Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but the rights we won on that day thirty-eight years ago are under serious and sustained threat. I understand that many people in the anti-choice movement equate abortion with killing babies. But as they argue for a "culture of life," they seem to think only of a fetus's potential for life and to take no ( Read more... )

So the House has passed the healthcare reform bill--yay ( Read more... )

A woman died alone while her wife and children sat in the hospital waiting room for hours, unable to hold her hand or tell her they loved her or say good-bye. The hospital personnel ignored the woman's durable power of attorney and living will that named the wife as the person responsible for emergency medical decisions on her behalf, they ignored ( Read more... )