Abortion

DJs and Condoms

Notes from the Weekend

The Sun-Sentinel's Murtha Mess

Florida's "Bastard Surge"

DeGroot's Open Letter To Citizen Zell

The Ministry of Half-Truth

Broward's Coral Ridge Ministries says it's merely running an educational outreach. So why is it using politics to campaign against gay rights?

Night & Day

January 21 - 27, 1999

Undercurrents

January 21 - 27, 1999

Best Place To Poll God

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

Best Political Activist

Vivian Burch

New Florida House Speaker: How Conservative Is He?

How conservative is Larry Cretul, the new speaker of the Florida House? So conservative that he once coerced an abortion provider into committing a crime. It all started back in 1997, when Cretul was a commissioner in Marion County. An abortion doctor, Dr. James Scott Pendergraft, was threatening to ... More >>

Abortion Bill Seeks Ultrasound Requirement; Lord Baby Jesus Approves

Flores and pro-ultrasound Baby Jesus.If you believe that the Lord Baby Jesus is in heaven looking out for all the unborn zygotes out there, then you'll support South Florida state Rep. Anitere Flores. She's got a bill in Tallahassee that would require women seeking abortion to get an ultrasound. To ... More >>

Ahoy, Yacht Lovers

The Boat Hustle Is Alive and Well

The People Person

State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

Free Condoms and Lube!

State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person

Adios, Abortionist

Joyce Tarnow is history

Letters for July 13-19, 2006

Joyce Tarnow is history

Well Hung

To bead or not to bead, that is the question.

Born to Choose

Planned Parenthood benefit rocks Respectable Street

Shock and Awful

Todd Solondz has been a lot of things, but never preachy or dull. Till now.

Bombs for Babies

Stephen Jordi planned to blow up abortion clinics. Does that make him a terrorist?

United States of Jesus

The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

The Odd Couple

A minister and a rabbi team up to sue Palm Beach County on behalf of the homeless

Their Own Osamas

Abortion clinics and counseling centers faced terrorism long before everyone else

The Ultimate Orphan

The Cider House Rules

Planned Parenthood Opens Two New Clinics in Broward to Meet Growing Demand

Photo by Judith Selzer Planned Parenthood CEO Lillian Tamayo makes it official in Pembroke Pines​Douglas Marshall, director of business development for Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, has no shortage of distressing accounts of patients he has helped. After the ri ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Congressional Dems Hugging; GOP Members Looking "Deflated"

Photo: C. StilesDebbie Wasserman Schultz​Just got off the phone with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who stepped off the House floor to describe the scene at the center of the political universe."If you look at our side of the chamber, there's a frenzy of activity, members hugging and smil ... More >>

Marco Rubio's Attack on Charlie Crist's Supreme Court Pick a Solid Half Truth

Much of the analysis in the media about yesterday's Marco Rubio-Charlie Crist debate on Fox News Sunday was spent on Rubio's "slush fund," as the governor put it. But among the other jabs thrown by both sides: that Crist has appointed liberal judges to the Florida Supreme Court.The attack comes at 1 ... More >>

Church, Planned Parenthood Make Uneasy Neighbors

Lisa RabStrange bedfellows.​For three years, Pastor Mark Jones of the New Life Pentecostal Church in Greenacres has tolerated an unconventional neighbor. While his flock prays, employees on the other side of the duplex are giving HIV tests and passing out condoms and the morning-after pill.Planned ... More >>

All Signs Point to Crist Veto of Pro-Life Bill

A bill that would require women in Florida to pay for an ultrasound before getting an abortion will tell us much about whether Charlie Crist the Republican has had major philosophical shifts since he became Charlie Crist the independent.If he vetoes it, Marco Rubio will brand Crist a hypocrite and s ... More >>

Freaks and Movie Geeks

A bill that would require women in Florida to pay for an ultrasound before getting an abortion will tell us much about whether Charlie Crist the Republican has had major philosophical shifts since he became Charlie Crist the independent.If he vetoes it, Marco Rubio will brand Crist a hypocrite and s ... More >>

The "I Was Raped Too!" Election Scandal

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Abortion Under Attack In Florida's Legislature

​With all the rhetoric about jobs and a balanced budget, you may not realize the pile of anti-abortion legislation clogging the state government's agenda. But as abortion battles sweep across the country, Florida fights from the front line with 18 abortion bills pending in the state legislature. L ... More >>

Allen West "Offended" by Planned Parenthood in Black Neighborhoods

Allen West doesn't want women to get prenatal vitamins, either.​U.S. Rep. Allen West managed to sound relatively sane for the first hour of his town hall meeting in Palm Beach last night. He used lots of pie charts and graphs to outline bedrock GOP talking points about slashing spending and cuttin ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Responds to Allen West

