Morning Roundup: “Don’t Say Gay” in Tennessee
Tennessee wants to ban any mention of homosexuality in grade school, Iowa may be legalizing the murder of abortion providers, and Planned Parenthood clinics - and their advocates - across the country warn about the devastating impact of the Pence amendment.
Tennessee wants to ban any mention of homosexuality in grade school, Iowa may be legalizing the murder of abortion providers, and Planned Parenthood clinics – and their advocates – across the country warn about the devastating impact of the Pence amendment.
- Tennessee legislators have introduced a bill opponents are calling, “Don’t Say Gay,” which would ban the mention of homosexuality in any sexuality curriculum in grades K-8. They say it is to ensure age-appropriate education, but it’s really about fear and bigotry. Bill sponsor Stacy Campfield says, “If we’re talking about homosexuality, we are talking about specific acts that are going to be unhealthy for anybody to engage in outside of marriage.” First, unhealthy? What makes a specific sexual act unhealthy? And secondly, gay folks can’t get married in your state, so that sentence pretty much makes no sense.
- South Dakota backed down from its bill that would legalize the murder of abortion providers, but a combination of laws in Iowa could lead to the same result. The legislature has introduced two separate bills – one to declare personhood from the moment of conception, and another to allow the use of deadly force “’any place at which the person has a right to be present,’ and that in such instances, the citizen has the right to use reasonable force, including deadly force, to protect himself or a third party from serious injury or death or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”
- Planned Parenthood clinics across the country are bracing for impact based on the House vote last Friday to defund the organization. In Arizona, 40,000 people would lose access to care, a California representative says the results of the cuts would be devastating, a Minneapolis woman says her sisters life was saved by a routine exam at Planned Parenthood, the Pennsylvania chapters of the organization say they would have to shut their doors if the amendment became law, hundreds of thousands of families in Texas would be without basic reproductive health care, in Utah, over 40,000 people would be affected, and the Southern Oregon affiliate says their 25,000 patients are at risk.
Feb 24
- A Hard Lesson To Learn Living with HIV/AIDS – Black Voice News
- Fed Budget Battle Threatens Preventive Care for AZ Women and Families – Public News Service
- Planned Parenthood, supporters chastise GOP effort to pull funding from the … – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
- How Olympian Greg Louganis overcame his fears, HIV-AIDS – Seattle Times
Feb 23
- Students voice concerns about sex ed. – The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
- The Uterus Police to Investigate Miscarriages – Care2.com
- Many upset over racially charged anti-abortion billboard in SoHo – amNY
- ‘Most African migrants treated at clinic suffered abuse’ – Jerusalem Post
- Family Planning at a Crossroads – Arizona Public Media
- 10 Takeaways From Obama’s DOMA Reversal – The Atlantic
- Catania Birth Control Bill Comes Under Scrutiny – Washington Informer
- Catania Birth Control Bill Comes Under Scrutiny – Washington Informer
- Bonnie Says: Lobby Your Congress Representatives To Save Planned Parenthood … – Hollywood Life
- Walker’s bill affects Medicaid, family planning clinics – WAOW
- Roper-Batker: What’s at stake in proposed cuts to Planned Parenthood – Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Long Term Impact of Birth Control – fortwaynhomepage.net
- Anti-abortion billboard in New York sparks outrage – Telegraph.co.uk
- Increased Contraceptive Supply Linked to Fewer Unintended Pregnancies – UCSF Today
- Is South Dakota Trying to Make Abortions Impossible? – SodaHead News
- Irish drug regulator OKs morning after pill over the counter – Lifesite
- AG: Abortion Bill Is Constitutional – KUAR
- New anti-abortion amendment filed in Ky. House – Louisville Courier-Journal
