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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
New poll data on abortion
Via Tapped, this PEW center poll has an interesting abortion question; rather than asking about banning or not banning, or about Roe, they asked if people opposed or favored “making it more difficult for a woman to get an abortion.” … Continue reading
Alleged Rapist Bush Appointee Resigns From FDA Committee
In an earlier post, I was skeptical about the impact of the new allegations against Dr. Hager – particularly the revalation that he was asked to send what he called a “minority report” regarding Plan B birth control to the … Continue reading
More on Hager's role in rolling back women's reproductive rights
From NARAL Pro-Choice America; “Notorious Right-Wing Activist Admits Decisive Role in Bush Administration’s Anti-Birth Control Policy–Hager admits to central role in FDA decision to overrule its scientific and medical panels to block women’s access to birth control.” Oh it gets … Continue reading
Blackmun, Ginsburg and Roe v Wade
Via Ann Althouse, an interesting review in the Times of Linda Greenhouse’s book Becoming Justice Blackmun. The book focuses on the relationship between Justice Blackmun and Chief Justice Warren Burger, a friendship that wouldn’t seem plausible in fiction: Justice Blackmun’s … Continue reading
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A snarky article on why the "pro-lifers" should not debate over the morning-after-pill or "pharmacists' rights"
Recently there have been cases and reports of pharmacists refusing to fill women’s prescriptions for contraceptive medication, and discussion over so called “pharmacists’ rights.” The anti-choice groups–who can now be seen as anti-contraceptive as well–have been backing pharmacists who refuse … Continue reading
A correction of the definition of "woman" looming if a certain bill is allowed to pass
From Feministe and Big Brass Blog on “what makes a woman a woman,” according to a certain bill. Read A Handmaid’s Tale, folks. According to the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2005 (Senate Bill 51 and House Bill 356, … Continue reading
Thanks for the reminder Serpent Goddess
Echidne of the Snakes, reminds us of what ‘W’ really stands for and it sure as hell isn’t for women. Certainly not for our reproductive rights. As some of you may know, the FDA has conveniently been taking its grand … Continue reading
Call your senator today!
[I don’t have time to post today (drawing), but I thought I ought to post this, so I’m swiping every word from Hannah at Feministing. (Think of it as a special “involuntary guest post.”) –Amp] The U.S. Senate will have … Continue reading
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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