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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case Seeking to Limit Abortion Rights
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The Supreme Court opened its new term with some good news for women: it rejected an appeal from the state of Missouri, which had hoped for one more chance to defend its unconstitutional policy banning abortions for women in the prison system. The case, Crawford v. Roe, originated in 2005, when a young woman refused to take no for an answer and eventually enlisted the ACLU in helping her to exercise her right to make her own reproductive decisions. "Jane Roe," as she is called in court documents, spent seven weeks trying to work with the prison system to obtain an abortion, something the prison had previously accommodated by bringing women to a clinic if they could afford to pay for an abortion with their own money.
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European Court of Human Rights to Rule on Ireland's Abortion Laws
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2008/10...Wall St. Journal: When Justices Prefer Not to Judge: Court May Pass on Abortion Again, by Paula Park: A European court may decide whether a woman has a basic right to abortion to preserve her health. Or, some observers fear,...
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Cornucopia
http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/10/07/cornucopia/Teetering on the edge of the cavernous rabbit hole of political dialogue and opinion is exhausting. Hoping the end result will be a tea party to which the Queen of Hearts and the dormouse are not invited, and where the white rabbit and the Cheshire cat man the head table. Yes, this I hope, while at the same time knowing each and every one of them follow the same rabbit. Pleasantries: IM Dedd is no longer so, he is finally live with “Blame My Mom“. Only now we call him Paul. Or I call him Paul, you call him Mr. Malden. — Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case Seeking to Limit Abortion Rights — Estimated number of U.S. lives saved per month by $4 gasoline, through reduced driving nationwide: 1,000 — Factoid: The little factoid from Harper’s Index on John McCain’s total no vote in the Senate since the end of April with the exception of the bail out votes last week, made me go look to see what was up. McCain has done the No Vote thing since the end of April. Obama, and I only quickly ran down the list, has voted at least 34 times if you do not count last weeks voteS. Project Vote - McCain Project Vote - Obama A little gauge of courage or perhaps priorities? —- Interesting read: An essay from Harper’s originally written in 2005, Let There Be Markets: The evangelical roots of economics. If you don’t have access to the full read and want to read it let me know. This essay presents not only some history, but some thoughts on why the free market’s time may have passed - like at least 5 years ago. — Laketrees third annual win a portrait for Christmas. A contest well worth entering. Look at the portraits her last two winners won at the link. Great Christmas present too. It’s a poor sort of memory that only looks backwards. peace Share and Enjoy:
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