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For those who warned that the
country would not
change overnight with the inauguration of President
Obama, I think it was fair to be cautious that many years'
worth of political wounds could be healed by one man in a short
period of time. And now, only a few days after taking his oath,
several national issues that needed immediate attention have
already been addressed by the new president. One of them happens to
be high on my own list of priorities and was the most critical
election issue to me as a woman: abortion.
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I've been struggling with how to write about the issue of abortion in this presidential election. And while I've been meditating on how to fairly present the facts of how each candidate has voted on and spoken out about women's health, I almost didn't give enough attention to how abortion is being addressed
right now.
I've been focusing so much on the presidential candidates that I almost overlooked a major event in our current administration.
An op-ed piece in the New York Times today pulled me back to the present. Read More »
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