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Abortion Rights and New State Restrictions
Newly conservative state legislatures are challenging the rules for abortion with hopes of reaching a newly conservative US Supreme Court....
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenNewly conservative state legislatures are challenging the rules for abortion with hopes of reaching a newly conservative US Supreme Court. Will abortion become an issue in next year's presidential campaign? Will claims about "fetal pain" change public opinion? Also, Tea Party economics as the debt ceiling deadline nears, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn and justice — in the US and France.
Banner image: Rachel Eder of Quantico, Virginia, bundles up against frigid temperatures during an anti-abortion rally ahead of the March for Life on the National Mall January 24, 2011 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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3 storiesTea Party Economics as Debt Ceiling Deadline Nears
After cutting short its traditional July 4th recess, the Senate returned to Washington today in order to work on a debt-ceiling deal.
Read the story8 minAbortion: From State Houses to the Courts, Presidential Campaign
Last week, Kansas came close to shutting down all but one of the state's three abortion clinics before a federal court intervened. The injunction will stay in effect until a trial is held.
Read the story36 minFrench and US Justice Systems Grapple with Strauss-Kahn
Last week in New York, former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released without bail and it appeared that sexual assault charges might be dropped. Today in Paris, Tristane Banon, a reporter for the news magazine L'Express, filed suit against DSK , as he is now called, accusing him of attempted rape during an interview in 2003.
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