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Monegan was fired because he was going to DC to ask for Federal funding for sexual assault cases.  This includes rape kits.  Rape Kits that Palin was forcing Wasilla rape victims to pay for. Why?

Because rape kits contain emergency contraception. Palin does not believe in abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

So, in Wasilla, if you were poor and can’t afford the rape kit…you got screwed a second time by Sarah Palin and the Fundamentalists, because to them, contraception is the same thing as abortion.  Every sperm is sacred, regardless of the circumstances. Sorry about your luck, lady.

Of course, she’ll never come out and SAY this.  What she says is that she has no problem with investigating sexual assault and bring the perpetrator to justice.

Forcing a rape victim to have a child she doesn’t want is nothing near justice.

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DENVER (AP) -- Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey invoked his late father's name Tuesday night and referred to his own opposition to abortion rights from the podium of the Democratic convention - 16 years after his father was denied the same privilege....

DENVER (AP) -- Under fire from U.S. Catholic bishops, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not backing off contentious comments about abortion she made during a weekend television talk show appearance....

Why is it that every time I see someone on the TV talking about abortion from either side, it’s usually someone who doesn’t look like they’re getting laid?

I ask merely for informational purposes.

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HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion - Yahoo! News.

Just because I hear Hillary Clinton say it, doesn’t mean I’m going to actually believe it. Less so, actually. However, it does appear that HHS is moving to redefine a couple of things.

To put it in English, it’sa variant of the Intelligent Design argument.

Most people accept that pregnancy takes place when a sperm meets an egg and they do the chacha. Since at this moment, there’s no actual test to determine if an egg has actually been fertilized, the moment of conception happens at an undetermined time, according to this new argument.

So, ALL sexually active women are potentially pregnant! Right Now. At this very moment.

Since all women are pregnant RIGHT NOW, anybody working for a clinic that receives federal money, even Medicaid, can deny contraception to a woman based on that argument, and the love of the Baby Jesus in their pretty green eyes.

All of this is also based on the argument that hormonally based birth control–like most of the stuff normal women use–prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. There isn’t any hard data that supports this, in fact, Pro Life physicians wrote an open letter in 1999 saying essentially the opposite.

This is designed to strip away what HHS calls a discrimination of conscience. Based on the individuals (or institutions) belief of when life begins, this should be the primary factor in determining what constitutes abortion, they say.

Mark my words, if this is allowed to pass, the next grass-roots movement will be Born Again Cruaders protesting abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood from the other side of the door, where they wouldn’t be allowed to protest today, but for the fact they got a job there JUST SO THEY COULD DO THAT VERY THING. I guarantee that’s in the head of some Compass of Morality right now.

I’m not sure that’s a good idea. Do you?

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Twenty church groups on Thursday urged a government committee not to allow an 11-year-old girl who was raped by her uncle go to Britain for an abortion.

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