Category Archives: Abortion

Rand Paul is Anti-Choice. Or Not. Or Who the Hell Knows.

Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:43 am by Bob Cesca

The senator who introduced the Life at Conception Act the other day and who wants to end abortion on demand and who supports a personhood amendment effectively criminalizing abortion as murder was a little confused on CNN yesterday. BLITZER: Just … Continue reading →
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Unhappy Meal

Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Steve Sack In other news, lawmakers in North Dakota are considering a bill that would institute a six-week abortion ban which, in some cases, may be before some women even know they’re pregnant. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports … Continue reading →
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A Dispatch from the Outreach Seminar

Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

It’s time for another update from the UFO convention. Texas Governor Rick Perry was booed from the back of the room yesterday after he condescendingly referred to the idea that the Republican party must appeal to Hispanic voters which, according … Continue reading →
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Republicans Keep Lying About Abortion and Rape

Posted on March 4, 2013 at 11:08 am by Bob Cesca

This was ridiculous when Akin said it, and now it’s escalated to the point of mass delusion. Another Republican said pregnancies from rape are rare because, well, read this: Celeste Greig, president of California Republican Assembly, the state’s oldest and … Continue reading →
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Another Republican Fumbles Abortion Question

Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:11 am by Bob Cesca

Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) is a hardlined anti-choice with no exceptions radical whose state is currently trying to pass a transvaginal ultrasound law. When asked about the law, Duffy pretended to not know what a transvaginal ultrasounds is. Questioner: “I’m … Continue reading →
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The Middleman

Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – John Cole In other news, The Arkansas state legislature has overridden a veto of a ban on abortions after 12 weeks. This one is headed for the courts. Also — the body of one of the first openly … Continue reading →
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Kansas GOP Wants to Shield Doctors for Intentional Malpratice

Posted on February 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Legislators in Kansas are considering a bill that would prohibit you from filing a lawsuit against a physician if he or she lies to you about the health of your unborn child. “No civil action may be commenced in any … Continue reading →
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Indiana GOP: We Were Just Kidding About Requiring TWO Vaginal Probes

Posted on February 26, 2013 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

But you’ll still have to have at least one to satisfy Republicans in the statehouse. INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed requirement that doctors must try to perform a second ultrasound exam on women after they received abortion-inducing drugs was dropped Monday … Continue reading →
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Not One, But Two Forced Vaginal Probes

Posted on February 22, 2013 at 9:00 am by JM Ashby

There’s outreach, and then there’s outreach. The state of Indiana may soon require that women undergo two transvaginal ultrasounds. One before having a abortion, and another afterward. The Indiana state Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require women … Continue reading →
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Uh. What?

Posted on February 19, 2013 at 10:08 am by Bob Cesca

Anti-abortion Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R): “When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in … Continue reading →
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