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Late-term abortionist Dr. Warren Hern, who performs abortions in the second and third trimesters in his clinic in Boulder, Colorado, wrote an editorial some time ago complaining about how abortionists are treated. First he complained that abortionists are not given the respect they deserve in the clinics: Increasingly, doctors have been made to feel irrelevant. Feminist abortion clinics treat doctors like technicians and are especially contemptuous of male physicians. Entrepreneurs who treat abortion strictly as a retail business also tend to treat doctors as technicians. Doctors who perform abortions have usually acquiesced in these roles, and their status has plummeted...

Richardson looks past lawmaker's DWI charge Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Gov. Bill Richardson said Thursday a lawmaker arrested on a charge of drunken driving is a "DWI champion" strongly committed to tougher laws, and should be given another chance. House Minority Whip Joe Thompson of Albuquerque was charged with drunken driving early Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he attended a ceremony at which Richardson signed into law stronger DWI penalties. The Democratic governor said he holds the Republican lawmaker in "extremely high regard," and that without him, DWI and drug bills would not have passed during the recent...