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April 11, 2012
Planned Parenthood Opens New Palm Beach County Clinic, Aims to Help Florida Teens Get a Clue
Time to start dusting off those protest signs -- Planned Parenthood opened new digs in Wellington on Monday, and they want to bring your kids -- gasp! -- sexual education.Palm Beach County will have a total of three Planned Parenthood facilities after one in Lake Worth closes this summer, according ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
Florida Papers Drop Controversial Doonesbury Abortion Comic Strips; Miami Herald Runs 'Em (UPDATED: Sun-Sentinel Too)
Update, 10:20 a.m.: I messed up. The Sun-Sentinel does carry Doonesbury, but on the page opposite most of its other comics. They've got today's "slut" strip, and I've left a message for comment to see if the rest of them are running too.Update 2, 2:30 p.m.: The Sun-Sentinel's Mary Helen Olejnik ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Florida House Passes Abortion Bill, Tries to Stuff Its Incorrect Notions Into Doctors' Mouths
The Florida House passed HB 277 yesterday, moving a bill on to the Senate that not only tells doctors what they need to tell their patients but forces them to tell their patients things that, according to doctors who actually know stuff, just aren't true.Although the bill also includes a mandator ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Florida House Considering New Limits on Abortions
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 sidesteps it.HB 839, which passed the Civil Justice ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Allen West History Revision: Attributes Ronald Reagan Abortion Quote to Abraham Lincoln
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 the annual March for Life at the National Mall in W ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
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 >>
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November 9, 2011
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 >>
Culture
October 20, 2011
Infinite Abyss Takes a Safe Approach to "Mitzi's Abortion"
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 >>
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October 13, 2011
Abortion Is in the Title
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 >>
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August 1, 2011
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 >>
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July 1, 2011
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 >>
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June 22, 2011
"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 >>
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May 12, 2011
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 >>
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April 29, 2011
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.
Blogs
April 27, 2011
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 >>
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April 23, 2011
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 >>
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April 11, 2011
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 >>
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March 25, 2011
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 >>
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March 24, 2011
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 >>
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March 22, 2011
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 >>
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October 29, 2010
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 >>
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October 14, 2010
Freaks and Movie Geeks
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 >>
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June 9, 2010
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 >>
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June 2, 2010
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 >>
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March 29, 2010
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 >>
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March 21, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Congressional Dems Hugging; GOP Members Looking "Deflated"
Photo: C. StilesDebbie Wasserman SchultzJust 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 >>
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August 19, 2009
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 PinesDouglas 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 >>
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March 26, 2009
DJs and Condoms
Photo by Judith Selzer Planned Parenthood CEO Lillian Tamayo makes it official in Pembroke PinesDouglas 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 >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
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 >>
News
October 30, 2008
Ahoy, Yacht Lovers
The Boat Hustle Is Alive and Well
News
September 25, 2008
The People Person
State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person
Blogs
February 13, 2008
DeGroot's Open Letter To Citizen Zell
State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person
Blogs
May 25, 2007
Florida's "Bastard Surge"
State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person
Blogs
September 18, 2006
Notes from the Weekend
State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person
News
July 13, 2006
Letters for July 13-19, 2006
State Rep. Ellen Bogdanoff puts you ahead of politics — if you're the right kind of person
News
July 6, 2006
Well Hung
To bead or not to bead, that is the question.
Blogs
June 28, 2006
The Sun-Sentinel's Murtha Mess
To bead or not to bead, that is the question.
Calendar
January 19, 2006
Free Condoms and Lube!
To bead or not to bead, that is the question.
Calendar
October 13, 2005
Born to Choose
Planned Parenthood benefit rocks Respectable Street
Film
May 5, 2005
Shock and Awful
Todd Solondz has been a lot of things, but never preachy or dull. Till now.
News
July 15, 2004
Adios, Abortionist
Joyce Tarnow is history
News
July 15, 2004
Bombs for Babies
Stephen Jordi planned to blow up abortion clinics. Does that make him a terrorist?
News
November 27, 2003
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
News
March 14, 2002
The Odd Couple
A minister and a rabbi team up to sue Palm Beach County on behalf of the homeless
News
December 13, 2001
Their Own Osamas
Abortion clinics and counseling centers faced terrorism long before everyone else
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April 29, 1999
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January 21, 1999
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