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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
I'm not just an incubator
In the booklet Listen: your baby’s life before birth, which I received as part of a pack of free samples from various companies, there’s a page devoted to the way hormones cross the placenta, allowing the unborn child to experience, … Continue reading
Why the Indiana bill bothers me
The “unauthorised reproduction” bill from Indiana bothers me for one very specific and personal reason, as well as a whole host of more general political reasons that have been well covered elsewhere. Preventing unmarried women from conceiving by any means … Continue reading
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FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford resigns
(Huzzah!) Well there’s some good news. Bush’s ‘golden boy’ of the FDA has resigned from his post. Though I’m sure she’s pleased in seeing this, Interim President of Planned Parenthood, Karen Pearl, calls for science to return to the FDA’s … Continue reading
Calling a bluff and "basic standards"
John Nichols of The Nation has suggested some “basic standards” for the pro-choice Senators on the Judiciary Committee who have hinted they’ll give Roberts a ‘free pass’ because he seems to be a “nice guy” with a satisfactory past judicial … Continue reading
Just gut 'em to death, so they're meaningless…
…That’s the strategy of many state-based anti-choice advocates when it comes to undermining Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Conn., and women’s reproductive rights all together. Waiting periods, very biased so-called “counseling” sessions, parental consent/notification, physicians being legally forced to tell … Continue reading
Stuff on Day 3 of Roberts' confirmation hearings
I’ve been watching the hearings on and off, mostly in between classes and studying for the past three days. As a Criminal Justice/Pre-Law Major it’s, for lack of better words, “pretty cool” (damn, that was corny) to watch some history … Continue reading
ACLU Speaks Out On Behalf of Plan B Counseling
The ACLU has joined the Plan B advocation fray this Tuesday, by asking the Justice Department to release records that would explain why they are not advising hospitals to include emergency contraception counseling when treating rape victims. Continue reading
"A Covenant of Privacy"
Today the Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments from Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and Women’s Health Care of Wichita in their appeal against the actions of ‘grand anti-choice inquisitor,’ the Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. … Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood's Katrina relief efforts
Save-the-sperm nutcase Dawn Eden is outraged that Planned Parenthood are offering their services in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Let’s pretend they don’t employ anyone with any transferrable medical skills whatsoever. Let’s pretend that they don’t offer a wide range … 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