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“Your daughter’s 14, huh?” asked the guy at the wedding reception. “I guess you’re heading for the Grandma Danger Zone.” I wasn’t offended exactly (it was a party, after all, and most of us were drunk and speaking freely), but I was a bit surprised by the casualness with which a relative stranger commented on my child’s theoretical sexual activity. Trying to move the conversation along, I chuckled politely and replied, “Well, if she did get pregnant now, I would help her get an abortion, so that won’t be an issue.” There was a long silence as this man and...

In examining notes taken of their conversations with the victim’s mother, I was taken aback by how contemptuous they are of her. They talk down to her, as if she were the perpetrator, not the mother of the victim of this monstrous attack. It is outrageous. And it gets worse. The supposedly seven-year-old rapist who put his penis in the girl’s mouth, urinated on her and in her mouth, and who reportedly owned the blue pocket knife that he used to threaten her, was never even removed from his home. That family still lives next door to the victim. For...

A New Jersey news crew recently produced a story on their own collective reaction to a video developed by Created Equal, a pro-life group that shows graphic images of abortion in public areas. Created Equal operates under free speech rights, setting up overt displays that put the reality of abortion in plain view for passers-by in busy pedestrian locales. The crew, Chasing New Jersey, watched the following Created Equal video, and “Chaser” Bill Anderson instigated a discussion about their reactions (second video) after they saw it. Warning: The first video below contains graphic abortion images. GRAPHIC VIDEO ON LINK This...

Connecticut State Police, via Associated Press Joshua Komisarjevsky, 26, could face the death penalty. STAMFORD, Conn., July 30 — Having committed a string of brazen nighttime burglaries by the age of 22, Joshua Komisarjevsky was facing serious time in a state penitentiary when he stood before Judge James M. Bentivegna in late 2002, with his parents, girlfriend and 9-month-old daughter in the gallery. snip... “I keep hearing from the prosecutor that I’m a wild animal,” Mr. Komisarjevsky ... “I’m not.” snip... But in a move state officials now acknowledge was not made according to proper procedures, Mr. Komisarjevsky was...

The state has ordered two Orlando clinics to stop doing abortions indefinitely and suspended the medical license of their owner, Dr. James Pendergraft, on grounds that he illegally performed third-trimester abortions. The restrictions began last week at one Orlando location, and by Wednesday, all five of Pendergraft's offices statewide had been ordered to stop providing abortions.

DNA can't be used in trial, judge says 03/10/2003 Associated Press BEAUMONT, Texas - A judge has barred the use of DNA evidence against a capital murder defendant, citing extreme negligence by the prosecution in sharing the evidence with the defense. Joe Edward LaRue, 39, faces the capital murder charge in connection with the Oct. 15, 1989, death of a co-worker. Donna Pentecost, 33, of Port Neches, was found dead in her yard. She had been sexually assaulted and her head crushed with a concrete block. State District Judge Layne Walker initially planned to postpone the scheduled March 17...