Tag: Birth Control

Can You Chip In To Help Planned Parenthood?

Filed in National by on July 31, 2015 12 Comments
Can You Chip In To Help Planned Parenthood?

Never mind that this probably won’t pass… yet. The writing is on the wall, and it doesn’t have a single thing to do with abortion (Hello, Hyde Amendment). But given the rampant ignorance and stupidity within the Republican Party we really need to send a message.

Via WSJ:

The Senate will vote as early as Monday on a bill to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding, a largely symbolic vote causing pain for centrists in both parties and drawing fire from conservatives who say it won’t satisfy their quest to put the organization out of business.

The bill isn’t expected to garner the 60 votes needed to advance, as nearly all Democrats object to it. Its defeat, however, won’t end the effort to cut off federal money for Planned Parenthood.

When you consider the Hyde Amendment, you need to ask yourself, what is the real agenda of the GOP? The correct answer is that The War on Women continues. This is really about contraception… and women who have the ability to have an enjoy sex (a mythical creature in GOP land, among GOP men and women – which is really sad.) without the fear of pregnancy.

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If You Believe Corporations Have Religious Beliefs…

Filed in National by on March 25, 2014 18 Comments
If You Believe Corporations Have Religious Beliefs…

… then would you be okay with your employer paying you with a debit card that didn’t work at liquor stores, casinos, etc.?

I’m asking because the Supreme Court begins hearing the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga cases today.

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Health Insurance Cannot Be A La Carte

Filed in National by on January 6, 2014 18 Comments
Health Insurance Cannot Be A La Carte

Health insurance only works if it covers your health care needs and mine.  It only works if the pool is big enough.  It really isn’t a case of priorities, because, if it were, then that numbers game would result in orphan diseases (very rare diseases that only affect a few) not being covered.

And, I sincerely doubt that those advocating for not covering birth control and maternity coverage would be fighting against coverage for Adrenoleukodystrophy and Landau Kleffner syndrome – let alone Viagra.  Know why?  Because the debate now raging isn’t about the ACA.  It’s, once again, about women and sex.  It’s just another branch of the war against women, and the men who love them.

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Mississippi Personhood

Filed in National by on October 28, 2011 32 Comments

A constitutional amendment facing voters in Mississippi on Nov. 8, and similar initiatives brewing in half a dozen other states including Florida and Ohio, would declare a fertilized human egg to be a legal person, effectively branding abortion and some forms of birth control as murder.

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Conservatives Come Out Against Birth Control – Guess They’re Okay With Teen Pregnancy And Abortion

Filed in National by on July 14, 2010 18 Comments

We’ve always known the Conservative stance on sex had more to do with controling women than with preventing unwanted pregnancy and abortion.  And now they’ve proved it once again. Amanda sums it up: In a common sense world, there would be no controversy over including contraception in the slate of preventive services that the federal […]

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Red And Blue Families

Filed in National by on May 24, 2010 12 Comments

I keep stumbling across articles on Naomi Cahn and June Carbone’s new book, Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture. I will be picking it up today. I’m not trying to score points in this post – although points will be scored.  I’d rather discuss the disconnect between Red and […]

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