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    • 27 Ratings
    • 1761 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Prenatal Murder and Unjustified Miscarriages

    JULY 3, 2011 2:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, abortion, innocent until proven guilty, burden of proof, choice, pro-choice, anti-choice, life, pro-life, anti-life, abortion, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, invasion of privacy, women's issues, women's rights, men's issues, men's rights, free, freedom, less free, less freedom, controlling, controlling women, if it were a man, if it happened to a man, men, women, reducing, restricting, limiting, chipping away, roe v. wade, battle, battleground, fight, attack, intimidating, intimidation, abortion rights, right to life, murder, prosecution, criminal, criminalization, criminalisation, miscarriage, proof, prove, prenatal, prenatal care, prenatal murder, chip, schip, red tape, lifeboat ethics, hypocrisy, inconsistency

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1214 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    My Brother’s Reality Intrudes

    JANUARY 4, 2010 7:15PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, adoption, unethical, moral, immoral, keep, keeper, catholic, birth control, dui, dwi, drunk driving, accident, crash, welfare, jail, prison, lost job, losing job, adopted, ward of the state, foster child, foster children, unwanted, pregnant, pregnancy, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion, unwanted child, unwanted pregnancy, carry to term, finances, financial, economics, afford, care for, raise, child, children, health care, health insurance, universal coverage, public option, responsible, irresponsible, ethical

    • 35 Ratings
    • 3122 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    I am not Pro-Slavery. Are you?

    DECEMBER 8, 2009 3:47PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: clash of absolutes, divisive, political answers, political questions, anti-slavery, anti-enslavement, pro-slavery, pro-enslavement, pro-abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, risk, health, medical, service, servitude, involuntary, voluntary, enslavement, slavery, abortion, politics

    • 18 Ratings
    • 2683 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Settled Law on Abortion, and Why Stare Decisis Matters

    NOVEMBER 22, 2009 2:28PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: strict constructionist, strict constructionism, strict construction, originalism, originalist, prohibition, pro-abortion, anti-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, personal, private, from the bench, legislating from the bench, judicial activism, judicial overstepping, makes laws, making laws, legislating, legislature, civil law, law, doctrine, tempting of america, the tempting of america, justice scalia, justice antonin scalia, antonin scalia, scalia, judge robert bork, judge bork, robert bork, bork, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, roe, legal opinion, legal case, legal strategy, analysis, strategy, alternative, alternate, reformulation, reformulate, formulation, formulate, penumbra of the ninth amendment, penumbra of the 9th amendment, penumbra, 9th amendment, ninth amendment, 1st amendment, first amendment, constitution, bill of rights, supreme court, court, liability, stare decisis, clash of absolutes, government meddling, government intrusion, coathanger, coat hanger, safe and legal, unfair, fair, legal, right, abortion, politics

    • 17 Ratings
    • 1377 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Seeing Roe v. Wade as a Political Compromise

    NOVEMBER 15, 2009 5:47PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, right, pro-life, pro-choice, anti-choice, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, absolute, clash of absolutes, legal, fair, unfair, safe and legal, coat hanger, coathanger, roe, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, law, personal, choice, compromise, neutral, middle ground, acceptable, unacceptable, political, philosophy, health, medical, abortion

    • 29 Ratings
    • 2749 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    My Brother Is Pregnant

    OCTOBER 29, 2009 5:59PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, birth control, catholic, keeper, keep, immoral, moral, unethical, ethical, irresponsible, responsible, public option, universal coverage, health insurance, health care, children, child, raise, care for, afford, economics, financial, finances, carry to term, unwanted pregnancy, unwanted child, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, adoption, abortion, pregnancy, pregnant, unwanted

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1506 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Slice of the Pie (Again)

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 5:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, pluralism, funding, economics, pizza, sharing, abortion, abortion rights, public option, health care, single payer, my tax dollars, tax credit, tax deduction, state funds, federal funds, separate account, separately coded, selfish, short-sighted, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, anti-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, unwanted pregnancy, pregnancy, overpopulation, taking responsibility, family planning, planned parenthood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2928 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Maddow, Olbermann & the Shock Troops of the Radical Right

    AUGUST 13, 2009 9:13AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: right, right wing, nazi imagery, rhetoric, speech, protest, violence, abortion, anti-abortion, pro-abortion, pro-choice, anti-choice, olbermann, maddow, politics, news, obama, barack obama, television, civil rights, assassination, healthcare, health care

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1413 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    What Haunted the Gates of Notre Dame Killed Dr. Tiller

    JUNE 2, 2009 8:32AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: politics, news, media, doctors, notre dame, randall terry, liberty, freedom, hate, violence, health care, pro-abortion, radicals, extremism, pro-choice, obama, schultz, maddow, olbermann, terrorism, abortion, dr tiller

    • 11 Ratings
    • 949 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Can OS Handle Abortion? Civil Discourse or Civil War?

    APRIL 18, 2009 6:51PM

    By jay busse


    Topics: belief and religion, design, environment, family, feminism, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, open call, politics, science, religion, abortion, pro-life, pro-death, pro-choice, anti-abortion, anti-life, anti-death, pro-abortion, abort earth

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