Colorado Independent, August 30, 2012 by Sofia Resnick On a Friday morning in September 2005, 22-year-old Brittany Wilson sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic a mile away from her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., and bawled her eyes out. Ten days before, she had called the clinic to schedule an abortion. Three days before her […]
August 27, 2012
The Progressive, August 27, 2012 by Ruth Conniff Paul Ryan’s views are just as extreme as Todd Akin’s. Before he became famous for his budget plan, Ryan began his political career as a creature of Wisconsin’s pro-life movement. When he first ran for Congress from Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1998, Paul Ryan sought the endorsement of […]
June 17, 2012
Capitol Times, June 17. 2012 by Jessica Vanegeren Coming off a legislative session in which anti-abortion advocates claimed several policy victories while Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin saw its funding and breadth of services cut back, emboldened right-to-life forces are at work on a new set of policy proposals that would further curb women’s access to […]
May 22, 2012
NARAL Pro-Choice, May 22, 2012 PRESS RELEASE Law signed by Governor Scott Walker limits options for women facing unintended or untenable pregnancies. Madison, WI – Last month, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced it would suspend providing medication abortion in response to Act 217, a law adding vague, unnecessary, and intrusive restrictions for abortion providers and […]
May 22, 2012
Huffington Post, May 22, 2012 by Laura Bassett Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will introduce legislation on Wednesday that would defund Planned Parenthood, adding his state to a list of four others that have pending bills to strip public funds from the family planning provider. Metcalfe’s bill, the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act, […]
May 19, 2012
New York Times, May 19, 2012 by Despite the persistent gender gap in opinion polls and mounting criticism of their hostility to women’s rights, Republicans are not backing off their assault on women’s equality and well-being. New laws in some states could mean a death sentence for a pregnant woman who suffers a life-threatening condition. […]
May 16, 2012
Orlando Sentinel, May 16, 2012 by Susannah Randolph Let there be no doubt that the Republican war on women is coordinated, intentional and dangerous. The first battles began in state legislatures, and what most people don’t know is that the GOP‘s war on women has been quietly raging for years. Like a stealth attack, model, […]
May 11, 2012
Jezebel, May 11, 2012 by Erin Gloria Ryan No matter what you call this golden era in American legislating — the War on Women, the Imaginary War on Caterpillars, Tamponaroo — 2012 is, for better or worse, an exciting/harrowing time to have female anatomy, or to be a guy who enjoys having sexual relations with […]
May 10, 2012
Yahoo! Shine, May 7, 2012 by Lylah M. Alphonse It sounds like something that would expand access to family planning and women’s health services, but the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act actually ends funding for cancer screenings, birth control, and HIV testing if they’re provided by an organization that also offers abortion services. That […]
April 28, 2012
WEAU 13, April 28, 2012 MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) — Across the nation and even in Wisconsin, hundreds of women are expressing their frustration through rallies and marches. It’s against what they call the “War on Women.” Around the capitol in Madison, supporters rallied at the “Unite Against the War on Women” event. Democratic candidate for […]
April 28, 2012
The Cap Times, April 28, 2012 Thousands of women and men will be gathering Saturday at Wisconsin’s Capitol to challenge Gov. Scott Walker’s repeated attacks on the rights of women. Walker is a militant in this regard, He has signed laws undermining reproductive rights protections. He has signed laws undermining pay equity protections. He has […]
April 25, 2012
National Right to Life, April 25, 2012 by Barbara L. Lyons Time for some woman-to-woman talk. Because we women are under siege, or so we are told, and it is our votes that the creators of the phony “war on women” (WOW) want to garner, let’s talk facts. Proponents of abortion state that abortion is […]
April 25, 2012
USA Today, April 25, 2012 by Chuck Raasch New restrictions on abortion are sweeping through legislatures from Virginia to Arizona, and voters in some states could see proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots that would define life as beginning at conception. The 2012 anti-abortion push is not as heavy as last year, when legislators in […]
April 24, 2012
Huffington Post, April 24, 2012 by Dave Helfert Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu said, “All war is deception.” In 2012, Republicans have gone him one better. They’re denying the existence of a war while they’re actively waging it. The Republican War on Women. That’s what Democrats call an onslaught of legislation in state […]
April 20, 2012
Channel3000.com, April 20, 2012 MADISON, Wis. – Planned Parenthood suspends nonsurgical abortions A new Wisconsin law that could lead to criminal charges for doctors who perform abortions is prompting Planned Parenthood to suspend nonsurgical abortions. RU-486, an artificial steroid that helps terminate pregnancy, will no longer be an option for Wisconsin women looking to terminate […]
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