Clarence Thomas Likens Birth Control and Abortion to Nazi Eugenics

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Clarence Thomas Likens Birth Control and Abortion to Nazi Eugenics 

Bess Levin, Vanity Fair
Levin writes: "In an insane 20-page opinion, Thomas argues that the government should limit what a woman wants to do with her body on the basis that abortion and birth control are both part of the same state-sanctioned eugenics plot to keep those with 'inferior' traits from being born."
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Emily Shugerman, The Daily Beast
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teleSUR
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How Eminent Domain Is Putting Farmers in the Path of Gas Pipelines
Michael Sainato, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Compulsory purchase - or the threat of it - of property on the route of a pipeline for fracked natural gas has left a slew of grievances and lawsuits in West Virginia and Virginia."
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