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Rep. Steve King has insinuated that the scenario of a girl getting pregnant from rape was foreign to him. He's now trying to backtrack ...essentially because he's been caught using the "girl got pregnant from rape" scenario to justify another issue (dog fighting).

The House Speaker may be using the health care birth control issue for political gain   legitimately concerned about the health of women, but he may want to know that between those on the college level and the country's largest Catholic hospital people seem to have already addressed many relevant concerns. Besides, the Tea Party is concerned with  fiscal issues, not social ones , right?

A pregnant woman who was beaten during #OccupySeattle has miscarried .

Expect more stories like this if abortion is ever banned : A 17-year-old is in custody, after allegedly stabbing a girl repeatedly when she told him that she was pregnant. Cortae Diaz Kelly , a student at Ypsilanti High School in Michigan, is accused of stabbing the girl in a nearby wooded area. The girl is now in intensive care, after getting surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. County Assistant Prosecutor Arianne Slay is saying that Kelly stabbed the girl 12 times in her head, back and hands. She played dead to get him to stop the attack. She also says that Kelly confessed to trying to kill her. He is being charged with assault with intent to murder and being held on a $1 million bond. The girl was found on the trail by a passerby, who then called 911. Kelly allegedly told police that he not only intended to kill the girl, but that he thought she was dead. "I am extremely concerned about the danger to the community," Magistrate Thomas Truesdell said before ordering t...

Barely noticeable .

Jeepers : LONDON - A gory video meant to shock teenagers into avoiding pregnancy by showing a girl giving birth on a school field while ogling children taunt her is capturing plenty of attention from Web users. Public health officials in the city of Leicester, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London, produced the video and posted it on social networking and video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Facebook. Organizers said Wednesday that the video, filmed to look as if it were shot on another student's cell phone, had received more than 250,000 hits. While I think this is more effective then plastering pictures of aborted babies or even bombing abortion clinics, something tells me that Pro-Lifers won't exactly copy this idea.

At least that's what she's telling Oprah : "Here's the scoop," Michelle continued. "Not pregnant. And not planning on it." In fact, Michelle is very interested in staying in shape, admitting she works out regularly, but not as much as her husband, President Barack Obama. Sure, people have lied to Oprah before, but I'll give the FLOTUS the benefit of the doubt here. But here's what I noticed: And as for that workout, Michelle said she does the treadmill and weights, as well as some other physically demanding activities. "I also do some jump rope, some kickboxing -- and I'd like to take up Pilates, if I could figure out whether there's time," she told Oprah. "After I had Malia, I began to prioritize exercise because I realized that my happiness is tied to how I feel about myself. I want my girls to see a mother who takes care of herself, even if that means I have to get up at 4:30 so I can do a workout." So basically s...

Really . WASILLA, Alaska -- Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 1/2 months after the couple had a baby. Johnston, 19, told The Associated Press that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin mutually decided "a while ago" to end their relationship. He declined to elaborate as he stood outside his family's home in Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage. Kinda sad to see the kids call it quits, but this whole storyline highlights some things: Politics played some part in this relationship; The whole "family values" mantra is in a murky place when you talk about the Palin family; Abstinence, while interesting in theory, can't survive long in a world that pushes sex 24/7. Right, FoxNews ?

The question I have for anyone opposed to Nadya Suleman's multiple births is: are you "pro-life" or "pro-choice?" ( While I detest these framings, it's the current ones people are most familiar with, so until someone can come up with something more creatively accurate, they'll have to do. ) It's like the more this woman speaks , the more people hate her . Suleman's received death threats . She's being mocked by neoconservatives . Reality show programmers, who'll make a show about anything , don't want to come near her . Even her publicist bailed on her . Granted, some have used this story as an opportunity to debate in vitro fertilization , but the majority would rather bash Suleman as the Greatest Drain on American Resources. The way I see it, the only group with a legitimate gripe are those who believe that there should be a limit to how many kids a woman should have. If we look at the traditional arguments in regards to having chi...

Remember the story of the 13-yr-old dad ? Well, according to snopes.com a little girl from the 1930's has him beat by eight years . Damn. Just...damn.