Women Beware: Birth Control, Abortion, and Your Healthcare Are at Risk
Women Beware! Birth Control, Abortion, and Your Healthcare are at RiskYou’re a middle-class mom with two kids, a mortgage, a fragile marriage, and an elderly parent to care for when you find yourself...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: What happens when the gander gets sauced?
Is turn-about fair play? What if society subjected men to the same requirements, oversight, scrutiny, and demands as those placed upon women? To highlight the patriarchy’s ridiculous and demeaning...
View ArticleDecades Old 20-Week NC Abortion Ban Struck Down by Federal Court
In an era where 6 week abortion bans (or“heartbeat” bills) are being churned out of State Houses, it’s encouraging to see that a Federal District Court just struck down a decades old 20-week abortion...
View ArticlePompeo announces expansion of anti-abortion 'global gag rule' that will lead...
Campaign ActionSince 1984, successive Republican administrations have enforced—and tightened—a policy that bars U.S. family planning funds from going to non-governmental organizations that provide...
View ArticleGeorgia Anti-Abortion "Heartbeat" Bill Just Passed by 2 Votes
The Georgia “Heartbeat” abortion ban just passed with 92 votes. It needed 91. It’s expected to be signed by Republican Governor Kemp, who some think stole his election from Stacey Abrams.This will put...
View ArticleACLU: Meijer pharmacists will no longer put religious beliefs over patient care
Michiganders no longer need to be concerned that a Meijer pharmacist will choose their religious beliefs over a customer’s need for certain medications. That’s the word from the ACLU of Michigan and...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: 4/6/19
Another week of too much happening, too fast, so I’m going to dive right in.As always, this diary is a group effort. Thanks to SandraLLAP, ramara, Angmar, elenacarlena, noweasels, Besame, and the WOW...
View ArticleForced-birthers are pushing even more draconian attacks on women's...
Since 2010, thousands of bills attacking women’s reproductive rights have been introduced in state legislatures, and well over 400 of them have been enacted into law. These run the gamut from attacks...
View ArticleThese abortion bans sound like they come from a dystopian nightmare—but...
Campaign ActionIn the span of just one month, four states—Ohio, Georgia, Mississippi, and Kentucky—have all passed six-week abortion bans.Without legal challenges to block the bans, these bills would...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
In a week with a lot of major stories, the one that jumped out at me wasn’t the most significant. But symbolically, it was a such a perfect encapsulation of taking a major issue and completely missing...
View ArticleActivists file suit asking SCOTUS to dump law that would close all but one...
As you may recall, in February, by a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay against the implementation of Act 620, a Louisiana law that would require doctors who provide abortions to obtain...
View ArticlePicks of the Week from the Daily Kos Community, Apr. 20 (and a Community...
Hey there, cherished Community! It’s somehow Saturday again, which means it’s time for Picks of the Week, wherein we showcase stories that stuck with the Daily Kos staff over the last seven days. (Find...
View ArticleFederal judge in Oregon to issue temporary injunction blocking 'gag rule' on...
Campaign ActionAfter three hours of oral arguments Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane said he will issue a temporary injunction blocking the Trump regime’s domestic “gag rule”...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court Issues Sweeping Decision Protecting Abortion Rights more...
This just happened today. I never would have expected it from Kansas because they’ve had so much in the way of crazy Republican leaders in the last few years but their state’s history is another...
View ArticleTrump's new big lie: Women and doctors are plotting to execute newborn babies
Donald Trump returned over the weekend to what CNN accurately described as his “incendiary falsehood” that parents and doctors are “executing” newborn babies. Trump’s brazen lie came in response to...
View ArticleWhy Pro-Choice Activists Need to Stop Calling Abortion a Tragedy
“Abortion is a preventable tragedy. No woman gets excited about having an abortion.” It’s a line you’ll soon hear if you spend any time in pro-choice circles. It’s intended to redirect the conversation...
View ArticleIf conservative Christian theology is really true, abortion is the only moral...
Those goofy bastards in Georgia have painted themselves into a lot of corners by declaring, through legislative fiat, that a very young fetus is actually a person who’s due all the same rights as any...
View ArticleFilmmakers and stars are refusing to work in Georgia following state's...
If you spent as much time at imdb.com looking up old Facts of Life episodes as I do, you might know that Georgia has become a popular location for numerous TV and film productions, thanks to generous...
View ArticleAlyssa Milano calls for universal sex strike 'until we get bodily autonomy back'
Well, this is good news for men who work in the lotion industry, but that’s about it. Short of a lard embargo, I can’t imagine what would get Donald Trump’s attention faster. xOur reproductive rights...
View ArticleTexas Senate passes bill to stop shackling pregnant inmates, provide free...
When talking about positive changes for women in Texas prisons, it can be tricky to celebrate the good. Why? Because terrible conditions are the baseline. That said, the Texas Senate recently passed a...
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