Category Archives: Women’s Rights

Phyllis Schlafly’s Pearls of Wisdom

Posted on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

I realized that I was not entirely fair to Phyllis Schlafly in my previous post. In addition to the old-fashioned, backwards-thinking, racist statements you would expect to hear from an elderly person in their late-eighties, I did not give her … Continue reading →

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Right To Life Michigan Looks To Deplete Medical Coverage For Rape

Posted on Sunday, May 26th, 2013 by Amanda Sheppard

Right to Life president Barbara Listing is seeking signatures for a ballot petition that if passed will require women to purchase extra health insurance coverage in order to get medical help in case of rape or even incest.  The ballot … Continue reading →

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Lindsey Graham Concerned for Women’s Safety … Sometimes

Posted on Sunday, May 26th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Today, Lindsey Graham remarked on the sexual assaults taking place in the military as if he actually cared about women: I want to salute the women who serve and are putting up with way too much crap. This needs to … Continue reading →

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Congress Excludes Women from Women’s Reproductive Rights Panel – Again!

Posted on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Emily’s List alerted us to something I never thought would happen again (when will these guys learn?): Is it deja vu? Nope. It’s real life and really terrifying. Today, a panel of only men in the House of Representatives is … Continue reading →

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‘Miscarriage’ of Justice – VA GOP eyes Mark Obenshain for AG

Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 by Amanda Sheppard

Virginia GOP this past weekend nominated Sen. Mark Obenshain to replace tea partier Ken Cuccinelli as the state’s attorney general.  If they succeed it will be yet another devastating blow to women’s rights. Mark D. Obenshain Obenshain has already tried … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump: No Sympathy For Servicewomen

Posted on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 by Amanda Sheppard

No one can deny that Donald Trump has more money than brains but now he has taken a swipe at female military personnel with the following tweet Tuesday night: This is in response to the report released this week by … Continue reading →

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Conservatives Have Much in Common with Nazis

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity … they all love to describe the people who dare to disagree with them as “Nazis”. But the fact is, conservatives have a great deal more in common with Nazis than anyone on the left.

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Latest Headlines in the Republican War on Women 3/14/13

Posted on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

RH Reality Check: Utah Bill Requires More Personal Information for Abortion Than for Gun Purchases “A Utah bill that will require abortion providers to get more detailed information from their patients, including their race and the reason they are seeking … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma’s Jolley Denies Women Contraception Because Some Guy Asked Him To

Posted on Monday, February 25th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Conservatives still claim there’s no Republican war on women while their state legislators whittle away at our rights on a daily basis. Case in point: Oklahoma’s Clark Jolley, one right wing fool who slipped through the election cracks in November, … Continue reading →

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You Need to Pick Your Battles, Ladies

Posted on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

It seems a number of women across various blogs and forums are taking issue with the President’s SOTU speech, or rather, with this particular line from it: “We know our economy is stronger when our wives, mothers, and daughters can … Continue reading →

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