the Democratic camp over the next five to ten years, and the Republican Party will breathe its last, being replaced by a small right wing party based on theocracy/strict constructionism. Good riddance. Probably will be Santorum instead of Perry, since he (Santorum) pointedly did not endorse Romney when he pulled out of the race.
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I remember your words against the GOP acting so angrily on the subject of abortion. There are couples all over America who want to start a family. Many put off adding to the family and several wait too long. It is a problem not to be solved by any level of government. Americans in general are fixated on babies up for adoption and will go through a very expensive search to discover who the natural parents are with each adoption. Americans are not open-minded enough to accept a new born without first learning the circumstances behind the whole thing.
This is not an act of Christian love and charity but an action of putting a clean baby in the family. That child will go through a background check as if it were a member of the Taliban. Does a newborn know or care if their parents were married?
The GOP issues labels and moral tags on everyone in their party. They will always forgive a dirty old Senator for sinning but a new-born is a different matter. When I was raped at 12, I would have been sent to someplace in South America where someone would make the choice for me on what was to happen next. I was sworn to secrecy and did not even tell my husband as he was part of the religious right. I may have been the victim but I will never allow another young girl to live with that label.
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' Yes, you did read it here first, months ago:
I've been saying for some time now that the Republican Party will fail to field a viable ticket in Nov 2012 Well, yes, Ted, but that was just your unsupported opinion. You neglected to have a proper citation. I, on the other hand, was careful to have an authoritative link to a recognized outlet of the Brainwashing Machine.
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Whatever, numan. Whatever.
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I think that many of us having been saying this for months. california rick had been saying this even before Ted. And numan-it may have been Ted's opinion-but he did cite it. Your article that you cited was also an opinion piece. I just think that your Canadian piece waited until it was a far more certain thing-not a bad idea-but just later. I applaud you for the citation. 
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' Here is an article in my local paper that goes a bit beyond the stale propaganda of the US mass media. Moral : If you want to know what is happening in the USA, take a look from outside the country. You can't say women are being ignored in the U.S. Republican nomination battle, exactly.
If any one of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination were to win power, the consequences for women could include an end to Planned Parenthood's affordable cervical-cancer screenings, breast exams and contraceptive services; power handed over to employers in some states to deny, on personal-moral grounds, their female employees coverage for contraception; and some states simply outlawing most forms of birth control. balderdash... it has been conclusively Established that the Pres Obama and the democrats are as bad, oR MAYBE WORSE THAN THE REPUBLICANS
"It's not a lie if you believe it." -- George Costanza
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. --Bertrand Russel
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' Here is an article in my local paper that goes a bit beyond the stale propaganda of the US mass media. Moral : If you want to know what is happening in the USA, take a look from outside the country. You can't say women are being ignored in the U.S. Republican nomination battle, exactly.
If any one of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination were to win power, the consequences for women could include an end to Planned Parenthood's affordable cervical-cancer screenings, breast exams and contraceptive services; power handed over to employers in some states to deny, on personal-moral grounds, their female employees coverage for contraception; and some states simply outlawing most forms of birth control. balderdash... it has been conclusively Established that the Pres Obama and the democrats are as bad, oR MAYBE WORSE THAN THE REPUBLICANS On women's rights??? Link, please!
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' Here is an article in my local paper that goes a bit beyond the stale propaganda of the US mass media. Moral : If you want to know what is happening in the USA, take a look from outside the country. You can't say women are being ignored in the U.S. Republican nomination battle, exactly.
If any one of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination were to win power, the consequences for women could include an end to Planned Parenthood's affordable cervical-cancer screenings, breast exams and contraceptive services; power handed over to employers in some states to deny, on personal-moral grounds, their female employees coverage for contraception; and some states simply outlawing most forms of birth control. balderdash... it has been conclusively Established that the Pres Obama and the democrats are as bad, oR MAYBE WORSE THAN THE REPUBLICANS On women's rights??? Link, please! I suspect that Ardy's links will be to some recent posts on RR that prove there is no difference between the parties.  (I am going to look into getting your Sarcasm Detection Badge revoked...)
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' balderdash...
it has been conclusively Established that the Pres Obama and the democrats are as bad, oR MAYBE WORSE THAN THE REPUBLICANS Even if true, I cannot imagine what that would have to do with which of them will be elected. · ·
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