Emily Mullen

Five new anti-abortion amendments have been filed by Republican senators to their proposed budget resolution as part of the marathon voting session known as "vote-a-rama," The Huffington Post reported Friday.

North Dakota lawmakers passed a resolution calling for voters to decide on a “personhood” abortion ban Friday afternoon, which would bestow human rights on fertilized eggs on a par with all the rights of U.S. citizens and effectively outlaw abortion and some forms of birth control, according to ThinkProgress.org.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) took to the stage during South Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast, using the opportunity to not only give an update on the Senate race, but also to poke some light-hearted fun at her Republican rival U.S. Senator Scott Brown.

The Steubenville guilty verdict spawned nearly as much rape apology as the original news of the case did, highlighting the point -- made by feminists like Zerlina Maxwell and Jaclyn Friedman -- that America has a long way to go before it gets past blaming victims and sympathizing with rapists.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joined Bill Maher on Real Time Friday night to discuss the two conflicting budgets released by Republicans and Democrats earlier this week.