Prospecting for Gold in New Hampshire? Bring Hand-Held Sifter If New Anti-Dredge Bill Passes

There's gold in them thar streams in northern New Hampshire, say some. But some say dredges used to look for it do too much damage.

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Wendy Murphy: New Parental Rights Bill Would Give Rapists More Rights Than Sperm Donors

Matthew McDonald

The bill ostensibly provides a mechanism to take parental rights away from rapists, but lawyer and women's advocate Wendy Murphy says it actually assumes parental rights for rapists and sets a high bar in family court for women who are rape victims to try to disqualify their attackers. Pro-lifers should be outraged by the bill, Murphy says, because women who conceive a child through rape but don't want an abortion may be prodded into getting one to avoid spending years in family court with their rapist.

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