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Candidate for lieutenant governor says Planned Parenthood is worse than the Ku Klux Klan
At the Republican Party of Virginia Convention over the weekend, E.W. Jackson of Chesapeake was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, effectively making him the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli. This raised a few eyebrows around the...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Government, Executive Branch
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
Tags: Health, Christianity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture, Hospitals and Clinics
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Year-old funding scandal hurt local Race For the Cure, officials say
It's been more than a year since Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation was rocked by its short-lived but controversial decision to defund Planned Parenthood. But South Floridians, it appears, have a long memory. Susan G. Komen South Florida...
Tags: Human Interest, Medical Research, Harris Interactive Incorporated, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti dash across L.A. to shore up support
After remarks by Magic Johnson and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel's turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election Greuel's way on Tuesday. "They always...
Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Politics, Eric Garcetti, Maxine Waters, Magic Johnson
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Politics, Barack Obama
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LETTER: Plan B Puts No One at Risk
Regarding "Plan B Decision Praised, Criticized [May 2, CTNow]: Peter Wolfgang's views presented within are misguided and misleading. As a nursing student and contraception advocate, I want to offer some background Mr. Wolfgang left out. Plan B is a...Tags: Plan B (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments, Diabetes, Birth Control
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: Environmental Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Barack Obama, Ken Cuccinelli
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Greuel casts herself as an underdog; Garcetti shuns overconfidence
After remarks by Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel’s turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election her way on Tuesday. “They...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Eric Garcetti, Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles Lakers
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Parent questions birth control query
Dear Amy: My daughter, who is almost 12 years old, visited a hospital a couple of months ago, and a nurse asked her if she uses birth control. Is this is an appropriate question to ask a not-quite 12-year-old girl? I feel that it is the kind of question...
Tags: Social Media, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments, Media Industry, Birth Control
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Subject for debate: OTC Plan B for all
Change of Subject"Plan B," the morning-after contraceptive, is reportedly as safe as aspirin, even when taken by adolescents. Aduilts can buy it over the counter, but I say let everyone buy it who wants it or needs it. In an ideal world,...... -
Getting to responsible sexual health education
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...
Tags: Education, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Treatments
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May 19, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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