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Iowa Republicans seek to halt Medicaid funded abortions for rape victims
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and other groups have condemned a petition requesting the state deny Medicaid reimbursements for abortions resulting from rape, incest, or a devastating fetal health diagnosis. Forty-one Republican state lawmakers filed the petition last month with the Iowa Department of Human Services. The lawmakers…
Oklahoma Doctor Refuses to Provide Emergency Contraceptive to Rape Victim on Basis of Religious Conscience
Doctors across the nation are now free to refuse medical care to women on the basis of their own personal beliefs. What follows is a particularly egregious application of these “religious conscience” laws, and underscores why women nationwide are standing up and fighting back: An Oklahoma mother brought her daughter…
Indonesia to ban female MPs from wearing miniskirts
JAKARTA — Women’s groups expressed outrage Tuesday after Indonesia’s parliament said it would draft rules banning female lawmakers from wearing “provocative” clothing such as miniskirts to work and claimed such dress invited rape. “We know there have been a lot of rape cases and other immoral acts recently, and this…
Victim-blaming and social control
Tracy Clark-Flory has an awesome piece up at Salon about the proliferation of "how not to get raped" tips, and why they are so messed up. And yes, she quotes me in it, but that's only one reason (along with quotes from other feminist bloggers) that I liked it. She…
Rep. Jackie Speier: U.S. military punishes rape victims
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) for the ninth time on Tuesday called on Congress to address the pervasive problem of sexual harassment and rape in the U.S. military. To call attention to the problem, she has been telling the stories of woman who were sexually harassed and assaulted while serving in…
Shorter GOP: Tax breaks for everyone, except those pregnant teenage rape victims, the dirty whores
HR3, misleadingly named the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”, is a perfect storm of everything that’s nasty about the modern, hyper-conservative Republican party. It’s dishonest, since women who have federal health insurance are already banned from using that money for abortion care. This bill is actually an attempt to…
Seriously, why are they so obsessed with rape metaphors?
I’m not usually one to do this, but I’m going to put the image I’m talking about below the fold at the bottom of this post, because it’s so gross I don’t want to foul up the front page of Pandagon. And since we’re not really squeamish here, that’s saying…
Talking rape on the BBC
The airplane crash is Austin is obviously dominating my thoughts right now, but I haven’t fully processed. Need to get some exercise and clear my head. In the meantime, I spent part of this afternoon as a guest on the BBC’s “World Have Your Say“. The topic is the very…
Standing with Amanda Terkel
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I haven’t neglected to look at the story about O’Reilly’s producers stalking and ambushing Amanda Terkel. I wrote about it for RH Reality Check, and included my thoughts on how O’Reilly feels he can blame women for their…
Domestic violence rate 42% higher than previously reported
And the rape rate is 25% higher. (Hat tip.) I’m a little disturbed by the headline: “US: Soaring Rates of Rape and Violence Against Women”, with a sub headline clarifying that the rate hasn’t gone up in reality so much as the Department of Justice has drastically improved its interviewing…
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