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"There was majority leader Bill Frist accusing the Democrats of trying " to kill, to defeat, to assassinate" President Bush's judicial nominees, and Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania comparing the Democrats' audacity to Hitler's--a charge so harsh he later had to apologize." -May 30, 2005 Time Magazine


“Only about half of this year's high school graduates have the reading skills they need to succeed in college, and even fewer are prepared for college-level science and math courses, according to a yearly report from ACT, which produces one of the nation's leading college admissions tests.” New York Times


31 U.S. states are taking steps to teach "alternatives to evolution" in public schools.


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Left Hook passionately supports a woman’s right to choose. However, instead of reiterating arguments to that effect, this issue is focused on providing information about how tenuous that right is at the state and federal level. We have divided the country into four quarters to see what is happening in the state legislatures of each quarter as well as what is happening in the U.S. Congress. It is just as important to be aware of what we’re up against as it is to understand why we fight.


North East Abortion

Most of the states that compose the “North Eastern” United States are considered to be of the liberal persuasion. In fact, out of Delaware, Connecticut, Vermont, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, only Ohio and Indiana voted as “red states” in the 2004 presidential election. But when it comes to key issues such as reproductive and privacy rights, some of these otherwise “liberal” states seem to have more conservative policies. continue reading...

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North West Abortion

The North Western states are laying the groundwork to take away a woman’s right to choose and making an unborn fetus’s rights supersede the rights of a woman to decide what is right for her body. With the potential for a Roe v. Wade overturn and the possibility of a new anti-choice justice, anyone with a social conscience that is concerned about rights needs to be especially vigilant. continue reading...

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South West Abortion

Abortion has always been a controversial topic, even before the monumental decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Since it has been made legal, the issue of abortion is an even hotter subject. Everyone has an opinion. Pro-choice.... continue reading...

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South East Abortion

The arbitrarily defined South East quarter has many of the worst anti-choice states in the country. Despite nearly thirty five years of the protections granted to us by Roe v. Wade, the second that precedent is overturned nearly every single one of these states will make abortion a felony. continue reading...

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Reproductive Rights on the Hill

The recent flurry of activity in the Supreme Court, with the confirmations of new Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, has kicked up a dust storm over reproductive rights in America. Hardly a day goes by without some pundit speculating if the infamous Roe v. Wade decision might not be overturned in the near future now that a shift in the balance of power on the court seems imminent. continue reading...

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Why I am a Liberal

There has been much talk of “moral values” recently, as defining the wave of conservative electoral dominance. I see nothing like actual morals and values eminating from conservatives in history. I see greed and the blind pursuit of power. continue reading...

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Who is this Alito?

Clearly, this judicial candidate has a history of undermining the principles on which this country was founded. How can he adopt these opinions and still believe in equality of opportunity? Is Alito’s America one that we would want for ourselves and future generations? I doubt it. continue reading...

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