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Racist, Anti-Woman Judge Edith Jones to Be Investigated for Alleged Racist Remarks

Judge Edith Jones talks to The Federalist Society at a panel discussion on Redistribution of Wealth at the 2009 National Lawyers Convention on November 13, 2009.

Chief Justice John Roberts has ordered the review of a complaint filed by several civil rights organizations related to disparaging comments Jones allegedly made about ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.

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Texas Consolidates its Most Horrifying Anti-Choice Bills Into One Nightmare Piece of Legislation

State Republicans are hell-bent on opening satellite offices in every Texan uterus at the first opportunity.

After a legislative session hailed for its supposed “compromise” on abortion, Texas Republicans have taken the first opportunity to force through an omnibus anti-choice bill that contains the worst of this year’s proposed abortion restrictions.

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Major Anti-Rape Group Praises DNA Ruling, But What About its Impact on People of Color?

RAINN praised the recent SCOTUS ruling saying it was a step forward for rape survivors, but I disagree.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers can collect DNA samples from people who have been arrested for (but not convicted of) a serious crime. Many rape survivors rejoiced. But I was not one of them.

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Workers Frustrated by Pritzker Nomination—But What Impact Will She Have?

Penny Pritzker (pictured next to President Obama above), a consistent supporter of reproductive rights organizations, is also a director and part owner of Hyatt hotels -- a company that has received Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) warnings for injuries Hyatt women workers have faced.

Commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker has been a consistent supporter of reproductive rights organizations, but she’s also a director and part-owner of Hyatt hotels, which has recently been the target of many workers’ rights protests.

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Dear E.W. Jackson: Giving Me Birth Control Access Isn’t the Same as Burning a Cross on My Lawn

How, pray tell, is allowing low-income women of color non-judgmental access to birth control more dangerous than a group of terrorists who would burn a cross on my lawn?

The Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. candidate said Planned Parenthood has been “far more lethal to Black lives than the KKK ever was.” How is allowing low-income women of color non-judgmental access to birth control more dangerous than a group of cross-burning terrorists?

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Is the Life and Health of a Young, Rural Woman of Any Value in El Salvador?

It cannot but be concluded that the life and health of a young, rural woman had no value under the law in El Salvador. Can the rest of the world remain indifferent?

It cannot but be concluded that the life and health of a young, rural woman had no value under the law in El Salvador. Can the rest of the world remain indifferent?

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ACLU Challenges Arizona’s Race and Sex Selection Abortion Ban

A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Arizona's HB 2443 is racially motivated and based on improper racial stereotypes.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Arizona’s HB 2443 is racially motivated and based on improper racial stereotypes.

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Congress’ ‘Schoolyard Bullies’ Take Aim at D.C. Women

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) compared Congress members who banned the use of local funds for poor women's abortions to "schoolyard bullies."

Lost in a netherworld where it is less than a state and something other than a city, the District of Columbia is being used by right-wingers in Congress as a battleground on reproductive justice and much more.

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Star Parker and the Gosnell Controversy: She Still Doesn’t Get it

Star Parker.

The brutal truth is this: The people who are concerned with the abortion rate in the Black community are the reason that the abortion rate in the Black community is so high.

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Supreme Court Won’t Step Into Planned Parenthood Funding Fray—for Now

RAINN praised the recent SCOTUS ruling saying it was a step forward for rape survivors, but I disagree.

A decision to let stand a federal appeals court ruling that Indiana can’t defund Planned Parenthood is good news, but it isn’t necessarily a signal from the Roberts court that the issue is over.

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