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Abortion Inc.
George Magazine looks at a "dirty little secret about the battle over the abortion rights in the U.S.: ... It's become big, big business." The analysis' "estimates show at least $500 million in annual funding, or gross revenues, for the anti-abortion organizations, and $660 million for the pro-choicers." The story finds that "it's easy to see why neither party is pushing the issue," since "the abortion issue has proved to be a source of unlimited fund-raising potential, a catalyst for mobilizing moribund voting blocks, and an irresistible platform to personal and political power."
Tags: presidential campaign; George W. Bush; Dick Cheney; anti-abortion; Operation Save America; Operation Rescue; pregnancy; National Right to Life Committee; women; feminist; politics
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Who really controls politics? Time magazine answers this question in examining the new heads of the AFL-CIO, NRA, pro-choice, the tobacco industry, the pro-life and pro-choice movements, as well as leaders in small business and Hollywood.
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Abortion: Who's Behind the Violence
U.S. News & World Report examines the links among several prominent anti-abortion activists and groups and a group of people who practice violence against abortion providers. The report documents meetings between clinic bombers and abortion activists, some of which occurred within days or weeks of attacks on abortion clinics.