Time to admit it: Anti-contraception hyperventilating is all about sex
Those of us who have paid attention to anti-choice politics for years have been warning everyone that they are after birth control in addition to legalized abortion but some alleged “liberals” (looking at you, EJ Dionne and Chris Matthews) still refuse to accept it. The right wing freak out about mandated birth control coverage in [...]
AZ Legislature is making personal medical decisions for us ladies, yet again.
Rep. Kimberly Yee (R-West Phoenix) introduced a anti-abortion bill yesterday. Unlike Sen. Steve Smith’s “personhood” bill, this one doesn’t declare a fertilized egg a legal human being. Yee’s bill requires similar intrusive “informed consent” hurdles before a woman can get an abortion procedure but also bans abortion after 20 weeks. The bill should pass easily, [...]
Looking back on a good week.
Next week is going to be a humdinger for Arizona progressives in terms of the bad legislation on the agenda but this past week ended on a couple of positive notes and I think we should take a moment to appreciate them. 1. Komen/Planned Parenthood smackdown. Supporters of comprehensive (and that includes reproductive) women’s health [...]
Personhood has come to Arizona!
Okay, people, did I not tell you the other day that being vigilant about reproductive justice is important? Personhood has reared its head in Arizona. 2010 was the year Arizona voters lost their damn minds and sent a bunch of reactionary whackaloons to the Arizona Legislature, essentially to show that Kenyan Usurper in the White [...]
Newt’s primary win shows that GOP “family values” are largely illusory
They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There [...]
Left vs right kinda misses it
Many of my dear friends attended remembrances of the anniversary of the Tucson shooting all over the state. I had intended to go to something but for whatever reason I decided to stay home in the end. There were a couple of good pieces out about the shooting and the (often forgotten) context. Tom Zoeller, [...]
Trust fund baby Quayle generously opts out of his pension. But wasn’t generous enough to send you a holiday greeting.
I got my latest email from my member of Congress, one Benjamin Eugene Quayle (R) a little earlier today. He reminded his constituents of his commitment to not taking his federal pension. As your representative, I have worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to tackle these enormous challenges, and I have [...]
