I know this community has been dead for awhile, but I'm hoping some folks are still around to see this and participate in a discussion ( Read more... )

US Centric
Within 7 days of the Global Gag rule being overturned low income women in the U.S. are the first cut in 'concessions' to the right wing factions of our country :
House Democrats are likely to jettison family planning funds for the low-income from an $825 billion economic stimulus bill, officials said late Monday, following a personal ( Read more... )

I saw this on the news yesterday: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/dont.ask.dont.tell/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Text behind cut if you don't want to go to the CNN site

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Planned Parenthood of Idaho officials apologized Wednesday for what they called an employee's "serious mistake" in encouraging a donation aimed at aborting black babies ( Read more... )

(for folks outside of the US, Mike Huckabee is currently running to be the Republican Party's nominee for President ( Read more... )

[this was in today's New York Times, and I thought it was worth posting here. Obviously, this is pretty disturbing. I'm not even sure what other comment I should add here, other than to say that I hope that they prosecute the folks who did this to the full extent of the law and I hope that no similar attacks occur elsewhere]
A rash of attacks on ( Read more... )

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVC1KMTOgwiSoMQyT2LwZc9HyAgA
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The Michael Moore movie 'SiCKO' might for some be spearheading the issue of universal health care coverage in the United States, but it is an issue that has been an been building momentum for decades. After all, When Hilary Clinton was the 'first lady' she introduced a plan for universal health care coverage. The labor movement in the United ( Read more... )

This is U.S., particularly Ohio specific.

My friend passed on this email she got from NARAL to me today - apparently there is a bill in the Ohio House that outlaws all abortions.

( text of what she sent me here )

In case anyone else missed hearing about this before now ( Read more... )