And we've got the whole, non-white-trashy thing on tape:
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Sarah Seltzer for Reproductive Health Reality Check wonders if Levi is a "victim" in the Palin spotlight. "The Internet is buzzing over Levi Johnston's appearance on Tyra yesterday to 'break his silence,' and providing us all with a reminder that patriarchal policies like abstinence-only education hurt young [...]
What do far-right anti-abortion conservatives do while Democrats busy themselves in Congress and the White House with the economic crisis? They harass each other for not being far enough right and anti-abortion enough.
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This time, it's the American Right to Life Action group repeatedly harassing Ann Coulter for her support of Mitt Romney, who is [...]
Unborn fetuses: Your lives are in Saletan's hands.
Welcome back to "Sexist Beatdown," the weekly event wherein Sady, of New York ladyblog "Tiger Beatdown," and myself, of D.C. ladyblog "The Sexist" carry on evolved conversation on such topics as abnormal boners. This week, we discuss William Saletan, the Slate contributor obsessed with what Sady and I [...]
The District of Columbia isn't the only locality sparing with lawmakers over political license plates. If Virginia state senator Ken Cuccinnelli gets his way, Virginia drivers will soon be able to wear their anti-abortion stances on their bumpers.
Last month, Cuccinnelli supported a bill that would allow Virginia residents to buy 'Choose Life' license plates [...]
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele told GQ interviewer Lisa DePaulo that he "absolutely" supports a woman's right to choose, before promptly apologizing for the remarks, which could not have possibly been misinterpreted or taken out of context.
Steele also told GQ, "I loved to party—still do—and have a good time." So, you know, this guy [...]
High school students Elizabeth Liang, 18, Morgan Seibert, 17, and Megan Gutting, 17, took a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C. by bus last night to participate in the march for life. The three Grand Rapids, Mich. teens, who arrived at 7 this morning, missed the inaugural festivities by a couple days—they opted to attend the [...]
Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. This was a great day for pro-choice women, but the pro-lifers have always celebrated it the hardest. Today, thousands of anti-abortion activists will descend on Washington, D.C. to protest the 36-year-old decision in [...]
For some, abortion activism begins at conception.
If you're under 35 years old, you are a post-Roe baby. You were born onto an abortion battleground. Both pro-choice and pro-life advocates want to recruit you into the second generation of the movement. Each side holds tactical advantages in winning your support. To choicers, you're a young person [...]
Reproductive Health Reality Check has some advice for our next president on the importance of choosing pro-choice cabinet appointees—and not just in Health and Human Services.
Slightly. The Feminist Majority Foundation is reporting that the new Congress will be 2% more female than the last. In January, Congress will see 92 women: 75 women in the House (three of which are non-voting members), and 17 women in the Senate.
The foundation also breaks down the new female house members' positions on [...]
