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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Category Archives: Abortion & reproductive rights
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
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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Questioning Alito About Husband Notification
If you haven’t already read it, check out William Saletan’s fantasy of the questions he’d ask Judge Alito, were he a Senator. I especially liked the last third or half, which shows how an ideological judge can use selective quoting … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Supreme Court Issues
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Another post about husband notification
I’ve stayed out of Supreme Court discussions because the system here in the UK is completely different and my ignorance of the whole subject is so profound I have nothing useful to contribute. But this quote from Alito about husband … Continue reading
Why Most Americans Support Husband Notification
Cathy Young, responding in part to my post here, writes: Incidentally, in various polls, about 70% of Americans favor a law requiring a woman to notify her husband — some polls include “partner” as well — if she’s having an … 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
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
Seven Posts About Abortion, Prenatal Testing and Down Syndrome
Post 1: Trite criticisms of a Washington Post essay. Alas reader “Lee” sent me a link to this Washington Post piece by Patricia Bauer. Here’s a few choice bits, but you may want to read the whole thing. Whenever I … Continue reading
A little questionnaire from 1989
I had already come to the conclusion that Miers would more than likely turn out to be no friend of women’s reproductive rights and privacy a few of weeks ago. Given all the blurbs in the MSM and the blogosphere … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215