Senate bill follows House in attempting to enact unconstitutional ban on abortion at 20 weeks NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. After anti-choice politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a blatantly unconstitutional nationwide ban on nearly all abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy this summer, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)[Read More…]
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Planned Parenthood: Extreme 20-Week Abortion Ban Takes Personal Medical Decisions Out of the Hands of Women and Their Doctors
60 Percent of Americans Support Access to Abortion at 20 Weeks in Cases of Severe Fetal Abnormalities Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards strongly condemned dangerous legislation introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham that would ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide. Bills like this one[Read More…]
Routine Traffic Stop Turns Into Nightmare After 14-hour Anal Cavity Search for Drugs; Lawsuit Filed Against Police Claims Invasive Search that Violated Civil Rights
Drug Policy Alliance Statement: War on Drugs Shreds 4th Amendment and Devastates Police/ Community Relations NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. According to recently discovered court documents, a Deming, NM man was subjected to a nightmarish 14-hour anal cavity search for drugs after allegedly running a stop sign. No drugs were found[Read More…]
Clerk David Orr’s Statement on Marriage Equality
N.B. Subsequent to Orr’s press release, the Illinois Senate passed the amended House bill, which now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk for his expected signature. Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- “I am thrilled the Illinois House today passed marriage equality, and I eagerly await the Senate’s seal of approval and Governor Quinn’s[Read More…]
NOW Congratulates Illinois on Passing Marriage Equality
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Statement of NOW Action Vice President Bonnie Grabenhofer The National Organization for Women is delighted that the Illinois House of Representatives has passed a marriage equality bill that Governor Pat Quinn has promised to sign into law. This is a great victory for Illinois’ same-sex[Read More…]
VICTORY! Senate Bill 10 (The Freedom to Marry) Passes in the Illinois House
IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. Statement of John Knight, Director, LGBT Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois “Today is an historic day for the State of Illinois, and a great victory for thousands of gay and lesbian couples and their families. We applaud the House members who stood up[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans: House Ways and Means Committee Misleads on Formula for Calculating Social Security COLA
Chained CPI Would be a Cut in Benefits – that is why Conservatives Support it Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. The House Ways and Means Committee was misleading when it released a statement on Monday that says, “If the more accurate chained CPI was used to determine the 2014 cost of[Read More…]
Enough Project Statements on M23 Surrender
GOMA, DR CONGO, AND WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. The M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to end its insurgency says M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa in a statement released today. Fighting between the rebel group and Congo’s army has displaced more than 800,000 people since[Read More…]
ACLU Response to Senate Moving One Step Closer to Passing ENDA
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2013. The Senate today voted to begin debate on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) by a bipartisan vote of 61-30. ENDA would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in most American workplaces. “Tonight, we are one step closer to finally enshrining in law the[Read More…]
Former UN Head Kofi Annan and Former President of Brazil Cardoso Call for Decriminalization of Drugs
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. By: Tony Newman, http://www.drugpolicy.org/ Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso have delivered a devastating critique on the failed war on drugs and are calling on governments to adopt more humane and effective ways of controlling and regulating drugs. In[Read More…]
