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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow November 6, 2009 - 6:00am
Following up on a June surprise, Michigan House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes on Wednesday announced she had introduced legislation to roll back a 2004 constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 21, 2009 - 11:04am
Amidst a serious fiscal crisis and record unemployment, Republican lawmakers in Michigan had not much better to do than to propose a law to recognize fertilized eggs as people. Thanks to our colleague Todd Heywood of Michigan Independent for the document.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 19, 2009 - 1:38pm
Legislation pending in Michigan sparks worries about health insurers denying coverage to those infected and tested without their knowledge.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 19, 2009 - 11:00am
While the public wants a public option, and while the President-as-candidate campaigned on the promise of at least something akin to a public option, the Administration has, from day one of the health care reform process, done just about everything it could to say they are "for" a public option "kinda sorta" but "it's not the defining piece" of health reform. Huh?
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The New York Times’ coverage of Pouillon's murder obfuscates police reports that abortion was not a central factor, romanticizes anti-choice protesters, and ignores the history of anti-choice violence.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow September 13, 2009 - 6:58pm
President Obama released a one sentence statement on Sunday on the shootings in Owosso, Michigan. One of the two men killed was a longtime anti-choice advocate.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor September 11, 2009 - 12:15pm
Anti-abortion activist James Pouillon was shot and killed today. No motive has been determined at this time but RH Reality Check deplores the use of violence as a tool in the debates over women's rights and health and our best wishes for healing go out to Mr. Pouillon's family.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow September 11, 2009 - 11:45am
The Flint Journal is reporting that well known Owosso-based anti-abortion activist James Pouillion, 63, has been shot to death in front of Owosso High School. The shooting happened at approximately 7:30 a.m.
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Virgina GOP places post cards on cars at churches commanding voters to "VOTE YOUR VALUES" and a post card sent from a phony organization to pro-choice voters in a Michigan state house race says the anti-choice candidate is "the best candidate to protect a woman's right to choose."
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Not a day doesn't pass when I don't realize how lucky I am to be alive, but I also understand that there are millions like me who suffer from illnesses and injuries that could be one day cured through stem cell research.
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