This is important no matter how old you are. Anyone can have a stroke, so we all need to know what they look like. Stacey Yepes, 49, realized what was happening to her and used her cell phone to record the event for her doctors, who had previously dismissed her symptoms as “stress.” This is a minor … Continue reading Stroke: It can happen to you
I’m deeply disappointed to report that the proposed legislation to protect Colorado women’s rights to privacy and reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, was spiked today. By the Democrats. The same party that proposed it. In case you didn’t see the comment I added to the previous post, here it is: I’m deeply disappointed. … Continue reading CO Dems fold on bill protecting women’s health rights
These people gathered today on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol to protest a bill protecting women’s reproductive rights from laws that would limit them. Look at all those self-righteous judgmental people who showed up to make sure nobody infringes on their rights to infringe on women’s rights. The proposed law, due to be debated … Continue reading Proposed CO law to protect women’s reproductive rights
Mother Jones today reported that Hobby Lobby, that bastion of corporate Christianity, is up to its eyeballs in … uh … hypocrisy. Hobby Lobby’s owners, the Green family, last week presented to the Supreme Court its argument that the company should not have to pay for employee health insurance that includes contraceptives, which it considers to … Continue reading Hobby Lobby awash in hypocrisy
I was one of thousands of women across the country last year who cheered the filibuster of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis against a restrictive new anti-abortion law. Thirteen courageous hours, standing up for the rights of women. It was electric. But the spark is gone. In the months since, chinks have appeared in her … Continue reading Wendy Davis: Feet of clay in pink jogging shoes
Virginia State Senator Steve Martin (R), in response to a Valentine’s Day card he received from the Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition, posted this on his Facebook page: I don’t expect to be in the room or will I do anything to prevent you from obtaining a contraceptive. However, once a child does exist in your womb, … Continue reading Pregnant women merely ‘hosts’ for babies, VA senator says
