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Botswana court gives women inheritance rights
AFP - In a landmark ruling Botswana’s High Court on Friday gave women inheritance rights for the first time, up-ending a male-dominated system that had prevailed in the thriving African nation. Announcing the ruling, Justice Key Dingake said, “It seems to me that the time has now arisen for the justices…
Romney insists he’ll be a ‘pro-life president’
DELAWARE, Ohio — Mitt Romney assured Wednesday he would be a “pro-life president” if he defeats President Barack Obama, reaffirming his opposition to abortion a day after suggesting he could moderate his platform. But when asked directly if he would restrict legislation limiting abortion rights if such a bill came…
Cory Booker: GOP platform on women’s rights ‘an affront to where our nation should be going’
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) told a Planned Parenthood Federation of America rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday that the GOP’s women’s rights platform is just another reason to reelect President Barack Obama. In a reference to Republicans’ convention refrain that they loved women, Booker told the crowd, “I…
Clinton makes plea for rights of Afghan women
TOKYO — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a powerful plea Sunday for the rights of women in Afghanistan, using a global forum to insist that they must be part of the country’s future growth. “The United States believes strongly that no nation can achieve peace, stability and economic…
Demographics and right wing panic
There’s a number of reasons that we’re experiencing our current bout of right wing extremism taking over the Republican Party, causing them to primary anyone who is seen in public with a Democrat and pushing them to do things like, oh, side with people who think it’s just awful that…
The War On Women is just a siege you just didn’t notice until now
Parental notification. Waiting periods. Mandatory ultrasounds. Zoning laws specifying closet size. Databases listing identifying data about women who seek abortions. The slow erosion of a woman’s right to choose and gain access to her choice has been going on for years, just under the radar of the mainstream media, because…
Ron Paul: ‘Entitlements are not rights’
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul claimed on Sunday that Americans don’t have a right to entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. During a debate hosted by NBC, WHDH’s Andy Hiller asked Paul: “In your opinion, what services are Americans entitled to expect to get from government?” “Entitlements are not rights,”…
If you thought they’d stop at harassing women having abortions, you were naive
A group of self-appointed moral guardians decides that there’s a cancer on society that only they really understand. People are “killing babies”! Obviously, killing “babies” is so wrong that extreme methods are justifiable, right? Such as showing up at clinics and harassing the customers and employees, and playing innocent when…
Gah, part two
Here’s the first part of the post. I thought I had saved it without publishing, but I guess not, and there’s already a bunch of comments, so I’ll just finish it here. So, I was saying I doubt that many wingnuts realize how far out of their grasp total victory…
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