Parental Rights
Mother of dead toddler sentenced to 12 years in prison (The Palm Beach Post)
5 Sep 2008
A woman whose toddler daughter died after ingesting Xanax and oxycodone pills she found in the home was sentenced to 12 years in prison today.
Father surrenders his parental rights in child abuse case (The Champaign News-Gazette)
5 Sep 2008
URBANA – A Champaign man criminally charged with seriously injuring his own infant daughter has agreed to no longer be her father.
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5 Sep 2008
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR NASSAU COUNTY FLORIDA. CASE NUMBER: 45-2007-DP-10 IN THE INTEREST OF: P.L.E. DOB: 09/07/2004 A MINOR CHILD SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ACTION ...
Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth (NPR)
5 Sep 2008
Think the feminists who protested the 1968 Miss America pageant in the name of women's liberation burned their bras? Think again. No bras were set aflame that September day. But the idea that they wer...
Obama, McCain on the issues (Lexington Herald-Leader)
4 Sep 2008
A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign: ...
Presidential candidates Obama and McCain on the issues (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
4 Sep 2008
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights while being open to a runni...
Obama, McCain on the issues (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
4 Sep 2008
A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign: AB...
Washington Post Examines November Ballot Initiatives On Abortion (Medical News Today)
4 Sep 2008
The Washington Post on Saturday examined antiabortion-related state ballot initiatives in California, Colorado and South Dakota.The California initiative would require parental notification for minors...
Anti-porn group challenges library (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
4 Sep 2008
In the quiet stacks of the St. Louis County libraries, two sides of a classic culture war are duking it out. A local group wants the libraries to make it more difficult for teens to have access to som...
Parental-rights cases: Who should pay? (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
1 Sep 2008
A state board hammered by a $3.8 million shortfall has shifted the responsibility to counties to pay for lawyers for poor adults who are losing parental rights.