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‘Raising Hope’s’ Martha Plimpton: ‘No disguising’ Republican misogyny after election
Actress and activist Martha Plimpton says that “binders full of women” voted in the 2012 election because there was “no disguising” the misogyny in the Republican Party after conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown University student a “slut” for supporting birth control. “It was a very clear referendum…
Abortion providers decry ‘anti-woman’ legislation targeting them and their patients
“I think the physician’s perspective is extremely important, and one that we don’t hear too often in the media,” actress and A Is For co-founder Martha Plimpton told Raw Story last night, as she surveyed a room of more than 30 abortion providers and their supporters. They had all gathered…
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