There are moments when the most eloquent blogpost possible, on a particular issue, is to simply provide a link to someone else’s piece. Last month, Birth Pangs wrote, in Moving the goal-posts on contraception and The Haters’ Agenda Part II, about the Bush administration’s meddling in the parameters of federally-funded health programs. Read Proposed HHS [...]
The Haters’ Agenda, Part II
July 21, 2008 By
Last year, Birth Pangs drew up what we thought was an amusing little poke at right-wing religious fundamentalist fanatics, The Haters’ Agenda. As it turns out, our spoof gets closer to reality every day Bush continues to rule in the US. At Bring It On, Daniel DiRito writes about the new Bush government’s initiative to [...]
Moving the goal posts on contraception
July 16, 2008 By
Yet more evidence the US federal government policy is being shaped by officials sympathetic with religious fundamentalist beliefs, appointed by Republicans. The Bush administration wants to require all recipients of aid under federal health programs to certify that they will not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who object to abortion and even certain [...]
Conscience
November 10, 2007 By
Damn Thanksgiving!
October 1, 2007 By
While we at Birth Pangs usually poke fun at the rabid fetus fetishizers here in Soviet Canuckistan, today we can’t help but feel a little sorry for them. It’s tough being a Canadian fetus fetishizer. They’ve got no mainstream political party on their side, let alone prominent worthies like Sam (Rapists Have Paternal Rights, Too) [...]
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