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A manual for pro-choice activists published in the 1980s says that most of the time, judges grant minors’ judicial bypass requests. When a pregnant teen wants an abortion without her parents’ knowledge in a state that has parental notification or consent, she can go to judge and convince him she is “mature enough” not to inform her parents. Mainly, these are rubber stamped. The manual says: “Even though the overwhelming majority of abortion petitions that come before the courts are granted, choice advocates argue that judicial bypass procedures impede a teenager’s constitutional right.” Reproductive Choices and Community Controversy (Washington, DC:...

Don't be fooled by the president's addition of funds for the fence and new border guards. If the bill is passed this way, one of the president's flunkies will challenge the constitutionality of the funding and will WIN because all spending bills MUST originate in the House. The result will be no new fencing and no new security measures. Just like Bush wanted it in the first place.

This morning on Fox and Friends there was made mention that much stricter fines are in the immigration reform bill. While this is true many folks may not know about a few words that follow the language about the tougher fines. Those words make a travesty of any "fines" as they can be waved and the employer could walk away owing nothing in penalties. Here are the words I've got a problem with... (D) The Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalties imposed upon employers, based upon factors including, but not limited to, the employer's hiring volume, compliance history,...

After almost five years of legal battles, a Michigan woman has been allowed to view court records of a judicial waiver granted to her at age 15 that allowed her to obtain an abortion without her mother's consent. The woman, known as FG, was originally denied a request to view her court file in 2000. A few years earlier, she had obtained an abortion without her mother's consent because a judge had issued a judicial waiver, but, because of a mental illness and drugs she was then taking, the woman has only a vague recollection of the proceedings. She wanted...