Rep. Terri Proud goes off script. Admits it’s all about shaming the sluts.
Per the AZ Republic Political Insider: “Personally I’d like to make a law that mandates a woman watch an abortion being performed prior to having a “surgical procedure”. If it’s not a life it shouldn’t matter, if it doesn’t harm a woman then she shouldn’t care, and don’t we want more transparency and education in [...]
A reminder that telling them to step it down a notch right now isn’t the same as telling them to moderate their position
Sen. John McCain is telling the AZ lege to slow their roll on HB2625, the No Slut Pills Unless Your Boss Approves Bill. The GOP-sponsored bill, which would put some women in the uncomfortable position of having to explain to their boss why they use birth control, already passed in the state House of Representatives [...]
Debbie Lesko makes lots of new friends on Facebook
Rep. Debbie Lesko, sponsor of the now-infamous No Slut Pills If Your Boss Doesn’t Approve bill, HB2625, doesn’t care for the criticism she’s getting. She took to Facebook to complain about it. She got tons of feedback! Over 450 comments so far and only 2 in favor. One supporter, former AZ House of Representatives candidate [...]
The bully party
Yeah, I’m blogging about wingnuts and their freakish sexual authoritarian agenda again. Sue me. I went to the Planned Parenthood luncheon today, where national PP President Cecile Richards was the keynote speaker. She was outstanding. She had us at times laughing, crying, and on our feet cheering. She’s also the daughter of the late, great [...]
Why Debbie Lesko might want your boss to be able to fire you for using birth control.
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Glendale) is the prime sponsor of SB2625, which allows employers to deny coverage for contraception for reproductive purposes and to demand a doctor’s note for contraception prescribed for other medical conditions. It’s possible the bill would allow employers to fire employees who obtained contraception through their own private insurance or by paying [...]
Because we wouldn’t want to shame the people who want to shame women
Judging from all the papers who had announced they weren’t going to run this week’s Doonesbury cartoons, I expected the first one to be a lot more abrasive than it was. The strip isn’t saying anything that lots of people aren’t already saying about intrusive and offensive anti-choice bills being introduced in several states. And [...]
Sometimes even being anti-choice is a cover for something else.
Michael Bryan at Blog for Arizona beat me to it. Sen. Nancy Barto’s “wrongful life” bill, that passed in the State Senate today, is all about tort reform. This bill isn’t about preventing abortions; there is no way it will prevent even a single abortion, since it exempts intentional or grossly negligent actions or omissions. [...]
