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The claim that an undesired pregnancy is slavery implies that our very existence is a form of slavery or imprisonment.Motherhood isn’t slavery. This ought to be obvious, but after the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the left has pushed a variety of bizarre legal theories as they scramble to ensure that elective abortions continue unabated across the country. They just got a federal judge to consider one of the looniest legal theories — the sort of theory that shouldn’t be heard outside of a mediocre law professor’s late-night conversations with her cats after hitting the wine box a bit...

California liberal has taken flak for some moves, but she wouldn't have it any other way RESOURCES SEN. BOXER'S BIOGRAPHY• Party: Democrat• Birth date: Nov. 11, 1940• Age: 63• Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.• Education: Bachelor of arts, Brooklyn College, 1962.• Family: Husband, Stewart, a lawyer; adult children Doug and Nicole; one grandson, Zachary.• Experience: U.S. senator, 1993 to present; House member, 1983 to 1993; Marin County supervisor, 1976 to 1982; aide to then-U.S. Rep. John Burton, 1974-75; reporter for Pacific Sun newspaper, 1972-73; stockbroker, 1962-65. WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer always has spoken up, but the California Democrat seems to have...