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Rush Limbaugh: Sandra Fluke, Woman Denied Right To Speak At Contraception...
via Jack Mirkinson, The Huffington Post Rush Limbaugh called the woman who was denied the right to speak at a controversial contraception hearing a “slut” on Wednesday. Sandra Fluke, a student at...
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Boycott Rush Limbaugh’s Sponsors!
via Rhoda A, Daily Kos [Editress' Note: Yesterday we told you about Rush Limbaugh's appalling comments about Sandra Fluke. Today, we ask that you boycott his show's sponsors to help send a message. Us...
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Rush Limbaugh: I’ll Buy Georgetown Women ‘As Much Aspirin To Put Between...
via Laura Bassett and Jennifer Bendery, The Huffington Post [Editress' Note: If you are as disgusted with Rush Limbaugh's comments as we are, boycott his sponsors and help send him a message!]...
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Oklahoma Personhood Bill Ignites Feminist Movement
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post Oklahoma Sen. Judy McIntyre (D), one of four women in the 48-member state Senate, looked out over a sea of homemade signs at a fetal personhood protest at the...
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Limbaugh’s Blind Spot Toward Smart Women
via Meghan Daum, Chicago Tribune Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law school student Rush Limbaugh called a “slut” and a “prostitute,” is intelligent, poised and coherent. That alone puts her...
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Arizona Law Will Allow Employers To Fire Women For Using Whore Pills
via Erin Gloria Ryan, Jezebel A proposed new law in Arizona would give employers the power to request that women being prescribed birth control pills provide proof that they’re using it for non-sexual...
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Ohio State Senator Introduces Viagra Bill To Counter Anti-Contraception...
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post As a member of a heavily male- and GOP-dominated state Senate since 2008, Ohio legislator Nina Turner says she has cringed watching her colleagues pass bill after...
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Social Conservatism And Sex: Making War Against Love
via David Allyn, Chicago Tribune We seem to be living in a time warp. Conservatives are denouncing not just abortion, but birth control. There was the Rush Limbaugh “slut” episode. Actor Kirk Cameron...
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Violence Against Women Act & The Republican Hard Turn To The Right
via Amanda Marcotte, Slate The most important thing to remember as Republicans pose as victims of Democrats igniting a culture war over women’s rights is this: Republicans are not required to take the...
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The Equal Rights Amendment: Now Is the Time
[Editress' Note: Today marks the 40th anniversary of the day Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, which guarantees equal protection under the law regardless of sex, but today it is...
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GOP Congressman Tells Women To Give Their Money To Democrats
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post As the only Republican Congressman at a rally for the Equal Rights Amendment on Thursday, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) gave women an unexpected piece of advice:...
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Birth Control Access Boosts Women’s Wages, Study Finds
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post While women still earn 77 cents for every dollar that men make in the United States, the gender wage gap has closed significantly over the past several decades....
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The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men
via Jon Clinkenbeard, Techcitement If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with...
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Arizona’s ‘Tell Your Boss You’re On The Pill’ Bill Dead
via Jessica Pieklo, Care2 Causes Arizona Republicans lost an effort to force women to explain to their employers why they need and use birth control so that their employer could chose whether or not to...
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Missouri Also Wants Your Boss To Ok Your Birth Control
via Jessica Pieklo, Care2 Causes Last week Missouri picked up where Arizona left off, tackling two abortion bills, including one that would allow employers to deny coverage for birth control pills...
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Missouri House Passes A Bill Allowing Medical Professionals To Deny Women’s...
via Zachary Bernstein, ThinkProgress The Missouri House passed a “conscience bill” yesterday to allow health care workers to deny health care to women. Under the law, medical professionals cannot be...
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Franciscan University Drops Entire Student Health Insurance Plan Over Birth...
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic institution in Ohio, has decided to drop its entire student health insurance plan as of the fall semester 2012...
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Brazil: Catholic Church Excommunicates Mother Of 9 Year-Old Rape Victim For...
via Guy Adams, The Independent Declaring that “life must always be protected”, a senior Vatican cleric has defended the Catholic Church’s decision to excommunicate the mother and doctors of a...
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law, Individual Mandate
[Editress' Note: Read the Supreme Court's full decision here.] via Robert Barnes and N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual health-insurance mandate that...
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North Carolina Defunds Planned Parenthood In Midnight Vote, Overriding Veto
via Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state legislature voted Monday night to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of a state budget that strips money from...
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Paul Ryan Selection Affirms Mitt Romney’s Flip-Flop On Abortion
via Bob Egelko, Politics Blog, The San Francisco Chronicle Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate cements Romney’s own 180-degree turnabout on abortion. Ten years ago, as a candidate...
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GOP vs. Democrats: Tickets Offer Voters Stark Choice On Marriage Equality,...
via The Associated Press, The Washington Post Voters in this presidential election may face the starkest choice ever on the hot-button social issues of same-sex marriage, abortion rights and access to...
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Arizona, Indiana Blocked From Defunding Planned Parenthood
via Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress Planned Parenthood scored two legal victories this week, with rulings in both Arizona and Indiana preventing the healthcare provider from being defunded. A federal...
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U.S. Abortion Rate Falls 5% To Lowest Point In A Decade
via USA Today U.S. abortions fell 5% during the Great Recession in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, according to government figures released Wednesday. The reason for the decline...
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Republican Governor Jindal Wants Oral Contraceptives To Be Available Over The...
via Lauren McGaughy, New Orleans Times Picayune Gov. Bobby Jindal said oral contraceptives should be available over-the-counter in a Thursday evening op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. The...
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