Social Issues

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** FILE ** David and Barbara Green, co-founders of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires the company to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.)

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A baby is fed by her mother at the teen pregnancy program offered at the Upper Cordoza Clinic in Washington in 2003. (The Washington Times/File)

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Convicted killer Jodi Arias thinks about a question asked during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of killing her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in his suburban Phoenix home in 2008 and could face the death penalty as the sentencing phase of her trial continues. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, the ranking member, as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stands at center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, following a Republican policy luncheon. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington on May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (Associated Press)