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...eagerly embraces the archaic idea that the only proper way to "take responsibility for the consequences" of heterosexual sex is to carry an unplanned pregnancy to term. In the life of a pregnant high school girl, "taking responsibility" may mean walking through the school hallways heavy into her ninth month, case-managing her abortion or giving up a child for adoption without ever seeing it. We can have compassion for all the young women who have found themselves in these situations without passing judgment on their lives and their futures. Erin Kate Ryan, Board of Directors, Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund...
...legal changes wrought by Lawrence have been considerable. Both the Massachusetts and California marriage cases, for instance, cite Lawrence. So have cases in Alabama involving sex toys and in Florida involving gay adoptions, and just last month, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision cited Lawrence in holding for the first time that the military's exclusion of openly gay members must be based on more than simple moral disapproval of homosexuals. That case has been sent back to lower courts for further proceedings, but is already seen as a major challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell...
...Pelosi's negotiators felt that was a significant concession. The California district judge who will make the decision in such cases has been sympathetic to some of the civil libertarians' claims. And an adverse decision can be appealed to the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The telecoms are casting it as a victory, and Pelosi's aides acknowledge the telecoms are likely to win immunity in court. But they're getting less than they would have in a Senate version of the bill, and they will hardly have a free ride once litigation and lobbying fees have been added...
...rocket-man named Mohamed, limping from a piece of Israeli shrapnel in his foot: "We had a busy day. Our commanders told us to fire off as many rockets as we could." Mohammed was injured shortly before midnight by an Israeli artillery shell two minutes after he fired his ninth rocket under a glaring full moon...
...carry produce--and unappetizing produce at that. "Would you buy this?" she asks, pointing to a handful of bruised cantaloupes. "You walk in, and you see candy, soda and chips. Nothing healthy." It's no surprise that a recent study found that the obesity rate among fifth-, seventh- and ninth-graders in the 10 poorest communities in Los Angeles County was 32%, compared with 8% for the city's 10 wealthiest communities...