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Local Activists React to Abortion Study

By Jeff Fecke | 10.13.07 | 12:00 am

Minnesota abortion-rights groups hailed a new study released by the Guttmacher Institute and World Health Organization, which showed that countries that have outlawed abortion have similar abortion rates as those with legal access to abortion.

The study, which was…

Guttmacher/WHO Abortion Study: By the Numbers

By Jeff Fecke | 10.13.07 | 12:00 am

  • 29 per 1,000: The rate of women of childbearing age who had an induced abortion in 2003.
  • 29 per 1,000: The rate of women in developing nations who had an induced abortion.
  • 26 per 1,000: The rate of women

MCCL Fall Tour Open to the Public, but Not the Press

By Jeff Fecke | 10.09.07 | 11:54 pm

I don’t often get up to Albertville.  It’s not that I have anything against the town; indeed, it seems like a nice little exurban community.  But when you live in Eagan, you don’t frequent the extreme northwest corner of the…