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5. Tennessee requires DNA sample in pre-teen abortions
Pro-life groups have long pointed out that abortion groups have made it difficult for law enforcement to take action in cases where it's clear a crime has taken place: Those cases where a girl getting an abortion is under the legal age for sexual activity. A new Tennessee bill dares abortion groups to oppose it: The bill, passed by the state Senate yesterday, requires doctors to preserve tissue from the aborted fetuses of mothers 12 or younger. The tissue can be used to identify and prosecute the rapists. Planned Parenthood of East and Middle Tennessee didn't bite: It supports the bill.

Quote of the day:
"What is next? Do we drop the St. Patrick's Day Parade because it is based on religious traditions?"

John Krenik, on St. Paul's decision to remove a picture of the Easter Bunny from City Hall because it was branded too religious. He was quoted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

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Abdul Rahman (news):

1. Afghan clerics, in Friday prayers, call for convert's execution | Despite growing international protests, clerics demanded the execution of Abdul Rahman if he doesn't convert back to Islam (The New York Times)
   
   
2. Kabul judge rejects calls to end trial of Christian convert | The case of Abdul Rahman, who could face death for converting to Christianity from Islam, has drawn concern from the U.S. (The New York Times)
   
   
3. Judge defends autonomy of Afghan court | The chief judge trying an Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity defended the court's autonomy Friday as international pressure grew against the case (Associated Press)
   
   
4. White House presses Afghans not to punish Christian convert | Rice asks Karzai for a quick resolution of the case. Both he and Bush face political dilemmas (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
5. Leaders rally to Afghan convert | Many world leaders, including those with troops in Afghanistan, have expressed concern about the trial (BBC)
   
   
6. Mood hardens against Afghan convert | Increasing international pressure over the case of Christian convert Abdul Rahman is forcing the Afghan government to play a careful balancing act between its Western allies and religious conservatives at home (BBC)
   
   
7. Afghan Christian's plight draws U.S. pressure | The Bush administration Thursday intensified pressure on Afghanistan to spare a Christian convert in a case that has raised outrage among Christians in the USA (USA Today)
   
   
8. U.S. Christians outraged over Afghan trial | Christian lobby groups are urging President Bush to do more to save a man on trial in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity (Associated Press)
   
   

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Abdul Rahman (opinion):

1. Why risk our troops for Afghanistan? | No country aiding in the rebuilding of the nation should tolerate a man on trial for his life over his choice of religion (Editorial, Vancouver Sun)
   
   

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