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...bashed the House Rules Committee for endorsing a bill without including some of the revisions Clinton had called for. But the Committee has been helped the panel's decision to push an identical measure might make sense in light of a statement by Ron Fitzsimmons, a prominent abortion rights activist who previously advised Clinton on abortion issues. During last year's debate on the bill, Fitzsimmons assured the President that partial birth abortions were rarely performed and used only to save a woman's life. This gave Clinton the green light to label the bill as somewhat unnecessary. Several weeks...
With the endorsement of the student activist group UNITE, the Radcliffe Women's Action Coalition (RADWAC) plastered the Yard with posters aimed at "raising awareness on campus about final clubs," according to coalition member Stephanie Greenwood...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning abortions using the controversial partial-birth technique. So far, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum says he's counted 62 'yes' votes, enough for Senate passage but still five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. An opportunity to renew the debate opened up after after Ron Fitzsimmons...
...bombings have one other thing in common: no one has claimed responsibility for any of them. "Maybe this was something to scare us, to put us in our place," said Lynn Cothren, an Atlanta gay activist. Until investigators have a breakthrough or someone speaks up, Atlanta citizens can only wonder what kind of awful message is being sent to them...
...weekend is oriented towards fostering and sustaining effective student activism. The conference aims to integrate a range of activist skill trainings, issue seminars, educational sessions and group discussions with the personal experiences each participant brings to ACT '97. Many students will have experience with political organizing, and many others will bring an untested passion for change. Many will arrive simply to discover a way to contribute to a much needed campus and community political voice on these issues. ACT '97 aims to develop viable strategies for organizing from these perspectives...