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Woman barred from all-male panel: Using contraception makes me qualified
A woman who was recently excluded from a House Oversight Committee hearing on contraception says she was qualified to testify because unlike the all-male panel of witnesses, she actually uses birth control. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said at the time that he had rejected Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke…
The radical anti-insurance plan the right has concocted
I was on NPR’s “On Point” this morning, debating a lying-through-her-teeth anti-choicer (seriously, she claimed as often as she could that post-ejaculation contraception was “abortion”, an evidence-free claim whose only purpose it to muddy the waters) named Anna Franzonello, and needless to say, it was interesting. You can listen to…
Why contraception is scary, and why it’s not
Sara Robinson has a really great summary of how effective contraception Changed Everything, and why—though it’s utterly baffling to most of us—patriarchal dudes long for a time when there wasn’t any such thing and every act of heterosexual intercourse had an undercurrent of doom for women. It’s not because Doom…
Colbert: Using contraception means ‘you are c*ck blocking God’
Stephen Colbert chimed in on the White House-Catholic Church’s spat over birth control Monday evening, declaring the Obama administration of “launching a vengeful crusade” against the church. “You see to Catholics, sex isn’t two drunk strangers getting their freak on at closing time,” he said. “It is the mystical union…
Liberal Catholics disappointed with Obama’s contraception compromise
The liberal association Catholics for Choice reacted negatively Friday to President Barack Obama’s compromise aimed at defusing a row over access to birth control by employees of religious organizations. “We are glad to see that the administration did not choose to cave completely to the bishops,” said Jon O’Brien, president…
Bishops are supporting a f*cking fine
So far, I have no takers on the question of why it’s okay for the city of NYC to force private buses that serve the public to stop making women sit in the back of the bus, but acceptable for Catholic-owned hospitals and universities to do the same thing by…
More Catholics support contraception coverage than other Americans
Catholics in the U.S. are more likely that other Americans say that employers should be required to provide insurance that covers free contraception, according to a recent poll. A survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute on Tuesday found that 58 percent of Catholics think businesses should be required…
Lots o’ media this week
I don't want to knock down the post below on the outrageous sex lies of 2011, but I figured you were owed few notices about some media I've done and/or are doing this weekend: Yesterday, I was on the Michael Slate Show on KPFK in Los Angeles, talking about the…
How much damage can culture warriors do?
Exciting news, everyone: Despite his Google problems, Rick Santorum is announcing his run for President today. That raises the Republican field to 95% batshit, which may actually be a new record, historically speaking, though then again that's iffy if you consider the Goldwater question. There are many ways Santorum is just…
Chooooooiiiiiiiiiice
Man, lots of stuff about reproductive rights to discuss! I spent the entire weekend in a fury over how the mainstream media kept calling funding for contraception, STD treatment, and other forms of reproductive health care that isn’t abortion “abortion funding”, so I wrote a primer for journalists at RH…
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