Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2008
The term "health of the mother" is a coded term used by extreme pro-abortionists to mislead the public about their nefarious intentions, as John McCain suggested during Wednesday's presidential debate. Or it could just mean "health of the mother." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2008
It was a lineup designed to bring women at the Republican National Convention ever forward and onward into the year 1800, but alas, Sarah Palin couldn't make it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigNov 29, 2007
Scientists may have found a way to grow stem cells without using embryos. The president's people are claiming this as a White House victory, causing a flood of gall on Pennsylvania Avenue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 27, 2007
Picking up on the pro-life theme of "giving a voice to the unborn," cartoonist Gary Cangemi made a lil' creation of his own, "Umbert the Unborn," otherwise known as "the world's most loveable unborn baby (next to yours) ," according to his Web site . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMay 15, 2007
After trying to have it all ways and looking silly in the process, Rudy Giuliani finally came out and restated his support for a woman's right to choose. If he sticks with his decision, Giuliani will end the free ride his party has enjoyed on an issue that's supposed to be about morality, but has more often been used cynically to harvest votes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2007
In a ruling that supports President Bush's abortion politics, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of the ban on partial-birth abortions that Bush pushed and Congress approved in 2003. The Court's move struck some pro-choice proponents as the (further) politicization of a woman's personal, and medical, decision. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigJan 18, 2007
President Bush has done it again, appointing a doctor who opposes family planning to run the nation's family planning program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 23, 2006
Well, not a bar, actually -- a house. On this week's episode of his FX network series "Thirty Days," Morgan Spurlock, the documentarian behind "Super Size Me," is putting two women with radically different worldviews in the same house for 30 days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 15, 2006
The proprietor of a pro-life blog railed with righteous indignation against a column from The Onion titled "I'm Totally Psyched About This Abortion!" Apparently lines from the column like "I seriously cannot wait for all the hemorrhaging and the uterine contractions" didn't tip the blogger off to the column's satirical intent--and he has since become the laughingstock of the blogosphere.
(Salon article; reg. req'd)
(Onion column) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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