Here are some (there may be more) of Romney’s different positions on choice, abortion, and contraception. It’s quite an array. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy He’s like this on everything. “Here! You don’t like my position on X? Wait a minute, I’ll change it!” The man has no …
From a column expressing astonishment at the whacko statement1 from the guy running against Claire McCaskill for the Senate in Missouri: Michael Kinsley famously defined a gaffe as “when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” This election season, Republican politicians have offered a variation on this principle: …
You know, there’s a lot of BS spun in the name of public relations every day in this country, but this line almost has to get a gold medal: “Brinker told the Wall Street Journal that the reorganization had nothing to do with the Planned Parenthood maelstrom.” Brinker, you may recall, is the founder of …
Sometimes you see a righteous rant and all you can do is nod your head in agreement. PZ Myers has offered one up today. It’s in response to that clown from Mississippi who laughed at the thought of poor women needing abortions having to use coathangers since he and his friends in the state’s legislature …
I’m not the first and I won’t be the last to ask this, but when a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, WI is firebombed, why do the media and the cops avoid using the word “terrorism?” The closest this WaPo journalist can come is as follows: Historically, the number of antiabortion arsons has been …
Man, those recalls in Wisconsin can’t come soon enough. More evidence of Republican insanity there: As if it weren’t hard enough already to be a single mom — or dad — a new bill in Wisconsin is associating single parenthood with child abuse. Senate Bill 507 is sponsored by State Sen. Glenn Grothman and State …
Remember when Komen defunded Planned Parenthood back in January and then was forced to reverse its decision (at least temporarily) after a huge public outcry? Now we know why Komen pulled its funding: the Catholic Church started telling its parishioners not to donate to the charity. Internal Komen documents reviewed by Reuters reveal the complicated …
You’ve undoubtedly heard of the Virginia bill requiring that a women seeking an abortion must have a transvaginal ultrasound probe in order to shame her into carrying the child to term (but after that, lady, you’re on your own caring for the kid). In Georgia, a state representative named Yasmin Neal has just introduced a …
The Republicans are insane. Not satisfied with President Obama’s new religious accommodation, Republicans will move forward with legislation by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) that permits any employer to deny birth control coverage in their health insurance plans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday. “If we end up having to try to overcome the …
No, that’s not just a scary phrase. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has just introduced a bill which would essentially do that. If passed, the bill would allow any institution or corporation to cut off birth control coverage simply by citing religious grounds. [snip] In English, this means that no entity has to cover birth …