Tag: Reproductive rights

Planned Parenthood victory provides a lesson

February 3, 2012 at 12:38 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Planned Parenthood’s heartening victory this week in overcoming the boneheaded decision of the Susan G. Komen Foundation (which, as an aside, sure seems to have left extremists like Renee Ellmers hung out to dry) should provide an important lesson for progressives here in North Carolina. It is this:

Most Americans are not with the radical, conservative  extremists; that group’s current power and influence is hugely disproportionate to its actual support in the public. Read More…

Legislator/minister calls for executing abortion providers

January 27, 2012 at 9:13 amCategory:Uncategorized

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UPDATED: In response to a comment from a reader, we’ve removed the quotation marks around the word minister that appeared in the original headline of this post. We have no reason to doubt the legitimacy of Rev. Pittman’s credentials — just his very troubling beliefs.

Lost somewhat in the shuffle of the hubbub surrounding Governor Perdue’s announcement yesterday was the story regarding State Representative Larry Pittman. Pittman, who is apparently also - amazingly enough - a minister, said the following in an email to all of his fellow members of the House regarding the controversial letter of a mentally ill death row inmate: Read More…

The words of a very, very troubled man…

January 23, 2012 at 4:08 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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…who remarkably enough, has gotten a lot of votes for President of the United States.

The folks at Think Progress have a CNN video of some remarkably outrageous comments made by the very dangerous former Senator from Pennsylvania.

Good news on anti-choice license plates

November 28, 2011 at 12:02 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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This is from the ACLU of North Carolina:

“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Federal Court Blocks Production of Discriminatory “Choose Life” License Plate

ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation Filed Lawsuit in September on Behalf of North Carolinians Seeking License Plate Supporting Woman’s Right to Reproductive Freedom

CONTACT: Mike Meno, Communications Manager, ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, 919-247-5456 or mmeno@acluofnc.org

WILMINGTON, NC – U.S. District Judge James C. Fox granted a preliminary injunction this morning that will prevent North Carolina from producing a proposed “Choose Life” anti-choice license plate during an ongoing legal challenge from the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation. Read More…

Anti-choice law struck down in part

October 25, 2011 at 5:23 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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Good news and bad news from WRAL.com:

Greensboro, N.C. — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a portion of North Carolina’s new abortion restrictions that would require medical providers who perform ultrasounds on pregnant women.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles in Greensboro issued a preliminary injunction one day before the law would take effect. Lawmakers passed the restrictions over Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto in July.

Eagles blocked a provision regarding what must be shown and told to a woman when an ultrasound is performed at least four hours before the scheduled procedure.

The section required the medical worker to put the electronic image of the fetus in front of the pregnant woman, describe what the woman may view and offer her the chance to listen to the fetal heart beat.

Eagles said other sections of the law, including a 24-hour waiting period, can be enforced.