I'm not too big on the idea of hero, but there is something about the person persecuted for making others' lives better that gets to me. One of the greats passed away yesterday. Dr. Kenneth Edelin, absurdly convicted in 1975 of manslaughter for conducting an...
reproductive rights
Unlike Sady Doyle, I don't think the incredibly harsh Ohio abortion restrictions are a surprise at all: And yet, Kasich's restrictions are unapologetically out-there. Overnight, the nation's political barometer has.
North Carolina's zoom to the top of the nation's craziest state governments continues unabated, as the state Senate tacked on extreme anti-abortion restrictions to its very important law banning Sharia.
The Republican male anti-woman agenda in a nutshell, via Wisconsin wingnut Rep. Sean Duffy. Questioner: “I’m wondering about whether or not Rep. Duffy if you would support the legislation that’s in the Wisconsin legislature called ‘Right To Know Your Unborn Child’. And if, because you’ve...
Republicans in Michigan are bringing back transvaginal ultrasounds for women who want an abortion.
Oh man, this is great. Remember back, a long long time ago. There was a man. He was me. And he said he wanted Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick.
I can't recommend this Amanda Marcotte piece enough. Abortion has no negative net effect on the Democratic Party's struggles with the white working-class over the past 40 years. Those problems revolve around white people's racism.
Ed Kilgore says that "a critical plurality of Americans don't much like abortion but care a whole lot about when and why abortions occur." Assuming that this is true --.
Sarah Wildman explains.It should also be noted that Colorado's ridiculous Prop 48 -- which would give constitutional rights to a zygote -- is favored by John McCain and is also.
M. LeBlanc finds Obama using some wishy-washy rhetoric about parental involvement laws. I do think her headline is a little unfair; the closest to an outright endorsement is "possibly for extremely young teens, i.e., 12- or 13-year-olds." This is pretty silly -- on the question...