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Dec 19 2023
News
Ruby Franke’s YouTube channel shared parenting advice with millions. She just pleaded guilty to child abuse
Ruby Franke shared parenting advice with millions of people on her family YouTube channel. On the now defunct channel, “8 Passengers,” she chronicled life with her six children and husband in Ivins, Utah. She posted videos of some of the ways she punished her children, such as withholding food from them and banning her son from his room for months, as some resurfaced clips and reports
CNN (Online News)
Nov 27 2023
News
Idaho asks Supreme Court to allow it to enforce its pro-life law
Idaho asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and let it enforce its pro-life law — enacted after the high court’s ruling last year ending a national right to abortion — over objections from the federal government. In a filing Monday, the state told the justices that a federal district court sided with the Biden administration after it sued the state over its pro-life law, Idaho’s Defense of
Washington Times
Aug 20 2012
News
Akin flub puts abortion at center of campaign debate
A campaign flub by a Republican Senate candidate shifted the political focus Monday to abortion and women's rights, as certain GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his conservative running mate faced a town hall-style meeting in New Hampshire. U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, said Sunday he misspoke when he said in an earlier interview that "legitimate rape" rarely resulted in pregnancy. Akin also
CNN (Online News)
Dec 18 2023
News
Gun rights groups sue Vermont over two firearms laws
Emboldened by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that created a new test for restrictions on firearms, gun rights organizations are taking the state of Vermont to court over two recently passed laws. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court District of Vermont on Monday, the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs argues that the laws violate Vermonters’ Second Amendment rights. One
VT Digger
Jul 28 2018
Opinion
San Francisco Bans Plastic Straws and Cocktail Swords
The city is placing a burden on its businesses for very little environmental benefit.
National Review (News)
Aug 25 2012
News
In Akin's Wake, Ryan Defends Anti-Abortion Record
Since Republican Rep. Todd Akin first said the words "legitimate rape" Sunday, just about everyone in the Republican Party has condemned those comments.
The Missouri Senate candidate later apologized, but his remarks continue to drive the political debate. They've also raised questions about the anti-abortion record of the Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan of
NPR (Online News)
Mar 10 2020
Analysis
Kansas Abortion Law Fight Exposes ‘Pro-Life’ Democrats As Cowards
Kansas “pro-life” Democrats appear willing to cave to political pressure rather than vote their supposed conscience. That is the takeaway from the continuing battle at the state house over the proposed “Value Them Both” constitutional amendment that would overturn the Kansas Supreme Court’s extreme abortion decision in Hodes & Nauser v. Schmidt.
The Hodes decision, handed down by
The Federalist
Jun 26 2018
News
Supremes Deal Victory For Trump, Uphold Travel Ban
A five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel sanctions Tuesday.
The Daily Caller
Oct 18 2012
News
Poll: Abortion the top issue for women in key states
As the presidential campaigns focus their efforts on women as a key voting bloc, a new poll shows women who are registered to vote in a dozen key states have very different priorities than their male counterparts.
The USA Today/Gallup survey found that economic issues are important to both genders, but women see one issue as more important.
CNN (Online News)
Dec 14 2023
News
Kansas governor unveils revenue neutral Medicaid expansion plan with work requirement
HOLTON — Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled Thursday her proposal for a Medicaid expansion package that includes a work requirement, revenue streams to offset the state’s cost, abortion restrictions, and other provisions to address concerns raised by opponents. By expanding Medicaid, an estimated 150,000 Kansans with low incomes would gain access to medical care. About $700 million in annual federal
Kansas Reflector