Tag Archives: women's health
“Yo, Rush, my eyes are up here”
TweetRush Limbaugh’s apology disappoints, but does not surprise. The non-apology to Sandra Fluke says, essentially, that Limbaugh misspoke with his “whore” analogy but still objects to funding someone’s recreational sex. First, let it be noted that when I call Limbaugh a boil on the body politic, it is both a metaphor and an insult. Limbaugh [...]
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So, Texas banned all abortion affiliates from receiving funding
TweetCross-posted on my blog. It’s the 21st century and somehow I’ve found myself living in the Christian States of America. And yes, you read the subject line correctly. At the direction of lawmakers and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Texas Health and Human Services commissioner signed a rule on Thursday that formally bans Planned [...]
The birth control debate: enough is enough
TweetOurs has always been a male-driven society, and women, for far too long, have been controlled by a patriarchy all too willing to maintain its dominance. But strong and visionary women have fought long and hard to secure fundamental rights for women in our society, vastly improving the well-being not only of women, but of [...]
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Why I Will Never Wear Another Pink Ribbon
TweetI woke up today to the news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation had moved to defund Planned Parenthood affiliates, withholding funds that have helped Planned Parenthood clinics across the country offer accessible and affordable mammograms and early breast cancer detection to lower-income and underinsured women since 2005. Like many other women across the country, [...]
My Response to Rush Limbaugh