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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.

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Susan B. Anthony List Continues Supporting Women in Politics by Scheduling Another Male Keynote

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Texas Republicans Don’t Act on Threats Against Repro Rights, and That’s Called Harmony?

On Saturday, Virginia Republicans nominated for attorney general state Sen. Mark Obenshain, who sponsored a 2009 bill that in one iteration would have made it a crime not to report "fetal death" within 24 hours.

Virginia AG Candidate Sponsored ‘Fetal Death’ Bill for Women Who Miscarry or Deliver Stillborns

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