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When the Obama administration pushed for over the counter sales of the Plan B drug, which may cause an abortion in some circumstances, pro-life advocates feared this kind of thing would happen. A local news station in Colorado has discovered that a children’s hospital with giving the Plan B drug to 12-year-old girls and all without parental consent. As Fox 21 reports: motherdaughter6bOne Colorado Springs clinic is offering kids as young as 12 access to the Plan B pill without any parental consent. That clinic is a division of Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora and offers services to 12 to...

Welcome to a recurring feature when I simply can’t pick one issue to spread over one full column—a checklist of things we’ve learned in the past few days, whether uplifting or discouraging. 1. We’ve learned that the fog of mystery surrounding Benghazi will not clear anytime soon. With key players under pressure not to speak to investigators, a litany of anonymous voices now adds to a disturbing chorus telling of dropped balls and missed opportunities in the aftermath of an attack this administration wants us all to forget. Their strategy is not just to suppress the truth, but to demonize...

This is a stunning example of nanny state government. A federal judge has ordered the FDA to make the controversial Plan B “morning-after” pill available to 17-year-olds without a prescription. The judge’s “good intentions” aside, according Wendy Wright of the Concerned Women for America (CWA) “… by making it so easy to get, young women are encouraged to rely on it as a regular form of birth control. This ruling puts politics above women’s health, and intrudes into parents’ ability to protect their minor daughters. The FDA has never allowed a high dose of a drug to be available without...