Tag: Gary Trudeau

PPFA’s “Maggie” Awards tell interesting story

        By Dave Andrusko I must confess when I read the press release announcing Planned Parenthood’s 2012 Maggie Awards for Media Excellence,  I was more interested in which journalists, bloggers, and political cartoonists had previously received the award for  “exceptional coverage of reproductive rights and health care issues“ than this year’s crop. …

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Trudeau “Comic Strip” Mocks Pro-Life Texas Ultrasound Law

By Dave Andrusko If at first you don’t succeed…Twenty-seven years ago cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of “Doonesbury,” and his then-syndicate, scaled back distribution of a series of cartoons  attacking Dr. Bernard Nathanson’s hugely influential video, “The Silent Scream.” Dr. Nathanson, who traced his own pro-life conversion back to the impact of ultrasounds, galvanized a national …

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