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 [...]
Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution Newspaper and and Advisory Board member of The World Can’t Wait. Taylor has traveled to the heart of the controversy around abortion and Christian fascism—reporting from the funeral Dr. George Tiller, leading protests in support of abortion outside Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame, and disrupting Rick Warren’s [...]
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
The New York Times had a story yesterday about the generational divide that exists in the pro-choice movement. Author Sheryl Stolberg argued that women who have come of age in a post-Roe world take their reproductive rights for granted.
“Here is a generation that has never known a time when abortion has been illegal,” said [...]
High-Stakes of Stupak-Pitts Amendment for Women of Color – Race Wire
Reid Modifies Abortion Language But Eschews Stupak Language – The Hill
Public Opinion on Abortion Coverage – UPI
New Study Shows Stupak Will End Abortion Coverage for All Women – Talking Points Memo
Check out these activism opportunities
Stop Stupak Phone Banking in LA – Feminist Campus
8 Ways to [...]
Our predecessors risked everything to protect a woman’s right to choose. If we want, we can defeat the Stupak amendment.
I am reading an inspiring book, Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. From free speech rights to the gay rights movement, the book recounts numerous [...]
Just a short click list for today, since I’m playing catch up after a busy day yesterday of graduating from my creative writing program. Here’s a few pro-choice clicks to get you through your hump day.
Orrin Hatch Will Introduce Stupak in the Senate – Politics Daily
Rally Against Stupak – Stop Stupak-Pitts
10-year-old Refuses to Say [...]
Dear Mr. Stupak, Do You Trust Women? – RH Reality Check
The Democrats’ Own Trojan Horse – RH Reality Check
NARAL Delivers Over 97,000 Signatures to Harry Reid – RH Reality Check
Teenage Girls Bear the Burden of STD Transmission – Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Will the Senate Stand Against Stupak? – The Nation
Insurance Execs Confirm Stupak [...]
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 – [...]
