Jeff Fecke

Blog of the Moderate Left -- moderateleft.com

Jeff Fecke is a freelance writer and blogger from Lakeville, Minnesota. He has been a blogger since 2002, and became especially interested in issues of reproductive health and justice after becoming the father of a baby girl that same year. He currently writes at his own blog, Blog of the Moderate Left, and at Alas, a Blog.

Fecke, 36, is a divorced father of one, and lives in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Abortion Foe Hyde Dies at 83

Jeff Fecke

Former Rep. Henry Hyde, best known as the author of the amendment that forbade the federal government for giving medical assistance to low-income women if it would be used to pay for an abortion, died yesterday at the age of 83.

GOP Candidates in Values Voter Debate

Jeff Fecke

The Republican presidential candidates who participated in the Values Voter Debate Monday night opposed not only abortion but science-based sex education, CEDAW, and universal health care, too.

Sex Ed and the State

Jeff Fecke

A new documentary explores the paradox pittng scientific evidence and public support for comprehensive sexuality education against the unwillingness of political leaders to enforce standards that keep kids safe.

Free Speech Wins in Anti-Abortion Case

Jeff Fecke

Last month the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of "pro-life" protesters in a ruling that also had the support of the regional Planned Parenthood, as part of a fight for First Amendment Rights.