If the Fetus is Female
Could it be that the GOP only cares about protecting females inside the womb, but not out?
Roe v Wade
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Weekly Column: WRighteous
Our rights and our bodies should not be up for grabs.
THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME IS ACCELERATING ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH HUMANITY
We have to knock them off the tracks, not ride alongside them.
Obama Marks Roe v. Wade; Alabama Prison Deemed Toxic
President Barack Obama marked the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision this week. In Alabama, a women’s prison was found to be a “toxic” house of horrors in which “repeated and open sexual behavior” is the norm.
State-By-State Choice Battle Dividing the Nation
Attempts to chip away at the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide via state laws is setting the stage for pro- and anti-women’s health states, say Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo in this excerpt from “Crow After Roe.”
Roe Turns 40 with Doctors Worried All Over Again
The role of doctors in upholding Roe v. Wade over the past 40 years includes millions of procedures, key court battles and withstanding threats of violent attack. After all that, in the face of mounting abortion restrictions, one doctor says “we have to fight this state by state.”
Massachusetts’ Warren Targets Brown as Roe Threat
Massachusetts’ Sen. Scott Brown plays up his pro-choice credentials but challenger Elizabeth Warren says he would let the High Court go back on abortion.
Akin Flap Undermines Privacy Rights for All Women
It might seem like a pro-choice glimmer out of the GOP. But don’t buy it. Romney and Ryan’s show of support of abortion rights for rape victims could be undermining the right to privacy that all pregnant women have under Roe v. Wade.
Abortion Poll Data Jolted by Hot-Button Lingo
States have passed 39 abortion restrictions this year and the Romney and Obama campaigns offer contrasting choices on reproductive rights. Polling data on voter sentiment, however, isn’t easy to cipher.
Hyde Amendment Woke Up the Activist in Me
Passage of the Hyde Amendment was Merle Hoffman’s political wakeup call. In this excerpt from her upcoming book, “Intimate Wars,” she looks at how the amendment widened the gap between rich and poor women, further fueling abortion politics.
