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Published May 31, 2006 12:01AM (EDT)

Argus Leader: The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families announces that it has secured more than twice the number of signatures needed to bring the state's abortion ban to a referendum.

NPR: "When an ex moves, do the kids go, too?"

Women's eNews: Female soldiers come home to second war on trauma.

IndyStar.com: Gay parents: How come we're fit to foster but not adopt?

The New Republic: "The strange genius of Oprah."

BBC: The league of super-diverse DC Comics heroes will soon include a lesbian Batwoman. More at the New York Times, including this quote from comics writer (and Real World: San Francisco alum) Judd Winick: "When I get gripes for my need to force my social agenda into comics, I always ask: which social agenda are you complaining about? Is it the gay people? Or the black people or the Asian people? After a while, it doesn't look like a social agenda. This is the world we live in."


By Lynn Harris

Award-winning journalist Lynn Harris is author of the comic novel "Death by Chick Lit" and co-creator of BreakupGirl.net. She also writes for the New York Times, Glamour, and many others.

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