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Cathrynn Brown sponsored a bill that attacks victims of sexual assault by threatening prison if they abort a fetus conceived through rape. Brown, a Carlsbad resident and a board member of the Carlsbad Right to Life organization, conceded her bill was poorly written. She said her intent was not to charge incest or rape victims with a felony if they terminate their pregnancy. "I missed this one," she said, explaining that when she reviewed the draft of HER bill, she missed the language problems that led to misinterpretation of her bill. An attorney, Brown said her practice is to edit a bill carefully before releasing it. This time, a drafting error occurred and she was not diligent enough so it got through, she said.

Fracking an oil or gas well means injecting millions of gallons of fluid -- typically a mix of water, sand and chemicals -- at a pressure high enough to fracture underground rocks and release oil or gas. The practice is leaving a legacy of air and water pollution in communities across the country, and contributing to global climate change. Now, the oil and gas industry is targeting natural gas fields in the Sacramento Basin and oil fields in the San Joaquin, Santa Maria, Ventura and Los Angeles Basins. If industry succeeds, generations of Californians would pay the environmental and public health costs. Sign the Petition to let the Governor and members of the California Legislature know that you want to Ban Fracking Now!

There are over 45,000 hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, wells in Colorado -- many of which are near our homes, schools and parks. Fracking is a dangerous oil and natural gas extraction process that can contaminate our drinking water, lower our property values and harm our communities. Governor Hickenlooper needs to stand up for Coloradans and protect our state from fracking.

As an American,who served in the Army. I put my life on the line and faced many dangers for very little pay. I was serving my country and that's what our congressional delegates are doing as well. More than half of them are millionaires and have no clue what it means to live paycheck to paycheck. Let's remind them who they work for and that service to your country doesn't mean service to them.

I just heard for the FIRST time that one little girl survived the Birmingham 16th St. Baptist Church bombing of 1963. She was scarred and lost an eye but has never been acknowledged by the city and has never had any help with her medical problems and expenses. The current Mayor or Birmingham, in an NPR interview, begged off doing anything because of legal terminology. This is outrageous...period.

I WAS A VICTIM OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND WHEN I WAS BARRED FROM MY KIDS SCHOOLS BECAUSE I AM A MINORITY, I SUFFERED FRAUD, AND SUFFERED BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION TACTICS WHERE WHITE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PRACTICED FRAMING AND FALSELY INCRIMINATING ME, HUMILIATED ME, BULLIED ME, HAD ME FALSELY ACCUSED, DID FALSE REPORTING ON ME, HAD ME FALSELY ARRESTED, ABUSED MY CHILDREN. WHEN I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO SCHOOL THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THEY HAD ME CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASSING FOR BRINGING MY KIDS TO THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SEDALIA PARK ELMENTARY SCHOOL, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT HAD ME FALSELY INCARCERATED, THIS WAS THE SHOCK, THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL LIES TO MAKE ME OUT AS A CRIMINAL, BECAUSE OF MY RACE, SLANDERED MY NAME, DEFAMED MY CHARACTERED, BARRED ME FROM ALL MY CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES, HURT AND HUMILATED MY CHILDREN AND ME, I HAVE TO APPEAR IN THE STATE COURT ON MARIETTA SQUARE IN MARIETTA GEORGIA COURTROOM 4C ON FEBRUARY 22, 2013 AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS FOR BRINGING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL I AM BEING BROUGHT UP ON FALSE CHARGES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FALSELY INCRIMINATE ME BASED ON ME AND MY FAMILIES RACE, I AM BEING BROUGHT UP ON FALSE CHARGES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BAR ME FROM THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE ARE A BIRACIAL FAMILY, I AM BEING CHARGED WITH CRIM TRES PAS FOR TAKING THEM TO SCHOOL, I AM BEING CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN ORDER TO MAKE ME OUT AS A CRIMINAL BECAUSE I AND MY FAMILY ARE MINORITIES. THEY ARE TRYING TO FRAME ME AND HAVE ME FALSELY INCARCERATED, AGAIN, FOR ONE YEAR. MY CHILDREN LIVE IN FEAR OF THIS EVERYDAY. I AM CONSOLING THEM DAILY. WE ARE BEING CONSTANTLY HARASSED, STALKED AND BULLIED.BY WHITE ADMINISTRATORS ANDFRIENDS OF ADMINISTRATORS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALSTHAT ARE FRIENDS OF THEIRS, THEY ARE BARRING ME FROM MY DAUGHTER WHOM THEY ABUSED AND HAD ASSAULTED, TO, AS THESE SICK PEOPLE BELIEVE, BREAK ME, AS THEY SAY, THEY ABUSED MY CHILDREN, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ASKING THE HONORABLE GOVERNOR DEAL FOR A MINORITY ALLIANCE TO PUT A STOP TO AND TO STOP THE FALSE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST KIMBERLY GOMEZ AND HER SIX CHILDREN, AS WELL AS AGAINST MINORITIES, THESE ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE DONE THIS TO MS GOMEZ AND HER UNDERAGE CHILDREN ARE MONSTERS.

President Obama has taken his team of food and farming leaders directly from the biotech companies and their lobbying, research, and philanthropic arms. Despite massive public opposition, last year the USDA streamlined its approval process for new genetically engineered seeds and crops, cutting in half the time it takes for them to enter the market. Proposition 37, the California ballot initiative for the labeling of GMO food, was narrowly defeated after being outspent by the opposition nearly 6 to 1, with a campaign of lies and misleading information. It is time we take a national stand against GMOs in food and agriculture.

Harry is no longer a leader. His lack of leadership on the filibuster keeps obstructionist power in the hands of the Republican Party.

For the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States, there's often no line to get into to become a fully participating American citizen. President Obama wants to fix these broken immigration laws, now the question is, "Will Congress join us or stand in the way?" America is a nation of values founded on the idea that all men and women are created equal, no matter what they look like or where they came from. Please sign this petition and tell Congress to provide a straightforward roadmap to citizenship for these 11 million people.

I volunteer at a Free Clinic (sliding payment scale applies) and know how desperate people are who do not have health care coverage! There are so many of these folks crying out for help.

I think it is unethical how Gov. Coumo and the New York state legislature operates in passing laws, for instance the recent gun law that was passed by rushing this bill thru without giving members of the legisature a proper chance look at the large document , some say the had 15 minutes to go over it and they admitted they did not know fully what they signed. Normally new laws are reviewed and properly debated for 3 days before anything is passed. No matter what side of the gun issue you are on rushing something like this is totally careless and unenthical and not the way a state or national goverment should operate.