Several reports are emerging of a minor bomb explosion last night outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, WI. No injuries have been reported. From WTAQ, a news-talk radio station servicing the Green Bay area:
Grand Chute police are investigating an explosive device that blew up at Planned Parenthood. It happened about 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Planned Parenthood office at 3800 North Gillett Street. The explosion started a fire that quickly burned itself out. The fire and explosion caused a small amount of damage to the building.
ThinkProgress flagged this report about the increasing opposition to several bills coming out of Wisconsin's Republican-led legislature, including one that that would "add new requirements for doctors to ensure a woman isn't forced into an abortion":
The Wisconsin Medical Society's letter said the bill passed earlier this month by the Republican-controlled state Legislature would infringe on the physician-patient relationship. The doctors group also expressed concern that physicians who fail to follow the bill exactly will face a Class I felony charge...
Issues of contraception, reproduction and the teaching of sexuality remain in the hands of government officials, as evidenced by a host of recent legislation that includes banning abortion coverage from policies obtained through a health insurance exchange that is to begin in 2014, and requiring schools to teach abstinence in sex education classes.
One of the three Republican presidential primaries being held tomorrow is in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd say this, but I wish there were yet another Republican presidential debate tonight. Considering this bombing attempt, this controversial state legislation -- oh, and Governor Scott Walker potentially being recalled in June -- we should hear the candidates go on the record on all of it.
Melissa and her guests talked yesterday about Wisconsin politics. Both segments are embedded after the jump.
Postscript: Another thing I'd like to hear the candidates comment on in Wisconsin is the raging debate over the state's new "castle doctrine" law, the law that protected the killer of 20-year-old Bo Morrison. More on that in a separate post later today.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is now facing a recall election in June following his move to block unions' rights for collective bargaining. But will he be voted out of office? Democratic strategist Kiki McLean, Republican strategist Rich Galen, and Democratic Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor weigh in on how Wisconsin's politics have evolved.
The Nation's John Nichols joins the conversation on the upcoming GOP contest in Wisconsin that may turn out to be a last-ditch effort for presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who is trailing in the nation-wide delegate count.
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Terrorism comes in many forms, usually with religious backings. Yet these zeolots want to take reason out of the classroom and replace it with mythology
Yup, religious terrorism by the Christian Taliban and their mullas, oh...... I mean pastors.