Rep. Trent Franks, one of the most far-right members of Congress, is pushing a bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks (which will pass, but it’s purely a symbolic vote because it will fail in the Senate or be vetoed by Obama). And in defending it, he’s saying the same thing Todd Akin said:
Category Archive: Reproductive Rights
May 31 2013
Another Terrible School Assembly
More and more schools seem to be bringing in speakers to do assemblies who are controversial, to say the least, especially Christian right types that give the full wingnut presentation on abstinence, abortion and sexual freedom. The latest is a school in Nashville, which brought in speakers from a religious right group called Decisions, Choices …
May 30 2013
Regnerus Talks to Jim Garlow
Mark Regnerus, the University of Texas sociology professor who authored a widely panned study on same-sex parenting that would likely get failed if a grad student were to propose such a study for a thesis, has spent a lot of time pretending to be just a truth-seeking researcher following the evidence where it leads (indeed, …
May 29 2013
Illinois Bans Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Here’s a bit of refreshing news. The Illinois legislature has passed a law forbidding the teaching of abstinence-only sex education in public schools. Under the new law, if a school offers sex education it must include information about contraception. The governor is expected to sign it.
May 28 2013
Michigan GOP Wants to Ban Abortion Insurance Coverage
The latest bit of far right lunacy from Republicans in Michigan is a proposed law that would ban abortion coverage in all group insurance plans so that women would have to purchase an additional insurance rider to have abortion services covered. And the head of Right to Life says it’s just like buying car insurance:
May 09 2013
Obama Possessed by Demons
William Tapley, the “co-prophet of the end times,” has a video in response to President Obama’s speech to Planned Parenthood claiming that the speech was proof that Obama is possessed by demons. It’s also full of lies about abortion rights.
May 07 2013
OMG! Obama is Condoning Rape!
That’s the latest meme from the right wing smear machine. A guest on Fox News, Republican strategist Brad Blakeman, responded to the FDA’s decision to allow the sale of Plan B contraception to those 15 and up without a prescription by declaring that Obama was “encouraging criminal behavior.”
May 06 2013
FDA Changes Rule on Plan B Contraception
A few weeks ago a federal judge ruled that the Obama administration had acted in a manner that was “arbitrary and capricious” in not allowing Plan B contraception — the morning after pill — to be sold to girls under 17 without a prescription. The FDA has now approved it for sale to those 15 …
Apr 24 2013
Judge Voids ND Medication Abortion Ban
A judge in North Dakota has declared unconstitutional a law passed in North Dakota that forbid the use of medications to induce abortion during the first trimester. The judge called arguments that such procedures are dangerous “exaggerated or contrived.”
Apr 19 2013
WV School Presents Repulsive Abstinence-Only Assembly
With all the coverage of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, I almost missed this story out of West Virginia, where a high school held a mandatory assembly to yell at kids about how horrible it is to have sex. The assembly, which you can hear below, was mostly a woman named Pam Stenzel screaming …
Apr 18 2013
Barber: Obama in Collusion With Judge Who Ruled Against Him
When a federal judge last week overturned a decision by the Obama administration not to allow the sale of emergency contraception — the morning-after pill — to teenagers without a prescription, I ended my post about it by saying, “I can’t wait to see how the wingnuts blame Obama for this.” Matt Barber, come on …
Apr 12 2013
Wichita Clinic Already Receiving Threats
A new abortion clinic has finally opened in Wichita, where Dr. George Tiller was murdered nearly four years ago, and the anti-choice terrorists are already actively threatening the life of those who bravely stepped forward to reopen the clinic. RH Reality Check reports:
Apr 11 2013
Marriage Equality and Contraception
Damon Linker has an interesting analysis of a brief (PDF) filed by Robert George, a Catholic law professor at Princeton, in the Prop 8 case. He notes that all this focus on having children makes contraception the real target of the arguments being used by the anti-gay side.
Apr 09 2013
Fed. Judge Overturns Obama on Morning After Pill
A federal judge has overruled an Obama administration rule that forbid the sale of emergency contraception — the morning-after pill — to girls under 17 without a prescription. Judge Edward Korman, a Reagan appointee, said the rule was the result of “a strong showing of bad faith and improper political influence.” You can read the …
Mar 21 2013
Missouri Anti-Contraception Law Struck Down
After the Obama administration issued a rule that insurance companies are required to provide a rider that covers contraception in all health insurance policies, even if the group policy taken out by private companies does not include it, many states tried to pass laws overriding that requirement. A federal judge has struck down one such …
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