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Georgia lawmakers are poised to take up a controversial bill that would outlaw abortions prompted by the baby's race or gender, an issue that has inspired a billboard campaign claiming a racial conspiracy is behind the termination of pregnancies. In this photo made Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, an anti-abortion billboard is shown in Atlanta. The eyebrow-raising ads featuring a young black child are an effort by the anti-abortion movement to use race to rally support within the black community. (AP) That question will be at heart of a debate among Georgia lawmakers, who are poised to take up a controversial...

A Bush administration official responsible for reviewing practices at Guantanamo Bay says the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Washington Post reported. "We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani," Susan J. Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution. Crawford is the first senior Bush administration official who investigates Guantanamo dealings to publicly say a detainee was tortured.

SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Air Force bases nationwide are deploying hundreds of Airmen to Louisiana and Mississippi to save lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Search and rescue missions are under way around the clock to evacuate hurricane victims stranded along the Gulf Coast. Two 50th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and Airmen from the 452nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., landed at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Sept. 3 to relocate sick and injured patients devastated after Hurricane Katrina. The Joint Task Force-Katrina mission was...

In battle, one of the hardest challenges is saving the wounded. Medical professionals encounter injuries not normally seen in peacetime, and many times see multiple life-threatening injures requiring immediate treatment on the battlefield. Another problem is moving patients across hot desert sands on bumpy roads in Iraq, which can be logistically challenging and uncomfortable for the patient. And there is always the danger of roadside bombs. To solve these problems, military aeromedical planners developed what is now an efficient medical evacuation system that moves patients from where they were injured to definitive care quickly and safely. Along the way, patients...

PALMDALE - While "Everybody Loves Raymond" character Debra Barone will live on in television reruns, a generous gift from actress Patricia Heaton will live on in the lives of babies born to Antelope Valley women who were considering having abortions. Heaton, who has won two Emmy awards for her role in the hit sitcom, was honored Tuesday for donating a $25,000 high-tech ultrasound machine to the AV Pregnancy Counseling Center, which was renamed Women's Clinic of the Antelope Valley. Ultrasound machines offer pregnant women a detailed view of their unborn children, even at only a couple of months along, and...

OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Bob Barr: Lt. Col. West no hero Officer facing charges for shock tactics used to save lives Posted: November 19, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Supporters of a U.S. officer who believes his extremely aggressive interrogation tactics helped foil a deadly attack by Saddam loyalists are using "Clintonesque" arguments to defend him, asserts a manager of President Clinton's impeachment in 1998. Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia told WorldNetDaily he believes Lt. Col. Allen West's actions should not be considered "heroic," a description offered freely by the officer's many military and...

Saving Lives, Saving Hearts, And Saving Souls Newsletter for Advice & Aid Pregnancy Problem Center -- Sept 6, 2003  Please remember the Dinner/Dance on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at St Ann’s Catholic Church – Tickets are $30.00 – Silent Auction items are needed – contact Terry or Rita at 404-763-4357. This is the major benefit each year for this pregnancy center.  Many people are aware of the hardships that job losses have caused in 2003. However, the pregnancy center has wonderful news! Though most women coming to the center initially want to have an abortion, the center has had no...