When it comes to their health, American Indian women face extraordinary barriers — from high disease risks to increased incidents of sexual violence. They now face another obstacle, rooted in the political battleground of abortion. The Senate’s recent passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act was a breakthrough for advocacy groups that have long pushed for the bill’s provisions —… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesSince so many of us are OK with killing kids who are an inconvenience, why not get rid of alll those “Street People” cluttering our cities? Oh, yeah, and the ones who have mental problems. Such a burden on society!
While were at it, I’m hearing we have the highest percentage in prison of any “advanced” nation — we could just clean out all those doing time for using substances which a deemed bad for them.
Wait a minute… Hasn’t this been tried alrady in Europe?
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