Social Issues

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"The bill is solely meant to intimidate doctors and restrict patients' access to care and has nothing, nothing, nothing to do with protecting children," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on drug companies by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. In the track-and-field community in Connecticut, the dominance of Miller and Yearwood has stirred resentment among some competitors and their families. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

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Gov. Phil Scott, a pro-choice Republican, has said he supports protecting abortion access without saying he would sign a specific bill. (Associated Press)

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A "thin blue line" flag meant to honor law enforcement was removed from the Connecticut State Capitol this week after Democrats complained it might offend Black Lives Matter supporters. (NBC Connecticut)

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, photo, workers place sections of metal wall as a new barrier is built along the Texas-Mexico border near downtown El Paso. Such barriers have been a part of El Paso for decades and are currently being expanded, even as the fight over President Donald Trump's desire to wall off the entire U.S.-Mexico border has sparked the longest government shutdown in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Illustration on women running for president by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty is remaining unapologetic amid calls for his resignation over a tweet that disparaged gay politicians. (barnstablecounty.org)

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Illustration on the continuing Israeli/Arab peace talks by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this Jan. 12, 2018, file photo, Virginia Gov.-elect, Lt. Gov Ralph Northam, center, walks down the reviewing stand with Lt. Gov-elect, Justin Fairfax, right, and Attorney General Mark Herring at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The political crisis in Virginia exploded Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, when the state's attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Northam's career already hanging by a thread over a racist photo, the day's developments threatened to take down all three of Virginia's top elected officials. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks to a Venezuelan American community at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, to speak out against President Nicolas Maduro's government and its socialist policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)

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Demonstrators protest in downtown Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. A North Carolina student suspended for using the term "illegal aliens" in class has sued the school district, saying he was bullied and ostracized after being falsely "branded as a racist." (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)