The
GOP calls it a “manufactured” idea but recent actions all lead to the War on Women
and groups throughout the United States are preparing to make our voices know.
In my hometown of Pueblo, Colo., we are staging protests to counter anti-choice
fanatics by out local Planned Parenthood.
We
have planned a symposium which will discuss several areas in which women are still
poorly represented and even discriminated on. The War on Women is real, and
with women holding a majority of voters in this country we should be screaming
back for male legislators to keep their business away from our business.
Even
though the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the
dreadful Citizens United decision
it may come to this: incorporate
your uterus.
Good
news out of Florida as
the state becomes the first in the South to end the practice of shackling
pregnant inmates in labor. The bad news is 35 states still shackle women in
custody during labor.
More
good news: teen pregnancy rates
are down to record lows thanks in large
part to the successful use of contraception. More bad news: Republicans
continue to push for a return to abstinence-only sex education.
If
at first you don’t succeed, try jamming a “heartbeat” abortion
ban through a different committee.
That’s the GOP way in Mississippi apparently.
In
Arizona the Republican controlled House passed a 20 week abortion
ban that outlaws abortions at 20 weeks
gestation rather than 20 weeks post-fertilization. The bill now goes to Gov.
Jan Brewer (R) for signature.
In
Oklahoma, the push for personhood could end up becoming a direct challenge to
Roe v. Wade. But not all conservatives think
this is a good idea.
Sen.
Mitch McConnell insists there is no War on Women and cites a host of his female
Republican colleagues as proof. The problem with McConnell’s evidence is that
each Republican he cites has publicly criticized her party for attacking women
and contraception. Oops.
Sony
may be supporting anti-choice “crisis pregnancy centers” by distributing the
anti-choice movie “October Baby.” A portion of the profits from the film go to
funding these groups. Let them know that’s
not acceptable.
People
in Kansas are standing up for
contraception after the state has stripped
funding of critical family planning programs.
With
Rick Santorum exiting the presidential race will the attacks on women’s rights
slow down? Not likely with these guys still
around.
The
Seattle City Council on Monday made it illegal for
businesses and other entities to ask nursing mothers to stop, cover up or move
to a different location in public areas, confirming that feeding children in
public really shouldn’t be a big deal.
