"Senate G.O.P. Holds Firm as Vote on Abortion Nears" (news article, March 13) notes that as part of the debate over so-called partial-birth abortion, the Senate voted on a nonbinding resolution reaffirming that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and that it should not be overturned. The resolution was endorsed in a 52-to-46 vote.

Not discussed was one of the most interesting nuances of the larger abortion debate going on in Congress. If only the women in the Senate had voted, the resolution would have passed 13 to 1. Ninety-three percent of the women in the Senate voted to uphold the law of the land, including the support of four Republicans.

The message from this debate is simple: when women hold office, overwhelmingly choice is protected. This is a message that pro-choice voters should keep in mind as we gear up for the next election.
MAT YOUNG
Washington, March 13, 2003

3/17/03:11:05:25 PM PST    comment

Kevin shares this as an example of the mail which arrives at the desk of the Barbie Nation Freedom Fighters.

3/13/03:9:19:19 PM PST    comment

Doctors were shocked to find a markedly swollen penis as the cause which required immediate surgery to remove a large blood clot. The question -- how did it happen?

He was reluctant to explain but finally admitted he had been masturbating vigorously when he heard a sudden snap followed by intense pain and swelling.

The diagnosis? A fractured penis, the 67th case to be reported in world literature.

3/10/03:2:51:28 PM PST    comment

I know an enormous number of married women who use the pill and only have their husbands as partners. I'd like to see studies which support this claim.

3/8/03:9:13:23 PM PST    comment

Frank Lafayette Bird Jr., 61, of the 2300 block of Callie Street, was arrested after driving a delivery van into the front entrance of the clinic on Fannin.

Bird, a well-known Houston abortion protester who served a one-year federal prison term for attacking a doctor outside another Houston clinic in December 1994, told a deputy constable the crash was deliberate, to "stop the killing."

And here's an excerpt from this moron's court case:

On December 13, 1994, appellant Frank Bird (Bird), while protesting outside the America's Women Clinic in Houston, Texas, threw a bottle at a car driven by Dr. Theodore Herring (Herring), an abortion provider, as he attempted to enter the clinic premises. As Bird threw the bottle, he yelled, "Herring, I'm going to get you. I'm going to kill you." Although Dr. Herring was not physically injured, the bottle shattered the windshield of his car. Employees of the clinic subsequently called the police, who arrived at the scene and arrested Bird.

3/7/03:9:15:43 PM PST    comment

Yea! I could see this one coming a mile away.

UPDATE I just received my copy of the decision. I have posted it here.

3/7/03:10:13:00 AM PST    comment

He once told an audience that they must tell their children to delay having sex as much as possible and when they do, they must use condoms.

"I could see I was offending my audience. They were looking at each other horrified."

Apparently Mandela was then advised not to talk about AIDS because it might endanger his election campaign.

Mandela also said that in his term he had little time to concentrate on the Aids issue because he had to prevent a civil war, which could have led to nationwide chaos.

But in the interview the former president accepts the criticism about his handling of the AIDS pandemic. "Its no use crying over split milk," he said.

3/2/03:11:54:37 AM PST    comment