praxis1966
30th July 2005, 07:29
And you thought Alabama was bad...
Kansas school board's evolution ruling angers science community
August 12, 1999
Web posted at: 10:08 p.m. EDT (0208 GMT)
From Correspondent Brian Cabell
TOPEKA, Kansas (CNN) -- A decision this week by the Kansas Board of Education to delete the teaching of evolution from the state's science curriculum has angered the mainstream science community in the United States.
Kansas Abortion Clinics Fight Data Request
Criminal Inquiries Trump Issues of Privacy, State Says
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 15, 2005; Page A03
Two Kansas clinics are opposing efforts by the state's attorney general to obtain the medical records of more than 80 women who received late-term abortions in 2003.
The attorney general, Phill Kline, has argued that he is looking for evidence of child rape and violations of a state law restricting abortions performed after 22 weeks of pregnancy. But clinic supporters contend Kline is on a fishing expedition that invades patients' privacy and is making a calculated effort to hamper the clinics from performing abortions.
The Kansas Case [From PBS.org]
The new reporting structure mandated by Attorney General Kline could require that every girl under 16 who comes into a clinic, like Planned Parenthood, looking for birth control, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease, must be reported to the state. Kline argues that the interests of protecting a youngster from sexual abuse trumps the issue of medical privacy
Links:
CNN Article (http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/12/kansas.evolution.flap/)
Washington Post Article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35009-2005Mar14.html)
PBS Article (http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/minors.html)
Kansas school board's evolution ruling angers science community
August 12, 1999
Web posted at: 10:08 p.m. EDT (0208 GMT)
From Correspondent Brian Cabell
TOPEKA, Kansas (CNN) -- A decision this week by the Kansas Board of Education to delete the teaching of evolution from the state's science curriculum has angered the mainstream science community in the United States.
Kansas Abortion Clinics Fight Data Request
Criminal Inquiries Trump Issues of Privacy, State Says
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 15, 2005; Page A03
Two Kansas clinics are opposing efforts by the state's attorney general to obtain the medical records of more than 80 women who received late-term abortions in 2003.
The attorney general, Phill Kline, has argued that he is looking for evidence of child rape and violations of a state law restricting abortions performed after 22 weeks of pregnancy. But clinic supporters contend Kline is on a fishing expedition that invades patients' privacy and is making a calculated effort to hamper the clinics from performing abortions.
The Kansas Case [From PBS.org]
The new reporting structure mandated by Attorney General Kline could require that every girl under 16 who comes into a clinic, like Planned Parenthood, looking for birth control, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease, must be reported to the state. Kline argues that the interests of protecting a youngster from sexual abuse trumps the issue of medical privacy
Links:
CNN Article (http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/12/kansas.evolution.flap/)
Washington Post Article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35009-2005Mar14.html)
PBS Article (http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/minors.html)