Thanks to the phenomenon of social media, images of State Senator Wendy Davis' emotion-packed filibuster in Austin, Texas last month quickly ricocheted around the world. Thousands upon thousands followed the action live and, ever since,...
When we're questioning the Republican War on Women, are we ignoring the bigger picture? ?
In 1973 The Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade and settled the debate over abortion. Doing so provided a framework...
Is it possible that American feminism was born out of the same battle-scarred breath that gave birth to the country? The courage and valor, the feistiness and thrust for freedom that we see across the...
Where have all the feminists gone? They may be popping up in the next generation, tuning in to a different sensibility for equality than any generation before them. They may exist right under your own...
Rachel Maddow Gets These Republicans To Admit Support For State-Forced Vaginal Ultrasound (VIDEO)
The Liberal
Rachel Maddow laid out the case in the abortion debate very succinctly on Meet The Press with David Gregory. In effect she made former South Carolina and current Heritage Foundation president Senator Jim DeMint look...
In the wake of Wendy Davis' filibuster against Texas' abortion bill, conservatives have been grasping at straws for reasons to justify this latest abortion ban.
One popular rationale is the case of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia...
Lace Up Your Pink Shoes, Wendy Davis – Perry’s Called Another Session On Abortion (UPDATE)
Joseph Guyer
Last night's victory was dubious at best. Wearing her now-iconic pink tennis shoes, Texas state Senator Wendy Davis' hours-long filibuster, coupled with protesters' deafening chants and cheers, managed to?prevent the Senate from voting on Senate...
The United States has seen a backwards slide of a woman's right to choose what she does with her body. Many states have adopted waiting periods before a woman can legally get an abortion. Many...
Just minutes after midnight on Wednesday, June 26, thousands of online spectators, myself included, watched in horror as the Texas Senate lost whatever credibility it might have had when it attempted to change the official...
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Show your support for Texas women who are trying to defeat #SB60 today by tweeting the 120 members of the 83rd Legislature who are on Twitter. (Source: The Texas Tribune)
Texas women man not win this...
The GOP is still trying to figure out how it will return to?dominance on a national scale after the 2012 elections. Some believe that they should have run a presidential candidate that was less of...
With all of the drama about birth control, I thought sharing a few funny quotes would be a relief. Here you go!
1. A crying baby is the best form of birth control. ~Carole Tabron
2. Condoms...
A Fox News commentator sparked outrage on Wednesday. A comment was made during the live broadcast on the Fox News program "The Five" that suggested that women who are victims of domestic violence "should simply...
Two prominent Arizona Republicans have spoken out on women's abortion rights recently: John McCain and his daughter, Meghan McCain.
In a November 25th interview with Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace, John McCain was frank about...