Twenty-six U.S. Senators have signed a letter to the Susan G. Komen Foundation asking its officers to reverse their decision to withdraw grant money from Planned Parenthood. The letter, as reported by the Washington Post: Dear Ambassador Brinker, We write to express our disappointment with Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s decision to cut funding … Continue reading Senators ask Komen Foundation to reverse decision
Several top officials of the Susan G. Komen Foundation have resigned in protest over Komen’s withdrawal of grant money from Planned Parenthood. Anger over Komen’s decision has already prompted enough new donations to PP to make up the loss. As for Komen, no amount of money can repair the damage they’ve done to their own … Continue reading Susan G. Komen officials resign in protest
Just when I thought GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum couldn’t impress me as any more extreme, I saw this video on the Huffington Post. His idea of right to life includes not aborting a fetus resulting from rape. Not even if the pregnant woman were his daughter. The woman must “make the best out of … Continue reading Santorum: Raped? Pregnant? It’s a gift
Something disturbing happened in Washington this week. No, it wasn’t election related. It wasn’t even Congress related. It was a single individual, Katherine Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, deciding to overrule the FDA and its determination that Plan B, an emergency “morning after” contraceptive, is safe to be sold without a prescription to … Continue reading Plan B: Politics trumps science
Herman Cain’s attitude toward women is starting to make me sick. Four women have accused him of sexual harassment, and one of them described something more akin to assault than harassment. Two of the women have gone public. Cain, of course, has denied any of it ever happened. That’s all. No evidence, no defense. Just … Continue reading A woman’s take on Herman Cain
Sandy Rios, a Fox News contributor, talked at length this morning about parents sending the wrong message to their daughters by buying them T-shirts saying “princess,” “beautiful,” or “pretty.” Bad, bad, bad she said. We should be addressing their character. We should buy them shirts saying “Dogs are wonderful,” etc. Apparently these evil T-shirts (and … Continue reading Fox contributor pans ‘princess’ shirts for girls
