The Culture War Did Not Go Away While We Were Talking About Spending

Social issues have been mostly ignored nationally this year as Congress and presidential candidates fight over government spending, but on the state level, the fight over sex hasn't gone away. Tuesday night, a federal judge blocked part of a North Carolina law that would force a woman to look at ultrasounds of her fetus -- and give her a chance to listen to the heartbeat -- before terminating her pregnancy, the Associated Press reports. U.S.   More Read