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...which permits the slaughter of fetuses (or the “elimination of the unwanted tissue,” for those who find refuge in euphemism) at any time and for any reason, cannot quite compare to this. Under the rules set down by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, American women and their doctors are allowed to kill unborn human beings. Under the rules proposed by those who hope to ban reproductive cloning while allowing the “therapeutic” variety, American researchers will be required to kill unborn human beings?...
...over two months now, anti-abortion terrorists have openly threatened a germ-warfare campaign against many facilities that offer health care to women. In an apparently coordinated mailing, on Nov. 8, more than 200 Planned Parenthood health facilities and abortion clinics nationwide received envelopes containing white powder and a letter stating that the powder was anthrax. It was the second such wave of threats; 250 abortion clinics received similar letters last month. While none of the powder has tested positive for anthrax, the letters caused serious disruptions to the facilities as the FBI reported the mailings to be a coordinated...
...tasks of parenthood, the first instinct is to keep your children safe. But there are no safety locks, no stair guards for this moment, and parents of six-year-olds and 26-year-olds find themselves confounded by their inability to do their most basic job. "I feel it has changed my relationship with my children," says George Egan, a Pittsburgh, Pa., investment banker, of the fallout from the attacks. He and his wife Annie have two sets of twins, ages 3 and 6. "When I go upstairs at night to check on them I now feel somehow less confident...
...story line could have just been a set-up for easy potty jokes; instead, it underscores the real emotional stakes for the uprooted kids. It also brings out a fatherly side in Bernie that Mac--who has more range than many a comic who has taken on sitcom parenthood--makes believable without getting sappy...
...Other indicators seem to point to troublemakers within: More than 150 threatening letters to Planned Parenthood clinics strikes some law enforcement officials as a classic "copycat" crime, although at this point no one is willing to rule out a wider connection...