House Republicans attempt another anti-abortion measure through lies and deception

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ktar.com:  (Arizona)

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.

The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” expected to pass by a comfortable margin late Tuesday, would be a direct challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions up to the time a fetus becomes viable. Fetal viability is generally considered to be at least 24 weeks into the pregnancy.

The measure will be ignored by the Democratic-led Senate and the White House, saying the bill is “an assault on a woman’s right to choose,” has issued a veto threat.

Even if the policy were to become law, it would almost certainly face a legal challenge. That’s a prospect supporters hope for as part of the ultimate goal of overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Republican Men Need to Shut Up about Rape

Elena

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I just want someone to tell me why extreme right wing Republican men continue to talk about their belief that women who are raped don’t get pregnant.  SHUT UP already.  Cause let me tell you, I know someone, someone close to me, that became pregnant after she was raped.

Right now, right now in this country, in the 21st century, once again, Republican men in congress, behaving like their religious belief system must be legislated, i.e. forced upon women (hmmm, sounds like Sharia law to me) are at it again.  Their intent on outlawing ALL abortions beyond 20 weeks has begun.  Now let me say here, once again, for the hard of hearing, no one WANTS an abortion, it isn’t an easy decision, nor it is an easy procedure.  But this just in, women have sought abortions throughout the ages.

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Asteroids: Something else to worry about

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Space terrorist?
Space terrorist?

Washingtonpost.com:

The White House and NASA on Tuesday will ask the public for help finding asteroids that potentially could slam into the Earth with catastrophic consequences.

Citing planetary defense, the administration has decided that the search for killer rocks in space should be the latest in a series of “Grand Challenges,” in which the government sets an ambitious goal, helps create public-private partnerships and sometimes offers prize money for innovative ideas.

“This is really a call to action to find all asteroid threats to human populations and know what to do about them,” NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said Monday. She said the asteroid hunt would help prove that “we’re smarter than the dinosaurs.

So if someone discovers a huge asteroid headed our way, what do we do about it?  Detection is only part of this equation.   Have we been too complicit about the threat of asteroids causing a  Catastrophic event?  Will we eventually become the next dinosaur?