“I love abortion!”

Jessica DelBalzo at RH Reality Check I Love Abortion: Implying Otherwise Accomplishes Nothing for Women’s Rights I love abortion. I don’t accept it. I don’t view it as a necessary evil. I embrace it. I donate to abortion funds. I write about how important it is to make sure that every woman has access to [...]

Sanity Shortage

Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau has defended his cartoon strip about abortion, which several US newspapers are refusing to run, saying he felt compelled to respond to the way Republicans across America are undermining women’s healthcare rights. The strip, published on Monday and scheduled to [...]

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

Bill introduced to regulate men’s reproductive health Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way. The Cleveland Democrat introduced [...]

Another misogynist Republican

Oh, wait – she’s a Democrat: I Wouldn’t Have Voted for Obamacare If I’d Known About HHS Regulation Former Democratic congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Catholic from Erie, Pennsylvania, cast a crucial vote in favor of Obamacare in 2010. She lost her seat that November in part because of her controversial support of Obamacare. But Dahlkemper [...]

Apples and Oranges

The Media’s Abortion Blinders IN the most recent Gallup poll on abortion, as many Americans described themselves as pro-life as called themselves pro-choice. A combined 58 percent of Americans stated that abortion should either be “illegal in all circumstances” or “legal in only a few circumstances.” These results do not vary appreciably by gender: in [...]

I wonder what Eleanor Smeal thinks now?

Flashback: This Is What A Feminist Looks Like It’s not every day Ms. puts a man on its cover. In choosing the cover for this special Inaugural issue, Ms. wanted to capture both the national and feminist mood of high expectations and hope as the 44th President of the United States takes the oath of [...]

Disingenuous Democrats

So I see this headline at Memeorandum and follow the link to Mother Jones: The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds [...]