Posts Tagged choice

Roe v. Wade 38th Anniversary Round-Up

Instead of a What We Missed today, I thought I’d highlight a bit of the awesome coverage we’ve seen around the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade tomorrow — after all, it is Blog for Choice Day!

It’s so incredibly important to have dialogue about the current state of reproductive justice, and even more important to start mobilizing around it — in addition to their efforts to repeal health care reform this week, Republican leaders have introduced the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which would put severe (and potentially permanent) restrictions on women’s access to reproductive health care. (Take action here.) Robin Marty gives her two cents on ...

Instead of a What We Missed today, I thought I’d highlight a bit of the awesome coverage we’ve seen around the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade tomorrow — after all, it is

On “The Assassination of Dr. Tiller”

It’s hard to say much about last night’s documentary because I think it largely spoke for itself. (For anyone who missed it, you can watch it online at The Rachel Maddow Show website.) But I do have to say a few things about why this documentary is so damn important.

First off, for Rachel Maddow to use her editorial power on a major cable news channel to address such a contentious issue as this in such a way — well, it’s just ground-breaking. When we talk about abortion on television, it’s either referring to some fictional television character that opts out of the abortion last-minute, or political pundits loudly debating about this word that loses its meaning. Because the ...

It’s hard to say much about last night’s documentary because I think it largely spoke for itself. (For anyone who missed it, you can watch it online at The Rachel Maddow Show website.) But I ...