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What Would Roe Do?
[Editor's Note: A near version of the following was sent to The Boston Globe, which to date hasn't published it. It is published here for the first time.] To the Editor of The Boston Globe:
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Want To Resist Culture of Death? Confront It
Congratulations to pro-lifers in Keene, New Hampshire, who showed up at a campaign event for a pro-abortion candidate for governor and pressed him to answer questions about why he thinks it's all right to kill unborn babies and to use public money to do it. The protest was
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Saran-Wrap Sex-Ed Bill Supporters Make Late-Session Push for Vote
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With time running out again on comprehensive sex education legislation, state Representative James O'Day says he's trying to convince his Massachusetts House colleagues that the bill is not about encouraging young people to be sexually active.
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Left-Leaning Legislators Like Sanctuary State Proposal in Massachusetts Senate
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A group of state representatives has asked overdue state budget negotiators to adopt Massachusetts Senate language restricting local authorities from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, advocating for a measure House Speaker Robert DeLeo has said would be "very difficult" to pass
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War on Plastic Bags Continues As Massachusetts Senate Tries To Save the Whales
By Colin Young State House News Service The Massachusetts Senate went on record again Thursday in favor of a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags with sponsors pointing to the harm such bags have done to whales, but then rejected a proposal whose sponsor said was intended to reduce the
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Warning: Another Catholic Headed To Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh once was an altar boy. He now volunteers as a lector in his parish. He serves meals to the homeless, dishing out food alongside a priest. And Kavanaugh coaches his daughter's Catholic Youth Organization basketball team. Sounds untrustworthy.
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Trump’s DNA Test Jab at Elizabeth Warren Divides Her GOP Challengers
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE President Donald Trump's remarks about tossing a DNA test at U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a hypothetical debate have not sat well with some top Bay State Republicans, including one who is running to defeat the Cambridge Democrat.
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Maine Governor Vetoes Conversion Therapy Ban, and Wonders Why Female Genital Mutilation Measure Didn’t Make It To His Desk
Maine Governor Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would outlaw so-called "conversion therapy" aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of a minor, sending a blistering message to state legislators chiding them for not passing an unrelated bill that would have outlawed female genital mutilation.
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