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Today's lead stories:
Roe v Wade Turns 31
LGBT Series: Part 3: The State of the Homefront
Centro Ybor Development Project
Rebuilding Sri Lanka
Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary: "Ill-ection or Elections
to Come"
Roe v Wade Turns 31 (4:00)
Today is the 31st anniversary of the legalization of abortion
by the United States Supreme Court in the landmark Roe v.
Wade decision. Roe recognized that the right to make childbearing
choices is central to a woman’s life and her ability
to participate fully and equally in society. Before Roe between
5,000 and 10,000 women died per year following illegal abortions
and many more suffered severe injuries. Yet last November,
President Bush signed into law the first federal abortion
ban in U.S. history, prohibiting doctors from using safe abortion
procedures starting as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy. Loretta
Ross, co-director of the March for Women’s Rights, tells
Deepa Fernandes that reproductive rights for women of color
means much more than just the right to an abortion.
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LGBT Series: Part 3: The State of the Homefront
(3:57)
Ohio has come one step closer to passing state legislation
that bans gay marriage as today the measure passed an important
legislative committee. President Bush said in his State of
the Union Address on Tuesday that he believes marriage should
only be between a man and a woman. There are a couple of measures
in Congress that would constitutionally ban same sex marriage,
and a new ABC poll shows that a majority of the people polled
are against gay marriages, however over half of the people
also think each state should decide the issue for itself.
The issue of same sex marriage will be a hot topic in the
presidential campaigns. Though all 8 Democratic candidates
oppose a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage,
none of the top contenders support it either. Mitch Jeserich
brings us this national report in the third part of our FSRN
special series looking at the worldwide assault on the rights
of LGBT communities.
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Centro Ybor Development Project (4:02)
Called everything from corporate welfare to simply a bad
decision, the fallout from another loan default by a private,
company that cannot pay it’s debts is beginning to resonate
in the community of Tampa Bay. FSRN’s Beth Wolfe reports
from WMNF.
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Rebuilding Sri Lanka (5:02)
The UN today urged Sri Lankan separatist group, the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) to curb their recruitment of child
soldiers which UNICEF reports has escalated despite the ceasefire.
The LTTE have been fighting a bloody war against the government
for decades with the ultimate goal being sovereignty in the
northern and eastern rebel-controlled parts of the country.
The 2002 cease-fire was signed between the two forces and
efforts to rebuild the country are underway. However many
say the rebuilding process is not moving fast enough and in
an attempt to rectify this, about twenty international organizations
met with the rebel forces yesterday. FSRN’s Miles Ashdown
was there and brings us this report.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary: "Ill-ection or Elections
to Come" (3:11)
Mumia's Critique of Candidates and their lack of addressing
poverty.
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