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Obama Positioned to Quickly Reverse Bush Actions

...The new president is also expected to lift a so-called global gag rule barring international family planning groups that receive U.S. aid from counseling women about the availability of abortion, even in countries where the procedure is legal, said Cecile Richards, the president of Planned ( Read more... )

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So I be written in the book of love, I do not care about the book above
Erase my name or write it as you will so I be written in the book of love - Omar-Khayyam

That I would link the Civil Rights movement of the 60s with Gay Rights (specifically gay marriage, as per the specificity of the conversation ( Read more... )

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

It should not surprise me that people seem so wholeheartedly set against gay marriage and adoption.

But it still does.

I am so pleased that the propositions regarding women's and young women's rights to their bodily health and autonomy didn't get the needed votes to pass. (And a giant Fuck You goes out to those who voted for these propositions ( Read more... )

Enjoy the success ( Read more... )

Ready? Here we go:

Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death by dozens of men in front of a stadium full of spectators.

From Jezebel: Your Almost Last Minute Guide to Your States Voter Suppression EffortsCovers: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia ( Read more... )

There are measures on the ballots in Colorado (to give eggs human rights, pretty much) and in South Dakota (yet again).

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Video is from the National Advocates for Pregnant Women. Some of the points in the video ( Read more... )