Obama — the first sitting president to address the group in its nearly 100-year history – took aim at North Dakota’s law, which bans abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at around six weeks. “A woman may not even know that she’s pregnant at six weeks,” he said. As long as [...]
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Seven State Legislatures Introduce Seven “Terrible” Bills
No state legislature is immune from producing what Think Progress calls “terrible bills.” But some of the bills probably are more “terrible” than others. The latest examples, from Think Progress: NORTH DAKOTA: The state’s Republican governor signed a trifecta of terrible anti-abortion bills, which are likely to have the effect of banning abortion in the [...]
American Crossroads Keeps Coming at Obama on the Economy
Strategists say Crossroads is spending $6.6 million on ads in eight swing states, aggressively undercutting Obama’s campaign slogan: “Forward.” At the same time, the associated group Crossroads GPS is dropping another hefty sum into the North Dakota Senate race, attempting to take down a surprisingly resilient Democratic nominee, former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp. Both [...]
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