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FILTER RESULTS ►Indiana GOP Drops Forced Ultrasound Requirement To Focus On Shutting Down Abortion Clinics
Last month, Indiana Republicans proposed a measure intended to shut down a Planned Parenthood clinic in the state. The original SB 371 legislation also contained a clause that would have required women taking the RU-486 abortion pill to undergo two invasive transvaginal probes — one before taking the pill, and one after. But ever since [...]
Indiana GOP Moves Closer To Mandating Invasive Ultrasounds For Women Taking The Abortion Pill
The Indiana senate advanced a measure on Tuesday to require all women to undergo an unnecessary, and potentially invasive, ultrasound procedure before taking the RU-486 abortion pill. The original version of the bill actually mandated two tranvaginal ultrasounds — before and after women took the pill. Yesterday, before the Senate vote, GOP lawmakers agreed to [...]
Indiana GOP Scales Back Ultrasound Bill, But Would Still Force Women To Undergo Transvaginal Probe
Indiana lawmakers sparked controversy last week when they proposed a forced ultrasound bill that would go even further than similar measures in states across the country: it would require women to undergo two potentially invasive ultrasounds, both before and after taking the RU-486 abortion pill. State lawmakers are now walking that back, conceding that the [...]
Indiana GOP: Your Vagina is Our Village
Indiana Republicans pushing new transvaginal ultrasound mandate bill....
Indiana GOP Pushes Bill to Mandate TWO Invasive Ultrasounds
Republicans in Indiana are not happy with a bill that mandates an invasive transvaginal ultrasound procedure before a woman would be allowed to have an abortion.
They're not happy because they want the woman to be forced to undergo TWO...Show More Summary
Indiana GOP Lets Glenn Beck Set Legislative Agenda: Introduces Bill To Fight U.N. Conspiracy Theory
You’d be forgiven for having not heard of Agenda 21. Developed at a summit in Brazil in 1992 with support from President George H.W. Bush, Agenda 21 is a series of non-binding UN recommendations for ensuring that economic growth does not undermine the environment. The agreement aims to encourage “international cooperation to accelerate sustainable development [...]
INDIANA: State GOP Moving Slowly On Same-Sex Marriage Bans
Indiana GOP state Rep. Eric Turner says he will introduce a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the new session. A GOP-sponsored bill has already been introduced in the Indiana state Senate. However state GOP leaders say they will move slowly as the nation awaits the rulings by the U.S. Show More Summary
INDIANA: State GOP Rep Intro's Bill Mandating Lord's Prayer In Schools
Indiana GOP state Rep. Dennis Kruse has introduced a bill that requires public schools to force students to recite The Lord's Prayer. The chairman of the Senate education committee, who last year unsuccessfully sought the teaching of creationism in schools, now wants public schools to have the option of beginning each day with the Lord’s Prayer. Show More Summary
Indiana GOP Intend To Move Forward On Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment
Marriage equality's electoral wins in this month's election haven't deterred Indiana State Rep. Eric Turner and his GOP allies from their anti-gay marriage mission. 1010 WCSI reports that Turner plans on moving forward with a proposed amendment that would amend...
Rape Comment Sinks Indiana GOP Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock
Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock, whose candidacy lost traction after he said pregnancy resulting from rape was “something God intended to happen,” has lost his bid for the U.S. Senate to Democrat Joe Donnell. The Huffington Post: Mourdock,...Show More Summary
Cizik: It is time to act
The comment earlier this summer by Senate candidate Todd Aiken (R-Mo.) about “legitimate rape” was not just astonishing to pro-life evangelicals like me but quite repugnant. And now Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock has stated...Show More Summary
Biden links GOP ticket to Mourdock, Akin
KENOSHA, Wis. -- Three days after Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock sparked a firestorm for saying that pregnancies from rape are "something God intended to happen," Vice President Joe Biden linked the remark - along with another by controversial candidate by Missour …
Behind the Ad: Thank you, Richard Mourdock, for saying what's on Paul Ryan's mind
By Richard K. BarryWho: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)Where: IndianaWhat's going on: We expect the Democrats to be making effective use of Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's despicable comments on God and rape, and so they are.Here's the latest. (Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
Jon Stewart Tears Into Richard Mourdock's Rape Comments
On The Daily Show last night, host Jon Stewart hit Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for what have become controversial comments on rape and abortion, tying Mourdock to the national presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. Show More Summary
Romney Campaign on Mourdock's Rape Comments: We 'Still Support Him'
Click here to view this media Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign said on Wednesday that they disagreed with Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's statement that pregnancy from rape "is something that God...Show More Summary
Greg Sargent: Mitt Romney goes mum on Mourdock mess
Mitt Romney is under increasing pressure today to further distance himself from Richard Mourdock after the Indiana GOP Senate candidate’s remarks about rape and God created a national firestorm. Yet according to various reports, the Romney camp has gone silent on the matter, and there are no public indications that this is going to change. Read full article >>
OBAMA COURTS WOMEN VOTERS IN TAMPA
TALK RADIO NEWS SERVICE In day two of his “America Forward!” tour, President Obama courted women voters at a Thursday morning rally in Tampa capitalizing on the not-so-popular remarks made by Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock. “I don’t think any politician in Washington, most of whom are male, should be making health care decisions [...]
Joe Scarborough: Mourdock, GOP Candidates Are Driving Away Swing Voters
On Thursday's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough shared his thoughts on Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's recent remark that "life is that gift from God," and "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."
Scarborough's take was simple: Get away from these guys.
Election Diary Rescue 10/24/12
"Godly Rape" Gets Added To The List Samples of Today's 57 Diary Collection: [IN-Sen] Indiana GOP Sen Candidate Mourdock: G-d Intended Rape Pregnancies to Happen by Mets102 - Diarist has a story on Indiana's Richard Mourdock (R) that should make him toxic for a seat in the Senate. Show More Summary
