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Iowa Legislators, Vying for “Most Mean-Spirited”, Seek to Strip Funds for Abortion Care for Rape, Incest, Fetal Anomalies

Morgan Meneses-Sheets

by Morgan Meneses-Sheets, Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP)

June 29, 2012 - 10:22 am

It was announced last week that Iowa House members are pushing emergency rulemaking for the state Department of Human Services to halt medical coverage for abortion care in cases of rape or incest, or severe physical or mental fetal deformities. It just doesn’t get more mean-spirited, out of touch and just plain awful than that. 

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Amash Ditched By Michigan Right To Life

Rep. Justin Amash. [img src]
Robin Marty

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 27, 2012 - 1:36 pm

The anti-choice group has released this year’s round of endorsments, and Amash’s name is missing.

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Vagina Is Not a Dirty Word

Beverly McPhail

by Beverly McPhail, University of Houston Women's Resource Center

June 26, 2012 - 9:50 pm

Let’s celebrate vaginas and work to give the lucky woman who posseses one the freedom to control it.

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Scary Vaginas and Scary Accurate Information

Amanda Marcotte

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

June 24, 2012 - 9:58 pm

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Michigan’s new onslaught of anti-choice legislation gets attention….for the word “vagina”. Washington parents lose their minds over sex education. Also: Looking at the intersection of sex and disability.

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Jon Stewart on Saying “Vagina” on House Floors

 

Jon Stewart brings well-deserved ridicule to the fact that House Republicans banned Rep. Lisa Brown from speaking in the Michigan House after saying “vagina” on the House floor during an abortion debate.

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Co-Opting of Jewish History and Faith Hits All Time Low in Planning of Wichita Anti-Choice Memorial

Kari Ann Rinker

by Kari Ann Rinker, Independent Activist

June 20, 2012 - 8:06 am

Wichita’s “pro-life memorial” will also include 60 crosses “symbolizing 60 million abortions” and will be a part of the same memorial as the Jewish Wailing Wall. Radical anti-choice terrorists are increasingly co-opting Jewish symbolism to further their agenda despite the vociferous objections of Jewish leaders.

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VAGINA! Yes, She Said It: Interview with Eve Ensler & Rep. Lisa Brown

Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown, along with playwright Eve Ensler of “The Vagina Monologues,” talks about being silenced after saying the word “vagina” on the Michigan House floor and why she won’t stop saying it.

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Rep Silenced For Vagina Comment Now Performing Vagina Monologue

Lisa Brown. [orgnl img src]
Robin Marty

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 19, 2012 - 8:08 am

Brown may have been silenced in the capitol, but now she’s taken her voice to the capitol steps in protest.

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Spokesman Calls Female Reps’ Floor Remarks “Temper Tantrum,” Just Latest Wave In Michigan GOP’s Misogyny

Jase Bolger. [img src]
Robin Marty

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 15, 2012 - 10:28 am

The spokesperson for the Michigan Speaker of the House said the punishment wasn’t because the women used “vulgar” words but because they were too emotional.

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Michigan House Passes Portion of Anti-Abortion “Super-Bill”

Protesters of the bill fill the Michigan House. [img src]
Angi Becker Stevens

by Angi Becker Stevens

June 14, 2012 - 7:49 pm

The main portion of Michigan’s anti-abortion “super-bill”–HB 5711–passed through the state House easily on Wednesday, by a vote of 70-39. All of the 64 Republican representatives, as well as 6 Democrats, voted in favor of the bill. 

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