GOP Practising Vagina Politics

GOP Practising Vagina Politics

GOP "government so small it fits in your uterus". Remember when these people said they were all about jobs, jobs, jobs? What they failed to mention was that the jobs were to be ultrasound techs willing to preform procedures against a woman's will and Vagina Police. On Thursday, the Senate took up an amendment proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) Continue reading

Abortion – Not a Women’s Issue!

Abortion – Not a Women’s Issue!

Huh, who knew? Yesterday, David Vitter insisted that former aide Brent Furer was not assigned to "women's issues" after being arrested for domestic violence. Sure, there are the numerous congressional directories that list Furer as his "legislative assistant on women's issues," as Talking Points Memo reports -- but it's all one big Continue reading

Anti-Choice Divide

Some anti and pro-choice activists are finding themselves fighting for the same social programs albeit for different reasons. Feeling at this point that legal challenges will be unsuccessful, many have turned to the hope that social supports will encourage women to forego abortion. Continue reading

Abortion Changes You

Abortion Changes You

If you see this as a no Sh** Sherlock statement you're not alone. Any decision you make in life changes you, especially one as fraught with political and emotional landmines as this one. Anyone considering an abortion should be as free to talk to family and friends as someone who finds themselves joyfully pregnant or who has lost a wanted child Continue reading

No-choicers split on Amendment 48

You'd think 21-year-old Kristi Burton would be feted by the pro-life establishment. Though she still lives with her parents in Peyton, Colo., and is only partway through law school, Burton has already succeeded where other anti-abortion activists have failed: Last month she got a proposed amendment to her state's constitution on the ballot that Continue reading