This would be enough all by itself.The short summary is that they prevented passage of a bill that would provide funds to help prevent girls under 18 around the world from being forced into marriage, because some of those funds would also go to health care for girls ( Read more... )

Pediatric endocrinologist Maria New-of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Florida International University-isn't just trying to prevent lesbianism by treating pregnant women with an experimental hormone. She's also trying to prevent the births of girls who display an "abnormal" disinterest in babies, don't want to play with girls' toys or ( Read more... )

Fire, Measured by What Doesn't Burn. A really incredible piece of writing (it is a retelling of an old fairytale, done for Yuletide, but that is completely totally irrelevant to appreciating it). It's pretty intense. Highly recommended.

The decade in design. Doesn't have pictures, which struck me as a bit odd, but it's an interesting list of ( Read more... )

Nelson and Hatch want to include an amendment that is probably unConstitutional, as it does not provide an exception for the woman's health, only her life. And only if her life is threatened physically, because mental problems are all faked excuses to get out of being "responsible" or some such bullshit. Of course, abortions in the event of rape or ( Read more... )

With 61 votes in favor, the Senate passed the Mikulski Amendment.

Via http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1363920.html:

The bill would end the practice of basing rates on gender, now allowed in most states. The Mikulski plan, which won ( Read more... )

And I'm not even talking about the StuPitts amendment. Which would be quite bad enough, and I'm glad there are a significant number of Congresspersons who've said they'll vote the bill down if StuPitts stays in. I'd like to think they'd make a similar stink about related issues, but, well, apparently they have other priorities, like not giving in ( Read more... )

For your next health care amending trick, I would like to suggest the following ( Read more... )

Maybe completely unnecessary concerns, because part of me is deeply skeptical it will happen at all, but ( Read more... )

In 2008, the American Life League (Catholic group whose mission you can probably guess) had some stupid protest they called "The Pill Kills Babies." ("Baby" meaning "fertilized egg that might not implant due to your hormonal contraception ( Read more... )

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