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Michigan Pharmacy Owner Explains Refusal to Sell Birth Control, Condoms Despite Aggressive Heckling
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- Friday, September 19th, 2008
- Jenna Murphy
Although he is the third-generation owner of his family-run pharmacy, pharmacist Mike Koelzer runs the business somewhat differently than his forefathers.In 2002, Kay Pharmacy in Grand Rapids, Michigan made a public decision to longer sell any form of contraceptives, including… Read More
Arizona Bishop Calls Catholics to Uphold Marriage in November Vote
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- Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
- Jenna Murphy
In a video posted online yesterday, Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted has urged Catholics to vote in support of Proposition 102 on November 4th. Proposition 102 is an amendment to the Arizona constitution that, if passed, will define marriage as being… Read More
Canada: Green Party Leader Reiterates “Strong Support” for Abortion
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- Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
- Jenna Murphy
The Green Party of Canada released a document on Sunday in which Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, reasserted her strong support for abortion and her intention to provide “greater access” to abortion services in the country’s rural regions.”On CTV’s Question… Read More
Florida Courts Rule Ban on Homosexual Adoption ‘Unconstitutional’
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- Thursday, September 11th, 2008
- Jenna Murphy
A Monroe county circuit-court judge has widened a loophole in Florida’s 31-year-old homosexual adoption ban by sanctioning the permanent adoption of a 13-year-old boy with special needs to a 52-year-old homosexual man, with whom he has resided since 2001.The boy’s… Read More
Birth Rates Continue to Plunge: US Census Bureau
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- Thursday, August 21st, 2008
- Jenna Murphy
The percentage of childless women who have reached the end of their child-bearing years in the United States has doubled from 10% to 20% in the last 30 years, reported the US Census Bureau on Monday.The survey also found that,… Read More
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