Category Archives: Women’s Rights

ON THIS DAY: June 30, 2016

Posted on June 30, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 30th is: Meteor Watch Day Social Media Day National Hand Shake Day National Organization for Women Day Leap Second Time Adjustment Day National Holidays Around the World Congo Democratic Republic – Independence Day Central African Republic – National Payer … Continue reading →

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Never Trump should be Always Hillary

Posted on May 21, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   Nate Silver wrote an extensive mea culpa that ostensibly ignored those media industry resources that ESPN had available to study Trump success. Nate’s omitting the multi-modal effects of looking at Trump’s celebrity media reputation and Q-scores as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Bill Clinton, Celebrity, Democracy, DNC, Government, information Technology, Liberals, Media, Neoliberals, Non-partisans, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Progressives, Society, Tea Party, Uncategorized, War, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Redefining “Substance Abuse” for Fertile Women While Lead Poisoning Investigations Continue

Posted on February 3, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just issued a report that tells all women of child-bearing age they should stop drinking alcohol entirely, even if they have no plans to get pregnant, because they could possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in CDC, Crime, Reproductive Rights, State Courts, United States, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Spree Killings in Colorado Springs & San Bernardino: 2 types of not dissimilar political extremism

Posted on December 5, 2015 by ann li-summers

Let’s be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism. Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Biology, California, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Colorado, Conservatives, Crime, Democracy, DHS, DOJ, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, Government, Islam, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Mental Health, Murder, Police, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Terrorism, Terrorists, United States, War on "Terror", Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Is a WOMAN a PERSON? The Answer You Get Depends on Who You Ask

Posted on October 27, 2015 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Is a Woman a Person?” The answer “Yes, of course,” may seem obvious, but it’s not so clear-cut in American law. When a sitting Supreme Court Justice says that the Equal Protection clause of the 14th … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Canada, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , | 38 Comments

Jesse LaGreca corrects a GOP logical error.

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Chuck Stanley

by Chuck Stanley Jesse LaGreca, journalist, who also blogs under the nom de plume MinistryOfTruth, nails exactly where the GOP went off the rails with the logical fail of the week.

Posted in Health Care, Hypocrisy, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Picture of the Day for May 12, 2015: Regarding the GOP’s War on Women

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Here’s a “Picture of the Day” that I think is an appropriate follow-up to the article that I posted this morning titled The Public Shaming of Unwed Mothers: Regarding Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Florida’s 2001 … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Equal Rights, Government, Political Science, Politics, Reproductive Rights, United States, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Public Shaming of Unwed Mothers: Regarding Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Florida’s 2001 “Scarlet Letter” Adoption Law

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Tuesday, Laura Bassett of Huffington Post brought attention to Florida’s 2001 “Scarlet Letter” adoption law. According to Bassett, the controversial law required single mothers who did not know the identity of the fathers of their children … Continue reading →

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Comedian and Writer Brooke Arnold Talks about Her Experience Being Raised in the Same “Exploitative and Abusive” Fundamentalist Christian Organization That the Duggars Are Affiliated With

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro There’s an interesting article by Brooke Arnold titled I could’ve been a Duggar wife: I grew up in the same church, and the abuse scandal doesn’t shock me, which was posted over at Salon today. Arnold noted … Continue reading →

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When Catholic Health Care Systems Own Your Doctor: The New Threat to Affordable Birth Control for Women

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Patricia Miller has a chilling article over at Salon titled When the Catholic Church owns your doctor: The insidious new threat to affordable birth control. Miller’s article opens with a story about a woman named Angela Valavanis. … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitutional Law, Democracy, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Roman Catholic Church, United States, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments