Tag Archives: abortion
Santorum misses the days of back-alley abortions. Don’t you?
While at the American Heartland Forum in Columbia, Missouri, an efficient Rick Santorum killed two birds with one stone, pushing the myth of death panels and longing for the golden days of illegal abortions. “fifty years ago… sixty years ago, people who did abortions were, you know, in the shadows, were people who people who were [...]
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Breaking: Komen apologizes, says they will continue funding Planned Parenthood
The Komen Board of Directors and Founding CEO Nancy G. Brinker just released a statement in response to the massive outcry following their decision to stop directing funds to Planned Parenthood, most of which went to breast cancer screenings. Komen claims the decision was not political, and that they will continue funding Planned Parenthood: The [...]
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Three reasons I wish I could quit you, Susan G. Komen!
Yesterday, Lori blogged the then-breaking news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation would stop funding Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screenings, bowing to pressure from ironically named “pro-life” groups and their ironically named “pro-life” new Vice-President, Karen Handel. Handel unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Texas Georgia on an anti-Planned Parenthood platform, saying “Let me be clear, [...]
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Breaking: Komen Foundation pulls breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood
What sad and disturbing news. From the Washington Post comes breaking news that will affect hundreds of thousands of dollars in women’s health funding: “The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two [...]
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Virginia transvaginal ultrasound bill delayed after a thousand protest outside capitol