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Blood-boiling - what's behind Akins
Aug. 31st, 2012 02:49 pmhttp://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2012/08/unscientific-method/
Andrea Friedman from the National Partnership for Women & Families points out how the Akin strategy is currently at work.
Caveat: NPWF is a partisan organization. Pro-birth control, pro-family planning, pro-sex education, pro-reproductive rights, etc. They're arguing to make a partisan case, and I am a financial supporter of the organization. Given all that, though, I believe Ms Friedman has the facts basically correct with regards to the key issues of how statements like Akins's are part of a larger plan, not an isolated aberration, and with regard to how and why the 8th Circuit did decide. The case is called Planned Parenthood v. Rounds and you can read the judgment yourself. (You have to be careful with the cases - this is the fourth time PP has sued Rounds over anti-abortion laws, including one trip all the way to SCOTUS. I'm probably the only one of my friends who reads court decisions as a hobby.)
Andrea Friedman from the National Partnership for Women & Families points out how the Akin strategy is currently at work.
Caveat: NPWF is a partisan organization. Pro-birth control, pro-family planning, pro-sex education, pro-reproductive rights, etc. They're arguing to make a partisan case, and I am a financial supporter of the organization. Given all that, though, I believe Ms Friedman has the facts basically correct with regards to the key issues of how statements like Akins's are part of a larger plan, not an isolated aberration, and with regard to how and why the 8th Circuit did decide. The case is called Planned Parenthood v. Rounds and you can read the judgment yourself. (You have to be careful with the cases - this is the fourth time PP has sued Rounds over anti-abortion laws, including one trip all the way to SCOTUS. I'm probably the only one of my friends who reads court decisions as a hobby.)
