Right now, there is a whole slew of legislation here in the United States, on both state and federal levels that undermine access not only to abortion, not only to contraception, but to even to basic care like cancer screenings. The common thread in all these awful proposals is sheer contempt for women and our health and our livelihoods. Think I ( Read more... )

Dear Representative Wolf ( Read more... )

I have resigned myself to your stance on reproductive health issues. But your co-sponsorship of the No Taxpayer for Abortion Act was beyond the pale. The sentiment of the Hyde Amendment gets reiterated time and again and it is already forbidden for public money to go toward abortion except in the cases of the mother's mortality, rape, and incest. ( Read more... )

Today I was scheduled to escort in the downtown DC Planned Parenthood. I drove to my Virginia Square parking spot. On the way, I listened to the radio, flipping between DC101, Hot995, 98Rock, and NPR. I like 98 Rock, don't get me wrong, but sometimes...and this is a problem with radio in general, less so with Hot 995 somehow though, but how is it ( Read more... )

Mama Pockets (loser_anda_user) replied to a comment you left in a ( Read more... )

It's Blog for Choice Day next Friday, and I'm getting a head start by answering what the phrase "Trust women" means to me. Actually this is kind of tough. I mean, this is hardly the first time I've written about what it means for me to be pro-choice. Look here, for example. Or here. And here. For a start. Anyway ( Read more... )