Category Archives: War on Women
How to block abortions without making them illegal
The state of Mississippi has only one abortion clinic. Just one. Lawmakers who want even that one closed may have found a way to do it. First, they passed a series of laws that were so difficult to comply with … Continue reading
War against all who are not white males?
Rachel Maddow posted it and Juanita Jean echoed it. Here’s a picture of all the chairs of the House Committees. Juanita Jean’s commenters came out in fine style. Aggieland liz said, “I know a song about ‘A Whiter Shade of … Continue reading
How can they be so ignorant?
Rep. Joe Walsh told reporters on October 18, 2012 that there should be no exceptions to a “no abortion” law. “There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing”…” … Continue reading
Whose life is more important?
A woman has died in Ireland because she was refused an abortion for a baby she was already miscarrying. She went into a hospital on Sunday with terrible back pain. She was 17 weeks pregnant and the doctors told her … Continue reading
Emergency Contraception after Rape should be a Right for All Women
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock stated the opinion that women who were impregnated by rape must carry their children because he believes all life is sacred, but he’s only looking at the life of the child and not the … Continue reading
Promising one thing during the campaign, but doing the opposite after election
I found an article talking about Mitt Romney performing seriously extreme acts in the name of his faith. Later he made serious promises when on the campaign trail for Governor, but completely reversed those stances after election, even cutting short … Continue reading
Accusing the victim: international version
I don’t think the police expected her to file a complaint, but after she was raped by two policemen in her car in Tunis, while a third policeman dragged her fiance to an ATM to extort money from them, the … Continue reading
When women are blamed for being attacked.
I came across an article in CNN. A social media post was released by the Shanghai, China, metro showing a scantily-clad woman saying that women dressed this way invite sexual harassment and should expect it. The warning came after there … Continue reading
Inciting Violence, Part 2
It was a radio personality this time. He wanted to stop a bus full of nuns and pistol whip them for making a comment with which he disagreed. He has since, according to his website, apologized to the nuns. I … Continue reading
If you don’t believe in the “War on Women,” don’t read this.
I came across this wonderful YouTube post today. There is nothing unsafe about the visual. However, it is NOT work safe in the audio. As an additional warning, I was totally unable to watch it without letting out a loud … Continue reading