If you’re anything like me, you might be wondering if somehow you’ve been transported back in time, to when family planning was inaccessible and abortion was illegal. Incredulously, it is 2011 – not 1950 – and here we are, fighting… Read More ›
Family planning
Women Around the Globe: News Roundup
A Saudi Arabian woman behind a social media campaign encouraging women to drive cars has been detained by authorities for her actions. See Jezebel. Hundreds of Ugandan women marched in a protest against rising food and fuel prices and recent… Read More ›
Senate Rejects House’s Attempt to Defund PPFA!
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… Read More ›
WaPo Gets It Right
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… Read More ›
Title X Update: House Sucks, Senate Has Hope
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… Read More ›
Title X No More?
In addition to trying their damnedest to eliminate abortion rights, the GOP has also launched an attack against Title X. What is Title X? Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) explains: The Title X Family Planning… Read More ›
