We should all be terrified of North Carolina bill that makes case for...
A bill Republicans introduced in the North Carolina House last year is attracting renewed attention amid GOP promises to revisit further abortion restrictions for the state in 2023. The bill in...
View ArticleCourt rules Georgia can ban abortion. How many people will the new law kill?
Abortion will soon be illegal in my home state of Georgia, the state with the worst maternal mortality rate in the country, and a higher maternal mortality rate than 100 other countries. The 11th...
View ArticleDo They Really Want to Live in a Post Roe World? I Doubt They Have Thought...
The following rant started as a comment to Dartagnan’s We Must Never Allow Forced Birth to Become Normal or Ordinary. It got to be way too long for a comment so I am making it a diary. I can be long...
View Article'Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb': Matt Gaetz...
Rep. Matt Gaetz is misogyny personified and he proved as much on Saturday at the right-wing nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit. “Have you watched these pro-abortion, pro-murder...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D) New Ad Knocks Herschel Walker (R) For...
Hell yeah:xIf Herschel Walker is so ready to debate, why hasn’t he agreed to any? pic.twitter.com/SxU65WHBbu— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) July 25, 2022A new advertisement from Raphael...
View ArticleMichigan students walk out of white coat ceremony to protest anti-abortion...
Holding true to their values, students at the University of Michigan walked out of their white coat ceremony to protest an anti-abortion speaker's keynote address on Sunday. The move follows a petition...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz tried to body-shame teen activists. That backfired when one replied
America’s least-favorite GOP representative, Rep. Matt Gaetz, is facing backlash after bullying and body-shaming a teenager from Houston. His remarks toward the activist came after she responded to...
View Article‘He picked the wrong activist’: Matt Gaetz accidentally raises $275k for...
After responding to comments made by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz about pro-choice activists, a Texas teenager is trending on social media—and raising significant funds for abortion rights groups. As of...
View ArticleAn Island of Abortion Care
You’ve probably seen the maps. A lone state surrounded by neighbors where abortion is heavily restricted or completely banned. But how safe is abortion access in an “island of care?” Kate Kelly and...
View Article‘Film me all you want’: Watch an Iowa man’s attack on abortion rights...
Anti-abortion activists have a long history of resorting to violence, and now, with the Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion access rights under Roe v. Wade, they’re even more emboldened to...
View ArticleThis week in the War on Women: Placeholder edition
This week’s WOW host had something come up, and I’m not sure if she’ll be able to get a diary up later, so here are the story links contributed by WOW members this week. Thanks to elenacarlena,...
View ArticleNC-Sen: Democratic Super PAC Launches Ad Campaign Slamming Ted Budd (R) On...
Democrats smell blood in the water in North Carolina:xYouTube VideoA Democratic super PAC is launching a new TV ad in North Carolina's Senate race Tuesday, targeting GOP Rep. Ted Budd on...
View ArticleWith a straight face, West Virginia senator says raped children are in...
West Virginia’s Republican, anti-choice, and conspiracy theorist Senator Robert Karnes has said an awful lot of ridiculous things on Twitter, but his comments during a debate on an abortion bill on...
View ArticleGeorgia tries to bribe residents into not getting abortions, offers tax...
In a press release Monday, the Georgia Department of Revenue confirmed that state residents may claim an unborn fetus as a dependent on their state tax forms. “The Department will recognize any unborn...
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NO! nothing's the matter with Kansas but Razing Arizona as GOP chooses...
“The stakes couldn't be higher, and the election could be a bellwether for the future of abortion rights nationwide.” The early red mirage in Kansas makes the No/Yes vote close on giving away...
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The Republican Court went all in on Trumpism and then . . .
I’m trying to remember which Democrat, some years ago, made a point of always saying that “it’s when they’re most drunk with power” that they will dramatically overestimate their invulnerability and...
View ArticleRemember when Trump ordered an investigation of Brett Kavanaugh? Surprise! It...
We need a thorough, deep dive into the four-year-old allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh if we’re ever to get to the bottom of what “boof” means. It would also be nice to know if...
View ArticleWe did it last week in Kansas. We have another vote coming up that's just as...
We’ve had a few days to gloat, to pat ourselves and each other on the back, to sigh in relief. We kept the guarantee of abortion rights in the Kansas constitution. We made national news. We astounded...
View ArticleSen. Tim Scott fundraises with factless fearmongering: 'Dems will grant...
Have you heard of RepublicanMD? It’s just like WebMD, except it’s based on GOP talking points instead of science. So, for instance, if your kid has rickets, WebMD might tell you to give her vitamin D...
View ArticleTX-Gov: A New MAGA Movement Is Rising In Texas & It Wants To Give Greg...
It’s not the MAGA you think:xWhose choice?Texas women no longer have a choice to make their most personal decision. This is wrong! Texans need to fight back and vote for Democrats this November and...
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