Trigger Warning: Abortion Laws Shoot Down Common Sense
Imagine a world where purchasing a gun requires more than a background check. You're shown graphic images of gunshot victims, designed to shock and dissuade. If your neighbor suspects you're buying a...
View ArticleNorth Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban
A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.In his ruling, state...
View ArticleAbortion rights are on 10 state ballots. Here are summaries & donor links...
Some liberals, who for decades had proclaimed the Supreme Court would never overturn Roe v. Wade because it was too good a wedge issue for turning out Republicans at election time, got a nasty surprise...
View ArticleMom Died in 2021. She Needs To Tell You Something Right Now.
"If my pain can be put to use, then that pain is transformed." My mother, Virginia L. “Ginny” Senders, spent a lot of time telling the story of her abortions. As history moves on, people forget what...
View ArticleAm I the Only One thinking About This Stuff?
With the story of Georgia single mom Amber Thurman's execution by legal fiat making some news, her story is among the first of how abortion bans will shatter this country into shards if we don't...
View ArticleAfter all that talk, Senate Republicans block bill to protect IVF
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans successfully blocked a bill that would have provided legal protections for fertility treatments as well as required insurance companies to cover the treatments. The move...
View Article'Donald Trump did this': New Harris ad highlights abortion bans
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign released a new ad featuring reproductive rights activist Hadley Duvall. Duvall was impregnated by her stepfather when she was 12, after years of abuse. “I've...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
A woman in Georgia died an entirely preventable death because the medical personnel were afraid that saving her life would send them to prison. She was 28 years old, a medical assistant who planned to...
View ArticleAbortion quietly drives voting conversation in Georgia—even if it isn’t on...
And the Harris campaign knows it.By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th NewsCallie Beale Harper was 37 when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Already the mom to a four-year-old son, she and her husband...
View ArticleWisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Jodi Habush Sinykin, Democrat for Wisconsin's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s state legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
View ArticleWisDems Starting LineUp: Meet Jamie Wall, Democrat for Wisconsin's State...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s state legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
View ArticleOhio Senate: Moreno mansplains abortion for women over 50 who might not be...
On the other end of the state, childless cat ladies are not going hungry, because Bernie Moreno is quite the joker.A spokesperson for Moreno’s campaign clarified his comments in a statement to...
View ArticleTrump vows to be ‘protector’ of women, once they get over abortion
Donald Trump complained Monday night at a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, that Democrats have continued to emphasize abortion rights, declaring that the issue is no longer relevant. Trump’s comments...
View ArticleVP Harris joined WPR to talk about what she’d do as president. Everyone...
On Tuesday, Vice President Harris was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio. She talked about:affordable housingwater qualityreproductive rights… and more. Read on to hear what she said.(Before we...
View ArticleWisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Brad Pfaff, Democratic incumbent for State...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
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The Right-Wing Obsession with Childless Women and Fertility Rates: A...
In recent years, there has been an increasing obsession among right-wing figures in the United States (and across the world) with women who choose not to have children and with the country’s declining...
View ArticleGA Judge Invokes the "Handmaid's Tale" in Striking Down Abortion Law
Lots of pop in this fresh opinion, written by Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney. The ruling is part of the ongoing legal challenges to Georgia’s “fetal heartbeat” law. Where it goes from...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Jodi Emerson, Democratic incumbent for WI's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Democrat for Wisconsin's Assembly District 30...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset WI’s state legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the gerrymander....
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Ryan Spaude, Democrat for Wisconsin's State...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset WI’s state legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the gerrymander....
View ArticleAMA: 26,000 raped women in TX forced to give birth in TX since Dobbs
The shocking, disturbing fact is that Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed the most restrictive abortion ban in the country which forced 26,000 women who were raped in this state to give birth. ...Yes,...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet LuAnn Bird, Democrat for Wisconsin's Assembly...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Yee Leng Xiong, Democrat for Wisconsin's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet David Marstellar, Democrat for Wisconsin's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset WI’s state legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the gerrymander....
View ArticleNew York Voters: Proposition 1 Is On the Ballot
By Election Day, the majority of New Yorkers will have decided who they are voting for, from the top of the ballot on down.What they may not know is that the back of their ballot has a vitally...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Steve Doyle, Democratic incumbent for Assembly...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
View ArticleStop worrying. Kamala Harris will be president, and it's in the polls if we...
While the closeness of the polls scares many, it is unnecessary. Kamala Harris and most of us have the values, enough people, and the money to win big if we stop the fear and execute the play.Kamala...
