Reproductive Rights
Study: Virginity Pledges Don’t Work
Confirming what many have been saying for years, a new survey finds that teenagers who pledge to forgo sexual activity until marriage were just as likely to engage in premarital sex as those who do not. Adolescents who take the pledge are also less likely than their peers to use birth control or condoms when [...]
Obama Steps Over the Line
In an insightful column in The New York Times Sunday, Frank Rich attributes Obama’s choice of the Rev. Rick Warren — the megachurch pastor who has likened gay marriage to pedophilia, incest and polygamy (watch it here on CNN) — to arrogance. The decision “was made with the certitude that a leader with a mandate [...]
The Midnight De-Regulation Express
It’s a Washington tradition. Outgoing administrations try to ram through a slew of new federal regulations. But the Bush administration has expanded on this, seeking to push through at least 90 changes that can affect the health and safety of millions. Here are five examples.
Christians Pray for Palin
With less than a week until the general election, Christians are stepping up their involvement in the race.
There is PrayforSarahPalin.com, a Website that invites Christians to pray for all candidates but singles out Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family for extra prayers.
Palin’s Coded Anti-Abortion Support
In talking about kids with disabilities, the Alaska governor uses words and phrases generally associated with the anti-abortion movement, effectively reminding anti-abortion voters that she shares and supports their view.
Obama Camp: Winning Women, McCain “Sleazy”
Sen. Barack Obama is continuing his strong push to target women voters based on issues, according to a new Obama campaign strategy memo, while Sen. John McCain is running “the sleaziest campaign Americans have ever seen.” The memo argues that women will back Obama, regardless of the Palin effect, and that the campaign is [...]
Palin And Alaska Native Women
Blogging off my beat for a minute, I wanted to add a few points to the Gov. Sarah Palin discussion. We’re hearing a lot about Palin as the “glass-ceiling-shattering” nominee, meant to soak up votes of women who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton — and just as much about how she’s unlikely to succeed in [...]
And a Pregnant Kid Wouldn’t Be Such an Issue Either, Except the GOP Has Made it One
Perhaps there’s nothing eye-popping about a small-town mayor rejoicing over a big-time check from Washington, but in the context of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s claims to rugged federalism, the celebration takes on a new meaning.
Similarly, there’s nothing inherently unusual or terribly controversial about a 17-year-old getting pregnant — unless her mother is a powerful politician [...]
And Even a Message for Avian Voyeurs
Denver — In the Mile High City this week, every cause seems to have its representatives. It’s not just the war protesters and the Hillary for Queen folks; not just the Che Guevara communists or the close-Gitmo crowd or the anti-drilling advocates; not just the jugglers-rights activists or the guy in running shoes dressed as [...]
McCain’s Birth Control Dodge
It was not what he said, but what he didn’t say that’s caused the uproar. Asked this week about the iniquities between health insurance coverage for birth control and Viagra, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sidestepped the issue.
"It’s something that I had not thought much about," he told a reporter not very straightforwardly from the Straight [...]
