Now you, too, can walk away from your appointment with lots of unnecessary paper and material.
Reproductive health and rights were once again the subject of extensive debate in state capitols in 2012. Over the course of the year, 42 states and the District of Columbia enacted 122 provisions related to reproductive health and rights. One-third of these new provisions, 43 in 19 states, sought to restrict access to abortion services.
The state may have elected an anti-choice majority, but that doesn’t mean they want their politicians to outlaw abortion.
Although Mourdock didn’t win a senate seat, that’s small consolation for the women in the state who still need access to abortion and family planning services.
GOP Rape Debate an Extension of 2010 Agenda
From the October 24th episode: Rachel Maddow explains that recent outrageous remarks about rape by Republicans Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are not isolated but part of an extreme rightward veer by the Republican Party at the state and federal level since the 2012 midterm election. (Excuse the election info, outdated at this point!)
Republican “Rape Caucus” Suffers Heavy Losses
Rachel Maddow reviews the litany of Republicans who made the mistake of expressing their offensive ignorance about rape and/or women’s bodies out loud in public and notes that the American voting public rejected them at the ballot box.
Candidates Who Oppose Rape Exceptions Being Supported By Victims, Those Conceived In Rape In New Ads
In the last day of campaigning, both Akin and Mourdock and looking to spin comments about rape victims into positives.
With just days to go until the election, neither side is willing to let the other take advantage over the comments made by an Indiana senate candidate.
Could state Medicaid funding challenges be designed to test the limits of civil rights enforcement statutes?
Terminating a pregnancy conceived in rape would be thwarting God’s divine plan, according to Richard Mourdock.
Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban 
Trent Franks, Abortion Bans, and the Fetal Pain Lie 
Personhood Ohio Leader Selling Assault Rifle to Fundraise for ‘Personhood’ Effort 
No, Texas Law Does Not Say You Can Shoot an Escort Who Refuses to Have Sex 
Supreme Court Considers Entering Mandatory Ultrasound Debate
- Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban
- No, Texas Law Does Not Say You Can Shoot an Escort Who Refuses to Have Sex
Texas Consolidates its Most Horrifying Anti-Choice Bills Into One Nightmare Piece of Legislation 
The Ongoing Battle to Remove Military Sexual Assault Prosecution From the Chain of Command - Trent Franks, Abortion Bans, and the Fetal Pain Lie
- Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban
A Teen to Obama on Emergency Contraception: Stop Patronizing Me - No, Texas Law Does Not Say You Can Shoot an Escort Who Refuses to Have Sex
Racist, Anti-Woman Judge Edith Jones to Be Investigated for Alleged Racist Remarks 
Inside the Bro-Choice Campaign: Giving Men the Green Light to Step Up for Reproductive Justice
- #1in3: Breaking the Silence on Abortion – Campus ProgressSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-18
- Dallas Councilwoman Outraged Over HIV Prevention Billboard Presenting Gays … – TowleroadSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-18
- HRW: Tanzanian Police Abuses Block HIV Progress – Voice of AmericaSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-18
- DNA Confirmation of Cervical Cancer Test Specimen – Bioscience TechnologySource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-18
- House Republicans schedule anti-abortion bill instead of pregnancy fairness … – Raw StorySource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-18
- The illogical politics of abortion – Associated Baptist PressSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-17
- How Alabama Plans to Make Abortion Illegal Without Violating Roe v. Wade – PolicyMicSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-06-17
