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Abortion clinics continue to close 2017 Update10/16/18 AbortionistsAbortion pill clinicsSurgical abortion clinicsDocumentsDate
109221548517,21810/16/18
102021449013,27612/17/17
103021651410,69611/17/16
9481915466,9818/7/15
8451745755,2208/4/14
7811796234,1008/2/13
Abortion clinics in 1991: 2,176.
This year (as of august 2013) 42 clinics closed and 24 were closed in 2012. Part of the reason for the high number of closings that year was due to North Carolina signing a new law that requires abortion facilities to meet the same standards
. . . [more]Iowa Wind energy usage in 20179/4/18 Iowa energy usage from wind went up to 36.9% as of September 2018 ref. This is up from 35.76% in 2016.
2017 - 36.90%
2016 - 35.76%
2015 - 31.27%
2014 - 28.53%
2013 - 27.40%
2012 - 25.00%
2011 - 19.00%
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Colorado Civil Rights Commission thumbs its nose at U.S. Supreme Court8/20/18 6/26/17 attorney asks Jack Phillips to create a cake celebrating a gender transition which Jack Phillips declined to do. ref
6/28/18 Colorado Civil Rights Division rules against Jack Phillips stating that Jack Phillips declined to create a custom cake for the attorney because of his gender status. They quote the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Jack Phillips:
It is unexceptional that Colorado law can protect gay persons, just as it can protect other classes of individu . . . [more]
High School class teaches how to view porn responsibly - update
5/19/18 So apparently there is a class for High School students in Boston where they can learn to view porn the right way The Truth About Pornography: A Pornography-Literacy Curriculum for High School Students Designed to Reduce Sexual and Dating Violence.
In related news, on Friday, 2/16/18, a judge in Ohio permanently removed the parental rights of the parents of a 17 year old daughter because they wouldn't support her desire to take hormone treatments to become a man. ref
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