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Joe Sheehan, Democrat for Wisconsin's Assembly...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset Wisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
View ArticleWisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Christian Phelps, Democrat for Wisconsin's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset WI’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the gerrymander....
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WisDems Starting Lineup: Meet Elizabeth Grabe, Democrat for Wisconsin's...
This year is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset WIisconsin’s State Legislature, flip a chamber, and open a path to a blue trifecta—because, after years of struggle, democracy defeated the...
View ArticleTrump's just-for-gals town hall goes just as you'd expect—only worse
The hypocrisy of Donald Trump trying to pretend he is pro-woman was on display in Fox News’ town hall, as he casually skipped over the fact that he was the architect of the Supreme Court’s abortion ban...
View ArticleTrump thinks 'the women' love him—except for this one tiny issue
Trump popped in on “Fox & Friends” on Friday and dropped this gem: “Without abortion, the women love me.” You almost have to give him a round of applause for nearly stumbling into a factual...
View ArticleUphill battles over abortion unlikely to end even if ballot measures pass
Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions, but the measures are unlikely to dramatically change access — at least not...
View ArticleWhite House aims to cut birth control costs for most Americans
The proposed rule on contraception coverage could help 52 million women of reproductive age, officials said.By Nadra Nittle, Shefali Luthra for The 19thPresident Joe Biden’s administration on Monday...
View ArticleTo Protect Women’s Freedom, Liberty, Life, Vote for Harris, Democrats and the...
By Karen Rubin, News-Photos-Features.com, editor@news-photos-features.comTrump boasts that he is responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade, which overnight took away women’s autonomy and...
View ArticleRepublicans are the party of "Blame the Victim"
The Presidency is important, but let’s not forget that other elected offices are important too!Electing Kamala Harris is certainly a good start, but she will be able to achieve a lot more for the...
View ArticleVoters don't buy Trump's desperate abortion flip-flop
A new poll released on Tuesday found that a majority of Americans believe former President Donald Trump would sign a national abortion ban into law, a sign that his desperate attempt to have it both...
View ArticleIconic song highlights how far patients travel under abortion bans
Musician Vanessa Carlton is using her famous song “A Thousand Miles,” to bring attention to the fight for reproductive rights. The song, and Carlton, are featured in a new video released by the Center...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
The next ten days are going to be stressful. Stay focused, leave it all on the road, and find one more thing to do to help elect President Kamala Harris.As always, this diary is a group effort. Thanks...
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"Trump has an Enemies List. Harris has a To-do List."
—Just in case you missed it: newsweek.com— Oct 25, 2024The list was posted to her X (formerly Twitter) account, with a caption that reads: "Trump has an enemies list. I have a to-do list."The...
View ArticleHow young Democratic-leaning women could put Harris over the top
At the University of Pittsburgh, as freshmen students took their first steps on campus and swarms of lanternflies buzzed through the air, the sounds of Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan drifted from a...
View ArticleNo noise, just policy: Health care and reproductive rights
This four-part series examines the candidates' positions and policy proposals in an effort to cut through the noise and highlight where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on critical issues facing...
View ArticleThe Good and the Not So Bad: Phone banking in MI
This is a continuation of my logs of phone banking. I created a previous diary of my first phone banking experience for the Harris/Walz campaign which also was gauging the Senate race for MI here. I...
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Final Report on Single Issue Abortion Voters Identified at their Doors....
[This diary was specifically requested a few days ago, seeking the final numbers in this regard.]For 3 years, Hope Springs from Field PAC’s [website] volunteers have been asking voters whether they had...
View ArticleOne since-2000 president, at least, arranged for partner's abortion. And...
One president, at least, did. We know from 2 biographies of G W Bush that a romance of his led to a pregnancy in his youth. He dealt with it by arranging an abortion in Houston (secured by friends as...
View ArticleHarris's Three-Pronged Strategy for the Final Push
A New York Times news story this morning lays out the strategy MVP Harris is using to close the deal: Harris Aides Quietly Grow More Bullish on Defeating Trump:Keep hammering that Trump is a...
View ArticleWoman died after being told it’d be a ‘crime’ to intervene in her miscarriage
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat...
View ArticleWhat are Republicans in Washington DC saying among themselves?
As a result of the Republican Party’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade, women across America have been turning out in huge numbers to vote them out. I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to speculate that the...
View ArticleHow The Polls Will Get 2024 Wrong
I get questions from readers of a national political site I have been writing for since 2004 about why I think the polls this cycle are underperforming when it comes to Kamala Harris.It has become...
View ArticleElection Day vibe check: What's your reason for voting?
Some political pundits say the 2024 election will be a referendum on women’s rights after former President Donald Trump’s conservative-appointed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Others argue that...
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