From the Kansas City Star (via C&L):Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Friday placing more abortion clinics under government oversight by classifying them as ambulatory surgical centers. Planned Parenthood claimed the law, HB 1055, could force it to spend up to $2 million to remodel one...
conservative reproductive politices don’t work
Via RH Reality Check: For the first time, a minor woman in Colorado has been denied judicial approval for an abortion. Colorado law, like that of many other states, require.
Yesterday's post sparked quite the kerfuffle in comments. Here's a follow up: National Advocates for Pregnant Women staff attorney Tiloma Jayasinghe has an article up at RH Reality Check describing.
Sometimes I think the term "common sense" is an oxymoron. Or a paradox, at the very least. Because the things that make the most sense are often in opposition to the common view. A good example is the punishment of pregnant women. My common sense...
Shockingly enough, the "pro-life case for contraception" continues to fail dismally among actual pro-lifers, as the Missouri legislature (with the strong support of Missouri pro-life, natch) voted down restoring funding.
Melissa:Speaking of mature and honest public dialogue, I wonder if it would be possible for anti-choice conservatives to address the reality that, even in countries where abortion is illegal and.
You may have heard the shocking news that state-funded moralizing adults telling teenagers not to have sex do not, in fact, prevent teenagers from having sex. Interestingly, several states--not all of them liberal and coastal--have started to turn down the abjectly useless federal funding they're...