It’s somewhat like evolution – eventually a certain species just dies away. Perhaps the specie that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was most like
Category: Reproductive rights
Dear 20-something: Think about the issues, then vote!
How important is it that young people go to the polls and vote? If you’re an Obama supporter as I am it’s crucial. Look
Legislature overrules, women pay
Earlier this week [Sept. 12, 2012], the Replubican-dominated Missouri Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that allows employers to deny
The truth about sex and pregnancy, as told to Todd Akin
Dear Congressman Akin: When a man and a woman love each other and decide that the time is right, they call the stork. Nine
Dear Todd Akin: Get out of my body
Eve Ensler, the award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues, was in the Democratic Republic of Congo when she saw Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” interview.
Paul Ryan: Bad news for women’s rights
To most women, Paul Ryan’s ideas are pretty much the political equivalent of menstruating forever. But it seems like some new analysis of legislation
Roberts chooses conservative over extreme
John Roberts has one iron in the fire that none of the other conservatives on the Supreme Court have. As chief justice, it is
Stupid legislative tricks: Missouri edition
The silly—and nasty—season in Jefferson City, Missouri came to a merciful end last night [May 18, 2012], with the customary cheers and sophomoric tossing-in-the-air
Rick Santorum, contraception, and the ghost of Anthony Comstock
Listen up, ladies. Did you think your reproductive destiny was yours to decide? Think again, because it looks like we’re going to be refighting
Surprise! “Stand-your-ground” laws written by ALEC and the NRA
In the recent case in Florida, an unarmed African-American boy, Trayvon Martin, was pursued and murdered by an Hispanic man, George Zimmerman, who claims