- Last-ditch push to regulate abortion clinics heads down to wire – Washington Examiner
- Medwatch: Birth control pill's effectiveness; eating fruits and veggies & more – WWL
- Planned Parenthood worried about funds – abc27
- Six Anti-Abortion Protesters Arrested Outside Speaker Boehner’s Office – AOL News
- GOP Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood – Between The Lines
- Obama’s DOMA Decision Sparks New Energy in Prop. 8 Case – KCET
- Santorum Blunders: You Don’t Have to Hate Christendom to Hate the Crusades – Commentary
- Saving Maternal Lives — With a Magic Marker – TIME
- Anti-Abortion Georgia Lawmaker Proposes Law That Would Criminalize Miscarriages – Huffington Post
- Gay rights no longer hot button issue for GOP? – Washington Post (blog)
- UN drops Gadhafi’s daughter as goodwill envoy – Washington Post
- Abortion reform advances in House – Topeka Capital Journal
- Videos, House vote give new fuel to long-standing Planned Parenthood protest – Catholic Sentinel
- State seeks sanctions against two abortion clinic doctors – The News Journal
- Fighting Prop 8: Lawyers Ask Court To Lift Stay On Gay Marriage Ban – Huffington Post
- DAVE MCNEELY: Consent form alone might deter a woman’s right to choose – San Angelo Standard Times
- Kansas House advances parental consent abortion bill – Kansas City Star
- Pa. bill would toughen regulation of abortion clinics – abc27
- Planned Parenthood on defensive in Texas, nationwide – Austin American-Statesman (blog)
- “Don’t Say Gay” Law Proposed in Tennessee – SexIs Magazine
- Controversial billboard focuses on African-American abortions – CNN International
- Abortion a top priority for state GOP – The Florida Independent
- Four Places Women’s Reproductive Rights Are Under Attack In America – Guanabee
- Proposition 8 opponents urge federal court to lift order preventing gays from … – Los Angeles Times
- Reduction in Teen Pregnancies – MedIndia
- Women Who Obtain Birth Control Over the Counter in Mexico More Likely to … – University of Texas at Austin News
- Controversial Anti-Abortion Billboard Shocks SoHo Residents – DNAinfo
- Black community lacking in sex education – The Voice
- VA House Votes to Restrict Abortion Providers – Ms. Magazine
- A concerted policy effort can bring down teen pregnancy rates, new stats show – Left Foot Forward
- Anti-Abortion Billboard In SoHo Targets Blacks, Sparks Outrage – Gothamist
- NJ Postpartum Depression Medicaid Study Authors Respond to Validity Challenges – EmpowHer
- Judge surprised Kline still had records – Topeka Capital Journal
- Forum to focus on AIDS and women who sleep with women – Windy City Times
- Pro-life Americans give Obama a helping hand – The Hill (blog)
- Part 1 of 3: Abortion, birth control, common sense and reality – OpEdNews
- Variety of birth control methods offers protection for all – K-State Collegian
- ABORTION RIGHTS: Don’t outlaw abortion – Rochester City Newspaper
- Vatican Advisor Blasts Cuomo on Marriage Equality – Advocate.com
- The American Fertility Association Hosts Event to Honor Two Deserving Leaders … – PR Newswire (press release)
- Chile: where abortion isn’t an option – The Guardian
- Federally funded Jacksonville abstinence program has ties to ‘Kill the Gays … – The Florida Independent
- Anti-Abortion Billboard Controversy – myfoxny.com
- Ga. Law Could Give Death Penalty for Miscarriages – Mother Jones (blog)
- Vaccine-delivering nanoparticles may help fight HIV, malaria – Sify
- Unsafe abortion clinics: The price of a pro-choice political victory in Florida. – Slate Magazine
- Virginia state Senate girds for major abortion debate – Washington Post
- Kansas House to debate 2 anti-abortion measures – NTV
- Maternal deaths ‘showing signs of decrease’ – Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- State’s high court to decide key issue in Prop. 8 appeal – Catholic San Francisco
- Why women dumb down for men – Independent Online
- ‘Is this the right thing to do?’ – The Guardian
- HPV Vaccine Implemented At Young Age Works Best to Prevent Cervical Cancer – TopNews United States
- Abstinence not the only option – SHSU Houstonian Online
- Planned Parenthood – Salt Lake Tribune
- Local Planned Parenthood up in arms about federal cuts – KTVL