Rear View

In the Rear View: Police Ride Along and Superintendent Survey

We look back at a week of contraceptive coverage, pizza picks, blizzard memories, motion backtracks, cameras in court and Super Bowl snacks.

MONDAY Chasing Down Thieves in the Retail Capital of the South Suburbs Patch spent a night riding with an Orland Park police officer for a firsthand view of a night on local patrol. Vote: Do You Want Cameras in Criminal Court Rooms? The decision is being heralded for its transparency, but will it come at a cost to individual rights? TUESDAY Prosecutors Now Say Defendant in DUI Death Case Did Not Violate Bond Terms Nicholas Sord's defense attorney will soon ask a judge for time to independently review DNA samples to provide his side of the crash that killed Jessica Mejia. On Patrol: You Never Know What You'll Face Part two of Patch’s ride along with an Orland Park police officer working a night shift. WEDNESDAY Lipinski: Abortion, …

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Lipinski: Abortion, Contraception Health Plan Rules for Opposed Groups Violates Rights

While visiting Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School Monday, Congressman Dan Lipinski praised Catholic schools’ role in education, while voicing displeasure with the health care bill requirement.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski may be pro-life, but he supports a form of choice when it comes to birth control and abortion treatment. The Illinois Democrat believes schools, non-profits and other groups openly aligned with religious organizations have the right to not offer contraception, birth control or abortion-inducing drugs as part of their health insurance benefits. The Democrat congressman recently expressed his disapproval with President Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 notice that private employers will have to cover birth control, even those who are religiously opposed to such treatment. “The exemption is so narrow that only the churches themselves where Catholic priests are administrators will be exempt,” Lipinski said Monday. “Cardinal Joseph …

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