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Arkansas Senator Jason Rapert’s Abortion Ban
Jacob Slaton for The New York Times State Senator Jason Rapert, left, who designed the law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, said it was a “significant statement.” CONWAY, Ark. — The adoption by Arkansas last week of the country’s strictest abortion ban — at 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat [...]
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March 12, 2013 by with Comments (0)
Tags: Abortion, activists, Arkansas, CONWAY, Jason, Rapert’s, Senator, State Senate
100 years after suffrage march, activists walk in tradition of Inez Milholland
At the 100th anniversary of Washington’s Women’s Suffrage Parade on Sunday, participants will march in the bold tradition of suffragette Inez Milholland — even if they, and most of America, have never heard of her. Of all the images and people invoked during this centennial celebration, perhaps the least remembered is the one woman said [...]
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February 28, 2013 by with Comments (0)
Tags: activists, After, Inez, Inez Milholland, march, Milholland, suffrage, tradition, walk, years
