GOP officials are trying their hardest to try and contain the fallout from the reprehensible comments made by Missouri Congressman Todd Akin who is seeking a US Senate seat in a race against Claire McCaskill. Even Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his vice president nominee Paul Ryan called on Akin to quit the campaign. Akin has refused thus far, and he missed the deadline to withdraw
Showing posts with label abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abortion. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Todd Akin's Comments Symptomatic of Bigger Problems For GOP
Posted on 08:40 by Unknown
Posted in 2012 elections, abortion, Claire McCaskill, crimes and misdemeanors, GOP, misogyny, Missouri, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Todd Akin
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Virginia Governor Has Second Thoughts About Passing Invasive Ultrasound Procedure Bill
Posted on 08:45 by Unknown
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is having second thoughts about signing an abortion ultrasound bill that would impose new and more invasive procedures violating a woman's rights in order to obtain an abortion. Gov. Bob McDonnell is having second thoughts about signing it into law.
According to the Post, McDonnell has stepped back from his promise to sign the bill if it crosses his desk.
According to the Post, McDonnell has stepped back from his promise to sign the bill if it crosses his desk.
Friday, 17 February 2012
The Unintended Consequences Of Personhood Legislation
Posted on 11:05 by Unknown
The GOP is pursuing personhood legislation in states around the country as a way to make abortions illegal. Since the pro-life movement hasn't been able to overturn Roe v. Wade, they're using this as an alternative attack on the legal right to abortion in the country. Colorado has twice tried to bring a personhood amendment, and Missouri has also failed to approve a personhood bill.
It's a move
It's a move
Posted in abortion, birth control, census, GOP, health issues, law, personhood bills, Virginia
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Small Thinking and Big Time Intrusion
Posted on 08:10 by Unknown
Rick Santorum, the latest anointed Anyone But Romney candidate for the GOP nomination for president, has been parroting the small government line for years. His campaign rhetoric is all about reducing the size of government. The New York Times picked up on Santorum's stump speech, indicating that it's small thinking and for the government to out of the way. It's a good op-ed on Santorum's
Friday, 3 February 2012
On the Destruction of the Susan G. Komen Brand Over Pulling Planned Parenthood Funding
Posted on 08:05 by Unknown
There was no reason that the Susan G. Komen charitable foundation should ever have waded into the mess that it is now in. I'm heartened by the fact that some of the Komen affiliates are rebelling against the central organization's directives:Komen has said the decision stemmed from newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations under investigation — affecting Planned Parenthood because
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