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Colorado ‘treatment’ center held mentally disabled teen in solitary for 25 days

‘All I know is it was long, real long, and it felt like the worst thing ever.’
| 05.10.13 | 11:33 am | View Article

This story was originally published by The Colorado Independent.
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Fourteen-year-old Kiondre Davison had a habit of acting up in school and running away from home. Social services officials stepped in to help. They sent him to El Pueblo Boys and Girls Ranch, a teen treatment center in Pueblo, Colo.,

Colorado county board renews decision to ban Plan B at health clinics

Debate characterized by anti-abortion anxiety and aversion to subsidized contraception
| 05.09.13 | 1:01 pm | View Article

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Colorado’s Weld County Board on Monday renewed a 2010 policy that prevented county health clinics funded by the federal Title X women’s health program from dispensing Plan B emergency contraception to their mostly young and low-income patients.

Source: Former Michigan Congressman Mark Schauer will run for governor

| 05.08.13 | 1:35 pm | View Article

This story has been updated to include a statement from Gov. Rick Snyder’s spokesperson. More…
LANSING – Former U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer of Michigan will seek the Democratic nomination for governor, a source close to him confirmed Tuesday. The source spoke on background but is part of Schauer’s decision-making circle and