The Briefing 08-24-15

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1) Ohio bill banning Down Syndrome abortions exposes shame of America for permitting such deaths

Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion if Down Syndrome Is Reason, New York Times (Tamar Lewin)

2) Marches against Planned Parenthood across the nation on Saturday contained thousands

Thousands protest outside Planned Parenthood clinics around the country, Washington Post (Peter Holley)

Thousands Rallied To Defund Planned Parenthood. This Is What They Look Like., Think Progress (Erica Hellerstein)

3) Coalition opposes faith-based organizations receiving any federal funds in secular state

Critics petition Obama to abolish faith-based hiring bias, Religion News Service (Adelle Banks)

REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND RECONSIDERATION OF JUNE 29, 2007 OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL MEMORANDUM RE: RFRA, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

4) North Korea shifts time zone in effort to assert independence from Japan and entire world

North Korea to Move 30 Minutes Backward to Create Its Own Time Zone, New York Times (Choe Sang-Hun)

As North, South Korea hold marathon crisis talks, Seoul talks tough, Reuters (Jack Kim and Ju-Min Park)