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Obama's Late Term Abortion Comments Ignore Stark Realities

Lynda Waddington on July 8, 2008 - 4:08pm
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If Obama knew my story, or the story of any woman who has sought a late term abortion, he wouldn't make such careless comments on the legality of exceptions to abortion bans.

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Shattered and Strengthened: Postville Church Cares For Immigrant Families

Lynda Waddington on June 13, 2008 - 8:00am
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In the four weeks since the May 12 federal immigration raids at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa, St. Bridget's Church has been a refuge for the plant's undocumented workers.

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Victim Blaming: Cover Up, Walk In Groups and Other "Friendly Advice"

Lynda Waddington on June 6, 2008 - 8:00am
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If we women do fall victim to some nefarious person, we must remember -- in spite of all the "friendly advice" we've been given -- that the blame lies solely on the back of those who would harm others.

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Abortion? It's All About the Economy for Many Iowa Voters

Lynda Waddington on June 5, 2008 - 8:00am
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In nearly any other election in recent memory, the accusation that a Republican candidate in Iowa not only supported abortion but had participated in one would have been big news -- if not a political kiss of death. Not this year.

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Workers Tell Stories of Sexual Abuse at Iowa Plant

Lynda Waddington on June 3, 2008 - 8:00am
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More than two weeks have passed since the federal government launched an immigration raid -- the largest single-site raid in American history -- against Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa, and more stories of abuse continue to surface.

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Iowa Has Record Number of HIV Diagnoses

Lynda Waddington on May 2, 2008 - 9:34am
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The number of Iowans diagnosed with HIV infection last year rose to its highest level since reporting began in 1998.


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Family Planning Funds Nixed by Iowa House

Lynda Waddington on April 24, 2008 - 9:42am
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Iowa Right to Life wanted to prevent clinics that provide abortion services from receiving family planning funding for low-income women in the state. Now the funding has been cut altogether.


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True Reality Television: Where's Abortion?

Lynda Waddington on April 23, 2008 - 9:48am
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Through our television sets, it seems, we get nearly every possible opinion and viewpoint on nearly every possible topic. Just not abortion.


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Iowa Law Won't Protect Kids from Sex Offenders

Lynda Waddington on April 17, 2008 - 9:43am
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Was the opinion issued Friday by the Iowa Supreme Court an expansion or a clarification of the state's existing residency requirements for sex offenders? At the end of the day, according to some members of law enforcement, it doesn't matter one way or another.


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Mandatory HPV Vaccine Moves Forward in Iowa

Lynda Waddington on March 27, 2008 - 9:45am
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Only two steps remain in Iowa's legislative quest to require insurance companies to provide coverage of vaccinations for the human papillomavirus, the major cause of cervical cancer.


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