Stymying the Family Planning Stimulus
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 29th, 2009 at 9:41 amThe House last night approved the $819 billion economic stimulus, despite the fact that nary a Republican voted in favor of the package. Although it’s…
Posts Tagged ‘reproductive rights’
President Obama will Repeal the Global Gag Rule
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 pmAccording to The Wall Street Journal, President Obama will repeal the so-called global gag rule, which outlawed U.S. funding from going to NGOs that perform…
Is This an Effective Pro-choice Argument?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pmVia reddit, here’s a blog post and accompanying video arguing that the easiest way to instill doubt in an anti-choice activist is to ask, “If…
The Latest Anti-choice Lie
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 14th, 2009 at 5:44 pmA new ad from the Catholic website HopeAfterAbortion.com is currently on display in the Washington, D.C. Metro. The ad, depicting a woman’s eyes bordered by…
Teen Pregnancy Is Up For the First Time in Fifteen Years
By Nick Sifuentes - Jan 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pmMississippi takes top honors for the highest rate of teen pregnancies in 2006, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control. In…
I Hope William Donohue Reads This
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pmThe argument for the Catholic Church against other Christian denominations has always been the foundation of the Mother Church through the years. Just ask Louisiana…
Teen Pregnancy: Not Just for Straight People Anymore
By Dylan Matthews - Dec 17th, 2008 at 10:00 amHere’s a simultaneously weird and depressing stat: lesbian and bi teenage girls in British Columbia are far more likely to get pregnant than their straight…
Yes, the Proposed HHS Regulation Is Sexist
By Kay Steiger - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 pmThe Los Angeles Times has a good recap of a Health and Human Services regulation that’s bad news for women (Planned Parenthood has a petition…
Rule on Women and Health Care Access to be Finalized
By Kay Steiger - Nov 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pmThe really awful proposed rule that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Levitt is trying to push through in his last few weeks of public…
Pastor: If You Voted for Obama, You Sinned
By Jesse Singal - Nov 14th, 2008 at 10:45 amFrom a Boston Globe religion blog:
The pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, SC, is urging parishioners who voted for Barack Obama not…
I’m Glad I Could Choose to Watch This
By Jesse Singal - Nov 13th, 2008 at 5:34 pmVia Feministing, not sure when this version aired, but Samantha Bee’s commentary on her classic Daily Show interviews with conservative women at the Republican National…
A Few Notes on State Measures
By Emily Rutherford - Nov 5th, 2008 at 6:24 pmAside from the obligatory excitement concerning the presidency:
Congratulations to California, which defeated a proposition requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions.
Congratulations to South…
“Personhood” Wouldn’t Make Abortion Illegal … Yet
By Kay Steiger - Oct 24th, 2008 at 5:03 pmDana Goldstein over at TAPPED points to some ads being run about the Amendment 48 ballot initiative in Colorado–most commonly referred to as the “personhood…
Palin: Abortion Clinic Bombers Aren’t Necessarily Terrorists
By Jesse Singal - Oct 24th, 2008 at 9:35 amVia reddit, Sarah Palin made a curious statement during a Brian Williams interview that aired last night:
Palin resisted the suggestion that if [Bill] Ayers…
More on Constitutional Arguments About Abortion
By Jesse Singal - Oct 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 pmPer my earlier post, anyone interested in how conservatives who do believe in a constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy frame anti-abortion legal arguments should check…
