Tag Archives: Birth Control

Making it Easier to Keep Your Pregnancy

If Republicans want to reduce abortions, I’ve been suggesting that they push for legislation that makes it easier and more affordable for women to keep their pregnancies. As of right now, the United States is only one out of three … Continue reading

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Could the War on Birth Control Lead to a War on Viagra?

My Wednesday column is up at The Daily Banter. Read and RT often! There might come a time, men, when we’ll need one of the various erectile dysfunction remedies, be it Viagra or Cialis or Other New Penis Pill X. … Continue reading

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Chart of the Day

Cantina Alien Reince Priebus, chairman of the RNC, thinks the war against women is “a fiction.” This chart, from the article I cited on this week’s podcast, proves otherwise. From the Guttmacher Institute: Combine that chart and the accompanying too-long … Continue reading

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Xavier Ends Contraception Coverage. Just Because.

Up to this point Xavier University had already been providing contraception coverage through its healthcare plan, but now they’ve decided not to Why? Because Obama kicked their dog. Or something. Xavier University will stop offering contraception coverage through its health … Continue reading

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New Post at the Daily Banter

Here’s my post today for The Daily Banter: Another Right-Wing Terrorist Hits Planned Parenthood. Excerpt: We talk a lot about the “Republican War Against Women” and how a series of state and federal level laws have been proposed as a … Continue reading

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Map of the Day

Healthcare for women — with and without the Affordable Care Act. Following up on my previous post, this includes Republican women.

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Romney Losing Women Voters in Swing States

This is both remarkable and not surprising. TPM: President Obama has emerged with an impressive lead in swing states around the country — thanks to women voters abandoning the GOP in droves, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll showing … Continue reading

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CSA 2.0

It would be hard to look at the swath the GOP is trying to cut through the decades of culturally identifiable social legislation without using descriptions evoking a particular past. In fact, the party’s overall personality is starting to take … Continue reading

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Best Person

Republican anti-choice Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stuck her neck out and defended Planned Parenthood. That’s courage, considering the insane backlash she’s probably enduring this weekend.

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Maher Wants Controversy Without Controversy

Bill Maher wrote an editorial for the New York Times requesting one day a year when people can evidently say controversial things without accountability. The answer to whenever another human being annoys you is not “make them go away forever.” … Continue reading

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