Politics

Long Election Day lines strengthen push for early voting in Va.

| 12.14.12 | 10:58 am | View Article

A Virginia early voting bill failed during the past six General Assembly sessions, but some lawmakers hope that frustration over long lines during the 2012 election will lead to a more productive discussion on how to make voting more convenient. More…

Screenshot of Students for Life of America's postcard featuring rape and incest arguments

‘Abortion doesn’t unrape you’

Following election disaster, anti-abortion activists look to reframe discussion of rape
| 12.13.12 | 2:11 pm | View Article

After two GOP Senate candidates saw their campaigns implode when they made controversial comments about abortion and rape, Republicans like Sen. John McCain have been asking their party to just shut up about abortion More….

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Christian anti-abortion group sues government for taxpayer funding

| 11.30.12 | 9:01 am | View Article

Should taxpayer funds be used to help a “Christ centered ministry” buy and renovate a building in which it will offer Bible instruction and other services aimed at preventing abortion? More…

Screenshot of invitation to a conference call held by the National Organization for Marriage Nov. 8, 2012.

AUDIO: National Organization for Marriage wants Starbucks to pay ‘price’ in Middle East

In post-election call NOM president says, ‘These are not countries that look kindly on same-sex marriage'
| 11.09.12 | 4:54 pm | View Article

The National Organization for Marriage is pledging to continue its efforts to ensure that companies that back same-sex marriage pay a “price” in Middle Eastern countries that are hostile to gay rights. More…

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Anti-abortion scholar: Restrictions should be designed to raise costs for women

| 09.21.12 | 9:34 am | View Article
Anti-abortion restrictions should be designed to raise “the costs” of abortions in order to discourage women from obtaining them, a prominent scholar for a leading anti-abortion group told an audience of social conservative activists in Washington last weekend. More…
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Big telecom pushes de-regulation bill in California

| 09.10.12 | 2:21 pm | View Article

California could be the latest state to enact a law that dramatically curbs regulatory oversight of telecommunications services in the state, handing a significant victory to the industry players that have lobbied for the bill’s passage. More…

Minnesota for Marriage spokesperson Kalley Yanta

Backers of Minn. marriage amendment use controversial parenting study

| 09.04.12 | 5:24 pm | View Article

A controversial study on parenting has become a focal point of the campaign in Minnesota to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage this November. More…

Anti-abortion protest (Flickr/Anna Levinzon)

Health experts challenge coerced-abortion laws

| 08.29.12 | 2:03 pm | View Article

On a Friday morning in September 2005, 22-year-old Brittany Wilson sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic a mile away from her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., and bawled her eyes out. More…