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Griswold is totally safe because no Republican legislative body would actually go after contraception access, yes? The Right To Contraception Act, sponsored by Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., would establish a right in federal law for individuals to obtain and use contraceptives. It would also affirm a right for health care providers to provide contraceptives and allow […]

Beyonce Voters

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On July 2, 2014
I’m not sure if this is code for “black” or code for “sluts.” Probably both. Single women are “Beyonce voters” who depend on the government in lieu of husbands to provide their birth control, according to one Fox News panelist. Jesse Watters made the comment Tuesday on “Outnumbered” during a discussion of the Supreme Court’s […]

Contraception: A Human Right

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On November 15, 2012
Once again, large swaths of the Republican Party oppose international definitions of basic human rights: For the first time, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) explicitly described family planning as a “universal human right.” In its annual report, the organization said that improved access to contraception and other methods of family planning could greatly improve the […]

Birth Control McCarthyism

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On March 15, 2012
Corey Robin has a very important post placing the rise of anti-birth control legislation within the context of the right to privacy and corporate control over our bodies and lives. Essentially, Robin’s argument here is that while Americans may be “free” in the sense that the state itself does not punish individuals for private beliefs […]

Keep On Implodin’

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On March 13, 2012

The Republican Party continues its implosion, this time by cranking up the war on women in North Carolina. In New Hanover County, county commissioners rejected a state grant for family planning servic

Republicans and Sex

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On March 7, 2012

Amanda Marcotte has an outstanding essay on how poorly the Republican Party understands American attitudes toward women and sex. In part: As for the second one, this is where the Republicans really mi

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