West doesn't want the clinics in black neighborhoods.​At a town hall meeting this week, U.S. Rep. Allen West said he found it "offensive" that many Planned Parenthood programs are located in black neighborhoods.Judith Selzer, vice president of public policy for South Florida's chapter of Planned P ... More >>

Reader Rails Against "Virtual Black Baby Genocide"

West is offended by Planned Parenthood clinics in black neighborhoods.​The federal budget deal congressional leaders inked late Friday avoided funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, but a future Senate floor vote on the issue still looms. The Juice has given you U.S. Rep. Allen West's views on the or ... More >>

Pro-Life, Anti-Honesty: Mandatory Sonograms For Women Seeking Abortions

Ten weeks. Not a person.​As I write this, Floridian women in the second and third trimesters of a pregnancy must submit to a sonogram before procuring an abortion. In Tallahassee on April 20th, Rep. Liz Porter, of Lake City, stumped for a bill that would extend the requirement to women in the firs ... More >>

Florida House: No Public Money For Abortions. Farewell, Low Crime Rate!

​Today, two stories appeared in Floridian media outlets that didn't seem to have much to do with each other, but did.The first: "Florida's Crime Rate The Lowest In 40 Years." The title is a bit misleading -- Florida didn't begin tracking crime rates until 40 years ago, so our historic streak of la ... More >>

Anti-Abortion Measure a Waste of Paper

​Do you know what your Senate was doing yesterday?Among other things, it passed HB 1127. This is an anti-abortion measure, I suppose, but it's so profoundly useless that it's hard to imagine it seriously offending even Florida's baby-hatingest abortionists. Here's the summary.

Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 3)

​New Times: You've shown a strong interest in Israel and Israeli politics. My understanding is that you do not favor the two-state solution. Allen West: You mean creation of a Palestinian state? When has there ever been a Palestinian state? Well, if you don't favor the two-state solution, do you ... More >>

"Choose Life" License Plate Funds Jacked From Counties in Favor of Anti-Abortion Group

Choose to give your money to make an extremely uncomfortable advertising campaign.​Only in Florida -- where the government prefers to privatize anti-abortion license plates.Florida's "Choose Life" license plates, created by Ocala-based Choose Life Inc., started popping up on bumpers since the legi ... More >>

Dear Women of Florida: Trust Rick Scott on Abortion. He Knows Best

Sorry ladies, I don't trust you.​Dear Women of Florida,As your governor, I feel obliged to write/tweet/robo-call you individually to explain the new law I signed requiring you to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion.First, I must admit that I've never had an ultrasound myself. No, I've ... More >>

Rick Scott Throws an Anti-Abortion Party at the Governor's Mansion

Gov. Rick Scott: Party boy.​Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn't a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor's mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the ne ... More >>

Infinite Abyss Takes a Safe Approach to "Mitzi's Abortion"

Gov. Rick Scott: Party boy.​Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn't a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor's mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the ne ... More >>

Abortion Is in the Title

Gov. Rick Scott: Party boy.​Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn't a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor's mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the ne ... More >>

Florida "Personhood" Referendum Petition Has Fewer Signatures Than Medical Marijuana

​Despite the dismal number of signatures collected to put a medical marijuana referendum on Florida ballots next year, the chance that Floridians will be voting on a "personhood" amendment -- like the one that failed in Mississippi last night -- is even lower.The leader of the Florida movement ... More >>

Personhood Florida Aborts Current Petition, Plans to Start Over in January

​Since a Florida group managed to collect only around 20,000 of the 676,811 signatures needed to put the state's own version of a "personhood" amendment before the voters, they're ditching that one and starting over again.Initiative petition laws have now changed, making signatures for such petiti ... More >>

Florida Abortion-Ban Bill: "Personal Liberty Is Not a License to Kill"

​Once again, the "Florida for Life Act" has been submitted in the Florida Legislature. The bill would ban abortions not related to medical emergencies and would make it a first-degree felony to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion.Rep. Charles Van Zant has filed the bill on the Hous ... More >>

Allen West History Revision: Attributes Ronald Reagan Abortion Quote to Abraham Lincoln

Rep. Allen Bernard West, former "history teacher."​If you didn't know about Abraham Lincoln's strong anti-abortion policies while he was in the White House, it's probably because they didn't exist.Rep. Allen West, however -- the former history teacher -- decided to deal an anti-abortion quote to t ... More >>

Florida House Considering New Limits on Abortions

I wonder how the lady on the state seal feels about this.One of two abortion bills under consideration in the Florida House of Representatives seeks to significantly reduce the amount of time women have to request an abortion, and if it doesn't contradict a Florida Supreme Court ruling, it certainly ... More >>