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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A Washington Post reporter has changed careers and become the director of the Virginia affiliate of a key national abortion advocacy group. The move has pro-life groups again questioning the impartiality of the media and whether they can fairly report on life issues. "I just received a letter from former Washington Post writer Ann O'Hanlon this afternoon. She is now (with) NARAL Pro-Choice America," writes Matt Waters, vice president of public education and development for Care Net, a national pregnancy outreach organization. "But what I thought was amusing was her choice of words, that as she...

In a feature story in Tuesday's USA Today, Family Research Council's Dr. Allan C. Carlson said that the cost of sending tens of thousands of mothers to the battlefield is too great for our nation's children. "We've let an ideological drive to achieve perfect equality get in the way of common sense. No other nation has ever put so many women in combat or near-combat, and children are paying the price," he said. A prolific author, policy expert, and historian, Dr. Carlson is the Distinguished Fellow for Family Policy Studies at Family Research Council. Pentagon numbers show that the amount...