Life, Death and Politics

TruthDig by Marie Cocco | Apr. 24, 2007 (Special Report)

The bleeding began just after Donna McNichol's routine exam in the early weeks of her first pregnancy. "They told me I might spot a little bit after the exam," she recalled in an interview. "But I wasn't spotting. I was flowing."

The pregnancy was planned and joyful. The young California health aide and her teacher husband had just announced it to their families with a celebratory video of themselves playing "Wheel of Fortune." "I was really ... Full Story »

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

One story of many illustrating how Republicans want women back in the days of coat hangers and bleeding to death rather than getting a medical procedure. I hate abortion, and I think women are irresponsible to get accidentally knocked up when there are so many options. But I hate even more the thought of girls and women dying because Republicans think blastocysts are more human than grown women and girls.