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<title>As social issues shape 2012 campaign, North Country bishop speaks out</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19386/20120228/as-social-issues-shape-2012-campaign-north-country-bishop-speaks-out</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2012) After the long recession, most pundits expected the 2012 political campaign to revolve around economic issues. But politicians on the right and left have instead been reviving some surprising social questions, ranging from contraception to prenatal testing to the role of religion in politics and public life.In an interview with Newsweek magazine, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, argued that opposition to insurance coverage for those services amounts to &quot;an attack on women.&quot;&quot;Many of us are outraged, really outraged,&quot; Sen. Gillibrand told the magazine. &quot;In the year 2012, we should not be debating access to birth control. No boss should be making a decision about what health care their employees should be eligible to take.&quot;Polls show that the vast majority of American families use contraception and think contraception should be widely available. Surveys also suggest that a smaller majority of Americans think religious groups should provide full insurance benefits to employees.But Bishop Terry Lavalley, who heads the Diocese of Ogdensburg, sees this very differently.  He argues that Federal changes to healthcare laws proposed by the Obama administration threaten the religious freedom of groups like the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop LaValley met recently with Brian Mann to talk about the Church’s prominent role in this year’s political campaign and about the difficulties of teaching Catholic doctrine in an age when even many Roman Catholics are making very different moral choices. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19386/20120228/as-social-issues-shape-2012-campaign-north-country-bishop-speaks-out">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After the long recession, most pundits expected the 2012 political campaign to revolve around economic issues. But politicians on the right and left have instead been reviving some surprising social questions, ranging from contraception to prenatal testing to the role of religion in politics and public life.In an interview with Newsweek magazine, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, argued that opposition to insurance coverage for those services amounts to &quot;an attack on women.&quot;&quot;Many of us are outraged, really outraged,&quot; Sen. Gillibrand told the magazine. &quot;In the year 2012, we should not be debating access to birth control. No boss should be making a decision about what health care their employees should be eligible to take.&quot;Polls show that the vast majority of American families use contraception and think contraception should be widely available. Surveys also suggest that a smaller majority of Americans think religious groups should provide full insurance benefits to employees.But Bishop Terry Lavalley, who heads the Diocese of Ogdensburg, sees this very differently.  He argues that Federal changes to healthcare laws proposed by the Obama administration threaten the religious freedom of groups like the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop LaValley met recently with Brian Mann to talk about the Church’s prominent role in this year’s political campaign and about the difficulties of teaching Catholic doctrine in an age when even many Roman Catholics are making very different moral choices. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19386/20120228/as-social-issues-shape-2012-campaign-north-country-bishop-speaks-out">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:03</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, healthcare, women, religion, diocese of ogdensburg, bishop lavalley, contraception, planned parenthood, culture war, faith, gillibrand, [loc:44.6942291 -75.4863364], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Planned Parenthood&apos;s Kathie Wunderlich talks about life inside the abortion debate</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17530/20110425/planned-parenthood-apos-s-kathie-wunderlich-talks-about-life-inside-the-abortion-debate</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2011) Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in America.  Women in New York state choose to terminate roughly a third of all pregnancies.   But the debate over abortion has raged ever since the practice was legalized by the Supreme Court in 1973.Kathie Wunderlich is president of Planned Parenthood of the North Country, which operates eight clinics across the region.  Last week as the Good Friday protests were getting underway, she spoke in-depth with Brian Mann. We asked Wunderlich to respond to a claim by Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, who said that more than ninety percent of Planned Parenthood’s medical services involve abortions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17530/20110425/planned-parenthood-apos-s-kathie-wunderlich-talks-about-life-inside-the-abortion-debate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in America.  Women in New York state choose to terminate roughly a third of all pregnancies.   But the debate over abortion has raged ever since the practice was legalized by the Supreme Court in 1973.Kathie Wunderlich is president of Planned Parenthood of the North Country, which operates eight clinics across the region.  Last week as the Good Friday protests were getting underway, she spoke in-depth with Brian Mann. We asked Wunderlich to respond to a claim by Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, who said that more than ninety percent of Planned Parenthood’s medical services involve abortions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17530/20110425/planned-parenthood-apos-s-kathie-wunderlich-talks-about-life-inside-the-abortion-debate">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>07:30</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, abortion, religion, healthcare, planned parenthood, [loc:44.6994873 -73.4529124], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Abortion foes stage annual protest in Plattsburgh</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17531/20110425/abortion-foes-stage-annual-protest-in-plattsburgh</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2011) Religious groups that oppose legalized abortion staged their annual protest rally in Plattsburgh on Friday.  They sang hymns, prayed and marched outside the clinic operated by Planned Parenthood.  Martha Foley has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17531/20110425/abortion-foes-stage-annual-protest-in-plattsburgh">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Martha Foley</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Religious groups that oppose legalized abortion staged their annual protest rally in Plattsburgh on Friday.  They sang hymns, prayed and marched outside the clinic operated by Planned Parenthood.  Martha Foley has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17531/20110425/abortion-foes-stage-annual-protest-in-plattsburgh">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>00:58</itunes:duration>
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<title>Cuomo in step with Dems on social issues</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16987/20110114/cuomo-in-step-with-dems-on-social-issues</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 14, 2011) Much of the focus in the first two weeks of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s term has been on the state’s financial crisis, and the new governor’s fiscally conservative prescriptions: a public employee wage freeze, spending cuts, a property tax cap. Cuomo, a Democrat, is more in step with his party when it comes to social issues. Karen DeWitt explains. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16987/20110114/cuomo-in-step-with-dems-on-social-issues">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Much of the focus in the first two weeks of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s term has been on the state’s financial crisis, and the new governor’s fiscally conservative prescriptions: a public employee wage freeze, spending cuts, a property tax cap. Cuomo, a Democrat, is more in step with his party when it comes to social issues. Karen DeWitt explains. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16987/20110114/cuomo-in-step-with-dems-on-social-issues">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:33</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, health, abortion, reproductive rights, planned parenthood, catholic church, roe v. wade, women's rights, glbt, same sex marriage, gay rights, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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