Stupak: It’s Hard Not to Take it Personally

Friday, 5 March 2010, 8:54 | Category : Abortion, Guest Writers
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Guest writer Sarah Warren is a professor of modern art history at Purchase College, SUNY. She is currently writing a book about the interchange between the nationalism and the avant-garde in pre-Revolutionary Russia. She lives in New York City. These are her words.
I have had two abortions. In both cases I [...]

Not a RIGHT, but an obligation, to fight.

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 [...]

Federal Taxes and GOP Hypocrisy

Friday, 13 November 2009, 16:59 | Category : Abortion
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So this isn’t really the high road as far as opinions go, but here it is: the GOP is really pissing me off! Thankfully, I take blood pressure meds, so I haven’t had a stroke or anything. But they really, really, really make me mad! Of course, they have for a while. [...]

Health Care Bill Sidelines Women’s Reproductive Rights

The news of a health care bill making its way through the house yesterday turned out to be a giant failure. Yes, the bill includes a public option. The bill encompasses a plethora of other much-needed benefits as well, however; the religious right, along with a slue of spineless democrats, managed to push through the [...]