Opinion on Bush gag rule misleads on global family planning
Libby Gotschall Slappey argues that the 1984 global gag rule misrepresents funding for international family planning, noting U.S. law bans overseas abortion promotion and that the policy harmed access to care, with broad public support favoring expanded services.
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Nation
Bush
U.S
Congress
Libby Gotschall
Slappey
Cedar Rapids
Debating the Electoral College and popular vote shifts
Dianna Knutson in Cedar Rapids contemplates abolishing the Electoral College or reforming it with proportional, runoff, or coalition methods. She notes the political and constitutional hurdles and weighs benefits for minor parties and state by state vote allocation.
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Pete du Pont
Wall Street Journal
al Gore
Iowa
Phyllis Schlafly
Bush
Gore
Byrd
West Virginia
Tennessee
Robert N. Mueller
Cedar Rapids
George W. Bush
Florida
George Bush
Senate
House
Dianna Knutson
Energy costs spark calls for action on natural gas prices
A reader from Cedar Rapids urges Iowa regulators and lawmakers to imitate Michigan’s price freeze and cap gas increases, opposing sales tax suspensions and arguing price gouging by energy firms and oil markets harms households. The letter questions EPA policy and political funding by energy firms.
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Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
OPEC
EPA
Nixon
U.S
Cedric Todd
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Des Moines
Alfred E. Neuman
Neuman
William Berry
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