The Wednesday line ? abortion, marriage equality, state Senate, college enrollment
Abortion
The Wednesday line ? abortion, marriage equality, state Senate, college enrollment
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by Max Brantley
on Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:53 PM
The line is open. Finshing up:
* HOW PRO-LIFE GROUPS REALLY DON'T PROTECT THE UNBORN: Good op-ed in Christian Science Monitor. It's about the money and effort spent on anti-abortion demonstrations and the effort to pass ever more restrictive abortion laws. What if some of that money was spent on the hundreds of thousands of women who decide to have an abortion because of economic reasons, from pre-natal care to pregnancy costs to the costs of caring for a child.
So while pro-life Americans spend millions of dollars on events geared toward making abortion illegal, there were 1.16 million women who came to the conclusion in 2009 (a figure that has steadily decreased since the 1990s) that they could not carry their child to term ? many of them because of money. The money spent on the March for Life alone could pay for prenatal care for around 6,600 women, or prenatal vitamins for nearly 250,000.
Even if those who participate in the March for Life were able to successfully revoke the legality of abortion in the US, or substantially limit the time in which women can obtain an abortion, statistics indicate that it wouldn?t necessarily protect the unborn. The Guttmacher Institute?s statistics show that abortion rates are higher in countries where it is illegal and procedures are often unsafe.
Even more disheartening are statistics from the Turnaway Study done by The University of California, San Francisco, which showed that women who sought abortions and were turned away (because they had passed their state's gestational limits) were three times more likely to fall into poverty than women who obtained an abortion
. * ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY: Meet the lawyer, law professor and elected county clerk in Pennsylvania who decided to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
?Some people have said I?ve broken the law, which I may have done,? said Hanes, while seated in his office surrounded by family photos and Civil War-era paraphernalia, as well as an 1857 newspaper clipping advertising Abraham Lincoln?s legal services. ?But I?ve broken an unconstitutional law.?
* RACES DEVELOPING FOR STATE SENATE: Five candidates have filed so far for the Jonesboro-area state Senate seat vacated by Paul Bookout. Republicans:?John Cooper, Chad Niell and Dan Sullivan; Democrats: Gene Roebuck and Steve Rockwell. More likely.
* EMPHASIZING THE POSITIVE: Arkansas State University announced 11th-day enrollment this year and chose to emphasize test scores, not numbers. Full-time equivalent enrollment this year is 13,538, down 348 from 13,886 last year. But, said the school:
The first-time freshman ACT composite score rose to 23.3, a full three points higher than the state of Arkansas mark of 20.2 and well above the national average of 20.9. Arkansas State?s first-time freshmen also had a record-high 3.43 average high school GPA.
I'll be interested in UALR's numbers, which are expected to be down this year. It could suffer from being a haven for non-traditional (read older) students. Nationally, a new report today said college enrollment was down measurably last year mostly because of a big drop in enrollment of students aged 25 and older.
Tags: Abortion, marriage equality, state Senate election, college enrollment, Arkansas State University
Speaking of...
Arkansas National Guard to follow federal directive on processing benefit applications from same-sex couples
September 4, 2013
The Arkansas National Guard says it will follow a Defense Department directive in processing applications for benefits ? if any ? for same-sex married couples. /more/
Arkansas State moves ahead on school of osteopathic medicine
September 2, 2013
On the jump you'll find a news release on the hiring of a consultant for what the headline says is a "feasibility study" for a school of osteopathic medicine at Arkansas State University. /more/
University of Arkansas enrollment tops 25,000
August 30, 2013
Preliminary enrollment numbers at the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas has topped 25,000, the UA announced today. /more/
Jason Rapert: Serves God before his constituents
August 29, 2013
[embed-1] Sen. Jason Rapert presumably won't anger the good Christians of his Senate district with a declaration that he serves God before them. /more/
Arkansas State University rebrands: Make it A State instead of ASU
August 26, 2013
Arkansas State University rolled out today what's known in the marketing business as a new "brand identify plan." /more/
UPDATE: Two candidates announce for open Senate seat in Jonesboro
August 26, 2013
Here's at least the second announced Republican candidate for the state Senate seat opened in the Jonesboro area by Paul Bookout's resignation. /more/
Marriage lawsuit drops governor, attorney general as defendants
August 23, 2013
The lawsuit filed by Searcy lawyer Cheryl Maples on behalf of a number of gay and lesbian couples seeking to strike down Arkansas bans on same-sex marriage has been amended to drop the governor and attorney general as defendants. /more/
Review: Johnny Cash Music Festival, Aug. 17, Arkansas State University
August 18, 2013
Vince Gill headlined the Johnny Cash Music Festival. /more/
Marriage equality lawsuit seeks injuction
August 15, 2013
Cheryl Maples, the lawyer for a group of plaintiffs challenging the state law and constitutional prohibitions on same-sex marriage, had filed a motion seeking an injuction to stop enforcement of the law. /more/
Pope Francis: 'who am I to judge' gay people?
July 29, 2013
Count me among those encouraged by Pope Francis. Social justice jumps to the fore. /more/
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