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Why We Need to Stop the Democratic Infighting

by Cara April 24, 2008

Because John McCain is a misogynist nutbag. As are his fellow Republicans. Yesterday, Republican Senators successfully filibustered — that’s right, not just voted against but fucking filibustered — a bill that would provide those who have been the victims of discriminatory pay with more legal recourse. In other words, they filibustered a civil rights bill. [...]

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Mother May I?

by Cara April 15, 2008

Who remembers the 2005 and 2006 California propositions that tried to instate parental notification rules for minors seeking abortions? You know, the ones that failed? Well, not so fast. Looks like it’s probably going to be on the ballot this year, too. Meet the man you can thank: Jim Holman, owner of the San Diego [...]

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Victims Don’t Owe You Anything

by Cara April 11, 2008

A woman is being held in jail as a means to force testimony against her domestic abuser. It gets worse: she’s pregnant. And worse: her lawyer says that she is due to deliver every day. And horridly ironic: one of the charges against her boyfriend is forcible confinement. The victim, whose name I don’t feel [...]

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What’s at Risk in Kansas

by Cara April 8, 2008

Today the Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of whether or not embattled late-term abortion provider Dr. Tiller should be forced to turn over the medical records of 2,000 patients. This battle has been going on since 2006, but has been stalled and had verdicts flipped on technicalities. The women whose medical records [...]

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Anti-Choicers Are Furious Because Obama Cares About His Daughters

by Cara April 7, 2008

You’ve probably already read about Barack Obama’s statements regarding teen pregnancy and the outrage it has inspired in forced-birth proponents. Amanda has already wonderfully skewered the reaction. This is what Obama said: “When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education and teaching [...]

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“News” Organization Files Offensive “Report” on Trans Issues

by Cara April 4, 2008

By now, you’ve probably heard of Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who is pregnant with his first child. With the exception of the original Advocate story, written by Beatie himself, pretty much all coverage I’ve seen has been extremely obnoxious and sensationalized. Thomas and his wife Nancy say that they came out with the news [...]

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Pregnant Women and Drug Addicts: They’re People, Too.

by Cara March 3, 2008

Last week, reader Jessica sent me a link to a story about new legislation being considered in her state that would forcibly imprison pregnant women suspected of being addicted to methamphetamine, sending them to drug treatment facilities against their will. The Arizona bill is, of course, designed to protect fetuses, not women. The Senate Judiciary [...]

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If Anti-Choicers Want Women to Know Their Rights, I’ve Got an Offer They Can’t Refuse

by Cara February 26, 2008

Following in the great misogynist leader South Dakota’s footsteps, anti-choice havens Kansas and Missouri are working on new legislation to restrict abortion, burden providers, condescend to patients, and all around cause more hardship and pain to any woman unfortunate enough to be pregnant and not jumping for joy over it. Of course, they’re not going phrase [...]

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South Dakota Brings Back That Woman-Hating Feeling

by Cara February 22, 2008

A new anti-choice bill has just been passed in South Dakota and is now awaiting the inevitable signature of the state’s anti-choice governor. It will require OB/GYNs who perform abortions (not “abortion doctors,” as the article calls them) to ask their patients if they would like to view the ultrasound images of their fetus prior [...]

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Who wants their tween traumatized and brainwashed? I know just the school.

by Cara February 13, 2008

You know, with all of the horrible, incomprehensible shit I’ve written about this week, in addition to that I’ve read but haven’t found the time to post on, I can’t exactly get myself into a truly righteous outrage over this relatively minor incident. But I do find it interesting and mildly amusing that just a [...]

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