Still reeling from Todd Akin’s cringe-worthy claims about “legitimate rape,” the world gets to see rape being trivialized, yet again and again. In a sound bite from a 2011 interview which has recently garnered a lot of attention, Representative…
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Imagine walking down the halls in a new school. You’re wearing this season’s most popular shoes and a bracelet that your best friend from your last school made for you. Then someone bumps into you, you’re sent flying into a […]
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Even though it’s been 39 years since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States, it is still a hotly debated issue—even more so in 2011 than in other recent year. In a move that Prochoiceamerica.org is calling “The […]
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May 22nd is Harvey Milk Day—a day when we pause to remember the first openly gay man elected to public office. This really got me thinking about the possibility of one day having a gay president. Check out this excerpt […]
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The debate over defunding Planned Parenthood hasn’t cooled much in the month after my March blog post. Since then, House Republicans and Democrats have continued to struggle to resolve the dispute, and it was one of the major conflicts that […]
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Birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing and, yes, abortion are vitally important health care services. Planned Parenthood makes sure millions of people—including many who are young and uninsured—receive these services. Planned Parenthood…
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