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House passes bill to protect unborn capable of feeling pain
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation to provide nationwide protection for unborn children who are capable of feeling pain, beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (equivalent to "22 ...
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Republicans reopening old wounds as they debate abortion in House
As the House debates a bill to limit abortion, Republicans are reopening a subject that cost them dearly in 2012 and continues to present perils for the party’s attempt to appeal to women voters.
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Pop culture moments by Mo: Republican autopsy
Failed Republican Revitalization: You think they buyin?
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Akin’s rape comment rekindles U.S. abortion debate
A U.S. Republican lawmaker's statement this week that "legitimate rape" rarely causes pregnancy has pushed the abortion debate to the forefront of the U.S. presidential race.
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Evangelicals voting in record numbers in GOP primaries
(RNS) Making up half of Republican primary voters, evangelicals appear to be turning out to support Rick Santorum's resurgent campaign in record numbers and are increasingly influencing the shape of the party.
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10 Commandments Judge Roy Moore poised to return to Ala. court
MOBILE, Ala. (RNS) With 98 percent of state precincts counted, Roy Moore held on to 51 percent of the vote in his bid to retake his former job as chief justice of the state’s supreme court. Moore received 279,381 votes to...
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Rick Santorum defends views on Obama’s theology
Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, leading the GOP field in national polls, is defending his views questioning prenatal testing and President Obama’s “theology.” The unapologetic advocacy by Sant...
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Mainline Protestants up for grabs heading into November
They may not be as large as Catholics or as active as evangelicals, but white mainline Protestants have a big thing going for them this election cycle: they are divided, and possibly persuadable. That’s according to a new...
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Yes, Mormons tithe, but most others don’t
When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released his federal tax returns for the past two years, he disclosed that he and his wife, Ann, gave about 10 percent of their income to their church, a well-known religious pra...
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