“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 ›
war on women
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 ›
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 ›
GOP hard at work on women’s vote
If you’re a Democrat, or lean left, or happen to be pro-choice, you’ve got to love the Republicans’ recent efforts to shoot themselves in their collective foot. Again. And again. They are trying soooo very hard to destroy any chance… 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 ›
SCOTUS promotes religion over women — again
The Supreme Court hasn’t wasted any time adding fuel to the religion vs. women’s rights conflagration it ignited with its Hobby Lobby decision on Monday. Late Thursday, just before recessing their current session, they issued one more ruling. It seems Wheaton College,… Read More ›
Hobby Lobby decision extends dangerous precedent
The Supreme Court’s decision this morning saying Hobby Lobby does not have to provide contraceptive coverage to its employees because doing so violates the owners’ religious beliefs came as no surprise. After its Citizens United ruling that corporations are essentially people, this one was a foregone conclusion…. 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 ›
CO Dems fold on bill protecting women’s health rights
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… Read More ›
Proposed CO law to protect women’s reproductive 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… Read More ›
