Is a question I’m not sure this society is equipped to address. However, the New York Times is almost ready to concede that his motivation has something to with anti-abortion politics. “I’m guilty. There’s no trial,” the accused mass killer Robert L. Dear Jr. told a startled courtroom here on Wednesday. “I’m a warrior for […]
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Or – An inquiry into the potential limits of “But the other guy is worse!” as a progressive political theory. And John Bel Edwards’ victory over David “Depends on Me
As a follow up to my initial response to the question of whether the progressive agenda is exhausted, I have a longer piece up about the major issues progressives are fighting for at various levels. I
Guilty on three counts of murder. My position on what this means obviously hasn’t changed. The summary is that using the Gosnell case as a pretext reason to restrict or ban safe abortions makes about as much sense as banning appendectomies because a surgeon committed Medicaid fraud.
Kirsten Powers attempts to advance the argument that the Gosnell case means that we should shut down abortion clinics that don’t act illegally. She inevitably fails miserably: Abortion rights ad
Roe v. Wade turns 40 today. This seems like a good opportunity to address some of the false things that are routinely said about it: Roe is unpopular. This is a particular favorite of Ben Wittes
As I mentioned below, yesterday Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a draconian abortion law that, among other things, effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks after conception. This law, like other attempts by state legislatures to ban pre-viability abortions, represents a substantial dilution of a woman’s right to choose. In addition, it’s worth noting that the […]
While yesterday provided a significant victory for progressive politics (and general ‘right thing to do’-ness), the forces of moral fascism reactionary citizenry continue unabated. In Kans
The Democrats signed off on this as part of their vaunted compromise rolling over and playing dead? The following is buried at the end of the NYT story linked above: District of Columbia officials e
Not even freedom-hating anti-choice wingnuts could fail to see the irony in this, unless they don’t understand history. Oh. Hang on. Poll at The Stranger here (update: correct link now) to vote this “the worst ad placement ever”. h/t Richard Elgar. One of the commenters in one of the threads I pursued to track down […]
Ross Douthat tries to defend ineffective and inequitable abortion criminalization policies: Whereas we know that when abortion was legalized in America in the early 1970s, the abortion rate went up dr
Bush’s new nominee to oversee family planning programs doesn’t like contraception; no surprise there. Ann notes that “pro-lifers” don’t really see anything in it for them