The Republican legislature in Texas declared war on women’s health a long time ago, but the war escalated in 2013 when the legislators passed House Bill 2. Under that law Texas can require all abortion clinics in the state to meet the same building, equipment and staffing standards that hospital-style surgical centers must meet, which …
Lemme get this straight. Senator McConnell and the Republicans think they’ll appeal to women by adding an anti-abortion provision to a human trafficking bill? A provision the Democrats say was slipped in after they’d agreed to the previous language of the bill? Then when the Democrats balk McConnell says he’ll hold up a vote on …
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In that border state there is now a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can proceed with an abortion, and there’s only one clinic left in the state to which she can go to get that. In contrast, Missouri does not require a waiting period before one can acquire a gun. It would be ironic …
Goodness. Not a good day for that rebranding of the Republican party as one friendly to women. First former Governor Mike Huckabee said “Democrats want women to think ‘they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government.’” Then it’s revealed that a Republican Congressman wrote in a new book …
It pains me to say it, but I have to give credit to the haters in the anti-choice movement. They finally figured out that this face is more likely to persuade those on the fence in the abortion debate than this one. The picture at the top is of Eleanor McCullen, whom you may have …
Reading this makes me ashamed of my gender. The Texas Legislature’s Sexist Little Secret: Tales from “the last of the good ol’ boys clubs.” It really is astonishing that supposedly adult elected men, half of whose constituents are women, are so absolutely clueless and disgusting in their behavior to their female colleagues. Texas needs better …
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No, not the surviving Boston guy. Nope, this is a guy advocating that doctors who provide abortion services be shot “like Scott shot George Tiller back in the Operation Rescue days.” So why is he not hauled into court on terroristic threatening charges? I dunno.
In case you’re thinking of buying into the hype that Senator Marco Rubio of Florida really is some kind of new improved Republican, moderate and kind, let Think Progress disabuse you of the idea. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) revealed that he will become a cosponsor of the “Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.” The bill is …
In my view, Marco Rubio’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night was just warmed-over Republican dogma in a newer package, a Latino cynically calculated to solve all the party’s problems with the Hispanic voters in the country. It’s counter-intuitive, but maybe the GOP should be happy about the water bottle …
This makes absolutely perfect sense. Let’s regulate guns instead of abortion. 24 hr waiting periods before purchase, parental consent, mandatory viewing of gunshot wound videos — Steph Herold (@StephHerold) February 2, 2013 via Steve M. at No More Mr. Nice Blog.