Pro Choice supporters in TX: on March 21 a NARAL/PCA panel will host a teach...
Pro choicers in Texas NARAL/Pro Choice America is having a teaching session on Tuesday March 21. A decision on mifepristone is expected to be handed down. Panelists will share valuable information...
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U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s failed in his attempt to hide the hearing on his inevitable abortion pill ban, and the hearing proceeded on Wednesday in a partly public manner. Kacsmaryk...
View ArticleTrump's chief 2024 worry isn't DeSantis; it's his stunning success in...
If Donald Trump were trying to capitalize on what was arguably the most impactful policy win of his tenure, Iowa would be the perfect place to do it.Republicans' first primary will take place in the...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
Idaho, which already has a near-total ban on abortion, is now trying to restrict interstate travel for abortion (giving it the scary-sounding name “abortion trafficking”). They’re getting their foot in...
View ArticleBanned in Flori-duh
Laws are supposed to keep us from harming each other and to compel us, when needed, to act in concert for the good of the community. The community is usually defined as the state, and what is good for...
View ArticleMaternal Mortality Rate Rises. Again.
The U.S. maternal mortality rate rose sharply in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2021, 1,025...
View Article'Zombie' abortion bans have a bad week in the Midwest, but it's a very...
Two states moved in opposite directions on abortion rights on Wednesday. On the same day, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a repeal of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban and Gov. Brad Little signed Idaho’s new...
View ArticleFederal protections for reproductive health care will save lives. Congress...
Since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, many states have taken action to deny abortion care. Thirteen states now have near-total abortion bans in...
View ArticleInevitable.
As I mentioned in my last post, I am very keen on the idea of framing our political arguments and positions as inevitable. It comes from Anat Schenker-Osorio (ASO) and her argument that inevitability...
View ArticleIowa paused its practice of paying for emergency contraceptives for sexual...
The Iowa Attorney General's Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some...
View ArticleKick them where it sags
According to the information I have seen, penicillin is four times more likely to lead to death than mifepristone. Interesting, but not an issue for me, I’m allergic to it. One other drug cited as...
View ArticleBiden moves to secure privacy of abortion patients, providers
Campaign ActionSince the Supreme Court overturned national abortion rights protections in their Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, birther states have been on a tear to ban the procedure and...
View ArticleRepublicans Continue Their Assault on Abortion Rights
69 House Republicans have come out in support of the decision by a Texas federal judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the first pill given...
View ArticleFederal appeals court plays doctor, reversing ban on abortion pill but...
UPDATE: Thursday, Apr 13, 2023 · 4:10:19 PM +00:00·Joan McCarterAttorney General Merrick Garland just issued this statement: “The Justice Department strongly disagrees with the Fifth Circuit’s decision...
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Republicans Are Prepared to Lose Votes to Kill Abortion Rights
The struggle for abortion rights continues. Despite a shellacking in the last midterms, Republicans continue their offensive on a fundamental women’s right. Last week Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron...
View ArticleThe legal fight for safe medication abortions isn't over
On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted an emergency stay on a lower court’s order suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill, mifespristone. The...
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The Assault on Women's Rights — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part 2,...
UPDATE: Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023 · 2:49:13 AM +00:00·JekyllnHydeHypocrisyxSteve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune @ThatSteveSackpic.twitter.com/KyClJWFGSh— Editorial & Political Cartoons...
View ArticleRepublicans are determined to silence their constituents
The Republican Party has a big problem: Their ideas are deeply unpopular. As a result, they cannot win a majority of votes when actual policy is on the ballot.Time and time again, they say to let the...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
Cmae’s diary, Disturbing experiences in the everyday life of a female, is an amazing list of the wholly ordinary: incident after incident of being harassed, groped, followed, and assaulted, starting at...
View ArticleWoman denied abortion rips Cruz and Cornyn: 'I nearly died on their watch'
Amanda Zurawski spoke at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday as one of the witnesses called by Democratic senators to give testimony on the fallout felt throughout the...
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