Tag Archives: pregnancy
‘God intended rape pregnancies’ and other unsurprisingly misogynistic GOP opinions
TweetUPDATE: Planned Parenthood Action Fund has called on Romney to revoke his Mourdock endorsement. UPDATE ADDENDUM: Romney ‘Disagrees’ with Mourdock’s comments, but stands by him as a candidate and will not pull his endorsement ads Good morning! It’s October 24, 2012, and Republicans still don’t believe that you should have any control at all over [...]
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Martha Plimpton on being bugged about having babies
TweetThis week’s issue of New York magazine has a short profile of Martha Plimpton, the Broadway actress who you might also recognize from TV’s Raising Hope. At one point, Plimpton describes her frustration at how often she’s asked whether or not she wants, or plans, to have children. Oh, God, this subject! You’re 40, you’re [...]
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Pregnant Women Need Health Care, Not Jail Time
Originally posted in Community Blog
TweetBy Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project June 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a "war on drugs" — a war that has cost roughly a trillion dollars, has produced little to no effect on the supply of or demand for drugs in the United States, and has [...]
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On giving and misgivings
TweetNot long ago, I was making my way home from Manhattan to Queens after meeting a friend for dinner. In the passage way between the 4-5-6 trains and the 7 train was a young woman, sitting with her back against the wall, with a backpack beside her. Against her legs she had propped a sign: [...]
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Ross Douthat wants more American babies