Tag Archives: Reproductive Justice
A thank you note for Todd Akin
TweetI’m a pretty even-keeled kind of gal. I don’t lose my temper that easily. I’ll get irritated, sure, and sometimes that irritation will get vented, a little bit at a time, in the form of passive aggression. But I’m not one for big blow ups. I can’t remember the last time I raised my voice [...]
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Notes from a bitch…pondering political expectations…
TweetI want Missouri Governor Nixon to veto the new birth control refusal bill SB 749. Religious liberty is not threatened by the HHS rule on insurance coverage of birth control without co-pay, but the rights of Missouri workers sure as hell are under attack by this bill that would allow any employer to refuse coverage [...]
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House to vote tomorrow on discriminatory PRENDA bill
TweetAs Shark likes to say, “Nothing says JOBS like a race-baiting woman hating fetal sovereignty bill!” Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), legislation that would ban abortion performed based on the fetus’ sex. The law would require doctors to report any person seeking an abortion to the authorities [...]
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Must-read long read: Arizona’s pro-life paradox
TweetAt The American Prospect, Judith Lewis Mernit has a long and very important article about the contradiction of restricting access to abortion while cutting funding for special needs children in Arizona. Arizona recently banned abortion after 18 weeks, which means there will be more babies born with chromosomal abnormalities – special needs kids. At the [...]
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Australia to make the abortion pill easier to get