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Some more “supporting legal immigration” news. U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to…
@Jacqueline Squid Onassis: Yep, pretty much. And their public unpopularity. Protests show, if nothing else, that people are unhappy enough…
I think it's only the tremendous incompetence of Dollar Store Mussolini and those willing to work on his agenda of…
Given the first Dollar Store Mussolini administration, I don’t find that incompetence to be astonishing. At all. Yeah, but in…
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Author Archives: Pseudo-Adrienne
Ayotte, Pharmacists, and Alito Friday Round-Up
A lot has been going on in the world of reproductive-rights politics this week– such as the SCOTUS hearings on the Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood case and some of Alito’s old documents coming to the surface. I’ve been swamped with … Continue reading
"Be grateful to FDA"–Wendy Wright
Wendy Wright the executive vice-president of the Concerned Women for America, praises the FDA for stalling on the Plan B decision. The FDA as you know has been dragging-its-feet on purpose and putting-off making a decision on making Plan B … Continue reading
Carnival of Feminists: Issue #3
The Third Installment of Carnival of Feminists is up now over at Sour Duck. A lot of good links and some excellent reading. Nice work, Sour Duck.
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The wait for Plan B and some "shocking" news
NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched a new campaign website called Women are Waiting, to draw up support for pushing the FDA into making a decision on Plan B. The site also displays a clock showing how long the FDA has … Continue reading
Dysfunction or Dissatisfaction?
When it comes to discussing Female Sexual Dysfunction (or perhaps Dissatisfaction), all the medical jargon and scientific theories as to why women “don’t like sex and are therefore dysfunctional” come out. Some doctors and pharmacists think FSD can be easily … Continue reading
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FRONTLINE and Mississippi's last abortion clinic
Tonight on PBS at 9pm (check local listings), a program called FRONTLINE: The Last Abortion Clinic will investigate the situation in Mississippi where there is only one abortion clinic left, and why. The answer is obvious. Anti-choice groups and their … Continue reading
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Samuel Alito
Or “Scalito,” “Scalia’s Mini-Me,” or even “Strip Search Sammy” as I’ve seen some lefty, pro-choice, and feminist bloggers describe Bush’s latest SCOTUS nominee. Needless to say, it didn’t take long for groups such as NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood … Continue reading
Withdrawn
The White House has withdrawn its SCOTUS nominee, Harriet Miers. Hm. Guess she won’t make it on the highest bench after all. UPDATE: NARAL Pro-Choice America’s response to the withdrawal.
How to eliminate extreme poverty according to the UNFPA
Via Planned Parenthood, the UNFPA has recently released its 2005 State of the World Population report. Which in my opinion states the obvious. That the elimination of extreme poverty cannot be achieved without ensuring gender equality and making reproductive healthcare … Continue reading
Good news, Bad news, more Miers zaniness
First up–some good news (if you’re a woman in Alaska), via Bush v. Choice, and the Alaska State Medical Board, who voted down a proposal that would have required a woman to have a doctor’s appointment before accessing emergency contraception. … Continue reading
"maybe no one with intact neurology from the first administration is present in the second." There is almost no crossover…