Every woman’s right to choose was guaranteed by the Roe v. Wade decision 45 years ago. Celebrate your freedom to choose. Respect the right of others to choose.
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Texas grand jury indicts anti-abortion video producers
By now you’ve probably heard that a Harris County (Houston) Texas grand jury was convened several months ago to investigate Planned Parenthood and charges that it was selling baby parts. The case started in August, when Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick,… Read More ›
Celebrating 43 years of personal choice for women
Protecting every woman’s right to choose since January 22, 1973 _____________ More on Pied Type: Abortion Roe v. Wade
Zealots persist: From ‘religious freedom’ to Kansas abortion law
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or… Read More ›
Pro-lifers take over former Planned Parenthood building
Anti-abortion proponents have for years relied on trickery when approaching frightened, desperate women who want an abortion. On the street, in advertisements, and at the very doors of abortion clinics, they offer to “help” such women and then provide only anti-abortion propaganda…. Read More ›
Colorado should reject personhood and its advocate, Cory Gardner
One week from today is November 4, Election Day in the United States and, mercifully, that will be the end of the 2014 political campaigns. Of course, the 2016 campaigning for president is already unofficially underway, but we can let… Read More ›
Judge guns down Texas anti-abortion law
Last week U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel blocked a new Texas anti-abortion law (HB2) that was about to take effect. The law would have left the entire state of Texas with, at most, eight reproductive health centers. The existing clinics… Read More ›
Court saves last abortion clinic in Mississippi
Finally, reason prevails. At least in Mississippi. At least this week. It seems Mississippi passed a law in 2012 that would have effectively shut down the last abortion clinic in the state. The law requires that abortion doctors have admitting… Read More ›
Dems go on offense protecting women’s health
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are planning to wield the Supreme Court’s unpopular Hobby Lobby decision as a club against Republicans, and the fight begins Wednesday with the introduction of the “Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act.” The bill, one… Read More ›
Conflagration Scotus
This post originated on Brain Spank as “Conflagration Scotus” by Michael Douglass. It expresses my outrage at the Supreme Court better than I’ve managed to do so far. Interestingly, both Douglass and I used the word “conflagration” in our posts today when writing… Read More ›
Supreme Court strikes down buffer zones at abortion clinics
I’m not ignoring the Supreme Court’s unanimous McCullen v. Coakley ruling against buffer zones outside Massachusetts abortion clinics. I’ve just been too stunned and too angry to speak intelligibly. “The buffer zones burden substantially more speech than necessary to achieve the Commonwealth’s… Read More ›
