Articles Tagged “abortion”
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Right To Choice vs. No Right To Choice
BY DON NELSON I have been mulling this over for several days: Are we really discussing pro-abortion/anti-abortion, right to life over a women’s right to make her own decisions regarding her body and her health? The more I think about it, the more I am moving toward using only the terms Right to Choice/No Right [...]
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The Promise And The Pontificators
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Camels And Needles
BY KAREN WEBB The R’s and T’s are so mad because of the Supreme Court. The D’s will still be mad because there is still the problem of Senate holds by one senator and there is still a super majority needed to block a filibuster and the idea that many are one issue voters. Also [...]
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Women, Are You Listening?
BY WANDA JO STAPLETON Banning abortion for impregnated rape victims has become mainstream in the Republican Party – now controlled by Tea Party extremists. Latest justification for this phenomenon came from Republican Richard Mourdock, U.S. Senate nominee in Indiana. Mourdock described pregnancies resulting from rape as a “gift from God … something that God intended [...]
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Democratic Decline No Mystery
Editor’s Note: In the second of two parts, former longtime state Rep. Russ Roach offers his assessment of the two major political parties on the eve of the 2012 general election. This installment focuses on Democrats. BY RUSS ROACH Recent political trends in Oklahoma have been decidedly Republican. Part I discussed the GOP’s winning efforts [...]
