I know, it feels like a nightmare replaying over and over again. HR3, one of the most anti-woman pieces of legislation in Congress right now, is up for a vote tomorrow. As a refresher, here’s HR3 in a nutshell: It manipulates the tax code to push forward an anti-choice — and anti-woman — agenda It… [Read more…]
March 9, 2011
Hats off to the Senate, which today rejected the House’s budget proposal that aimed to defund Planned Parenthood and family planning. WOO HOO! According to an action alert I received from NARAL Pro-Choice America, the organization is planning a national lobby day as the War on Women continues: Believe me, this is not over –… [Read more…]
March 4, 2011
In the midst of his myriad attacks on women, Boehner somehow has the time to also go after gay marriage. According to the AP: House Speaker John Boehner says he’s launching a legal defense of the federal law against gay marriage. The Ohio Republican announced Friday that he was convening a bipartisan legal advisory group… [Read more…]
March 3, 2011
Today, the House Judiciary Committee celebrated Women’s History Month by passing the vile piece of legislation known as HR3 out of committee. It will now proceed to the House for a full vote. According to Talking Points Memo, 22 Republicans and one Democrat (Puerto Rico Del. Pedro Pierluisi) voted to approve HR3 in committee. In… [Read more…]
March 2, 2011
Quick Hit: Hillary Clinton on the Global War on Women’s Health, Feministing Truth in Pregnancy Counseling, New York Times High Court Urged to Give Wal-Mart Women a Hearing, Women’s eNews Status of Women Measured by White House — But Then What?, On The Issues Is Anyone Afraid of Senate Democrats?, Huffington Post Beck Suggests Raped… [Read more…]
February 23, 2011
In her Washington Post article today, “Side Effects of the GOP’s War on Family Planning,” Ruth Marcus hits the nail on the head. Even the first sentence is perfection: House Republicans voted to increase the number of abortions, raise federal health-care costs and swell the welfare rolls. Marcus goes on to beautifully articulate what so… [Read more…]
February 22, 2011
I think by now we’re all intimately familiar with the assault on women’s right to choose. In the midst of all this, however, Obama has rescinded Bush’s conscience rules. According to Ms. Magazine’s Feminist Wire Daily: On Friday, the Obama administration rescinded the “conscience” rules, first instituted under the Bush administration, that granted protections to… [Read more…]
February 18, 2011
Today WAS going swell. It’s a beautiful day outside and I got fixings to make chocolate chip cookies. Then I heard: the House passed the Pence bill, officially de-funding Title X. I realize that it’s very easy to be an arm-chair activist, to let others speak for you. But I — along with millions of… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
When I started sherights, I had no intention of making abortion the central issue of this site. But these damn anti-choicers have left me no other choice (pun intended). There’s just too much anti-abortion news for me to individually cover today, so here is a good round-up: H.R. 358 is Part of House Republican Leadership… [Read more…]
February 15, 2011
Well in today’s you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me news, South Dakota has introduced a bill expanding “justifiable” homicide to include killings intended to prevent harm to fetuses. This, then, could make it legal to murder abortion providers. Mother Jones has the full scoop: The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote,… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011
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