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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Ban Shackling of Pregnant Women

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

September 29, 2010 - 10:20am (Print)

Given the consensus that shackling pregnant women is not only unnecessary but also degrading, it was a shock to find out this morning that Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill passed by the California Legislature to end shackling of pregnant women in his state.

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Nelson: FAIL

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

December 14, 2009 - 12:26am (Print)

Diana Kasdan from the ACLU on prisoner's rights to healthy pregnancies. Also, Anderson Cooper shoots straight on abortion, and "Sex, Really" romanticizes abstinence.

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