I know some of you don’t care for Slate, but this deserves to be shared. Emily Rapp disagrees with Rick Santorum: … If I had known Ronan had Tay-Sachs (I met with two genetic counselors and had every standard prenatal test available to me, including the one for Tay-Sachs, which did not detect my rare …
Civil Rights
Another (Small) Victory: Alabama Backs Off State-Sanctioned Rape
This just in: A lawmaker in Alabama is backing off a provision that would have required women in his state to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound before getting an abortion — similar to a much-maligned measure in Virginia that was also eventually scrapped. State Sen. Clay Scofield (R) submitted a bill last week that would have …
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Base, How Low Can You Go?
What you saw: What they saw: C’mon, wingnuts, quit nancying around and just call them sluts. Remember the good old days when the Republicans were all up in arms about outsiders getting in between patients and their doctors? At any rate, the reason Santorum and the rest of the clown car parade in the GOP …
Don’t Worry, We’ll Figure Out If You are a Real Human Soon Enough
This is what happens when you treat civil and human rights like a political issue: As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state’s two-year-old law allowing gay couples to wed. A repeal bill …
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Say It Over and Over Again
Some panty sniffer at the Daily Caller keeps count (via) of the number of times Rachel Maddow says “vagina” or “vaginal” on her show, and his report on the site is accompanied by a loop of Rachel saying those words. His critique? She uses that word in a similar way that Keith Olbermann uses “sir”. …
Late Night Open Thread: Barney Frank “Endorses” Rick Santorum
(via ThinkProgress) … because “I think we can beat Santorum even if the Devil stays out of it.” Representative Frank always gives good interview, bless him. If your dead soul stern personal philosophy forbids you to take pleasure in other peoples’ wedding plans, the relevant question is at the 3:50 mark.
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#WaronWomen: Pennsylvania State-Sanctioned Rape Law is Most Cruel Yet
Pennsylvania is going all-in on the War on Women. Like Alabama, it requires your urgent attention. HB 1077 faces a full vote in mid-March. Call or email Governor Corbett. Sign this petition. (Pennsylvanianians, search for and call your representative.) Yes, I mixed my metaphors, but do you really want me to make an “all-in/poker/vagina” joke? …
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