Abortion providers – and clinic directors, and nurses, and medical students, and clinic escorts, and volunteers* – dedicate their lives to ensuring women have access to safe abortion care. March 10th is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers – show your support for these amazing health care professionals!
*And probably more people I’m forgetting [...]
Anti-choice senators struck a backdoor deal in the middle of the night on December 19th when Senator Harry Reid offered an manager’s amendment to the health care bill that is every bit as restrictive as the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House version of the health care bill. According to NOW:
The provision was drafted to [...]
Because of the Hyde Amendment, every year thousands of women sacrifice food, risk eviction, and pawn their possessions in order to raise money for an abortion. The National Network of Abortion Funds is a group of over 100 grassroots abortion funds around the country and abroad. The Network and their funds work hard to [...]
In response to recent attacks on choice in the House and Senate debate over health care reform, the Berkeley City Council voted in an 8-1 decision to send a message to the anti-choice democrats who voted to completely dismantle women’s access to reproductive health. In hopes of reminding our dear friends of exactly what is [...]
Today, by an overwhelming majority vote of 61-39, the Senate passed the Mikulski Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Thanks to the hard work of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), health care plans will be required to cover comprehensive women’s preventative care, related screenings, and even better… at no additional charge. On top [...]
Abortion Myths Debunked – National Abortion Federation
My Baby Would Have Died Under Stupak – RH Reality Check
Millennial and the Right to Choose – RH Reality Check
Reid “Confident” Senate Will Pass Health Care Bill – USA Today
El Paso Health Provider Stepping Up to Replace Planned Parenthood – El Paso Times
Abortion and the Health Care Battle – The New Yorker
Abortion in Tanzania – The Guardian
New FBI Data Shows Sharp Increase in Anti-Gay Hate Crimes – Think Progress
Mexico to Consider Constitutional Ban on Abortion – National Partnership for Women & Families
Former Kansas Attorney General’s Assistant on Trial for Illegal Investigation of Planned Parenthood & Dr. Tiller [...]
Some Health Care Round Up for Ya
Dems Who Voted for Stupak Still Voted Against Health Care Reform – RH Reality Check
The Answer to Stupak? Overturn The Hyde Amendment – RH Reality Check
On a much happier note . . .
Sex Toy Review: Liberator Silk Binding SashEssin’ Em
Rihanna Breaks Her Silence – The Root
The Internal Clitoris – [...]
I know that the headline of this post sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s not. Arizona recently passed a law that allows health care workers and pharmacists to refuse women access to reproductive health care if they feel that it goes against their conscience. The state’s bill is no different than the federal [...]
I had the pleasure of participating in a conference call with Catholics for Choice yesterday morning to hear about the release of a recent poll the organization conducted about Catholic voters and their opinions on health care reform and reproductive health care coverage.
923 Catholic voters, selected randomly, participated in the poll, and 84% of participants [...]
