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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care, Congress and the Inquisition
It’s pure torture:Reviewing the House Health Care plan By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2009 See ‘Healthcare-NOW on the House Health Care bill,’ Below. In his excellent review in TheRag Blog, Alex Knight discussed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Religious Freedom, Women
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Republicans : Hypocrisy as a Pre-Existing Condition
Republican Chairman Michael Steele says abortion coverage has been removed from the party’s insurance policy.Republican Party insurance policyHas covered abortion for eighteen yearsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2009 A few days ago, 176 Republicans joined … Continue reading
Stupak Amendment : Rolling Back Women’s Rights
The House Health Care bill:Compromising away women’s rights Women put Obama in office; now we have to call in our chips. By Barbara J. Berg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2009 The thunderous applause greeting the announcement of … Continue reading
Preventing Abortion : Contraception More Successful than Laws
Sign in Katmandu, Nepal: “Safe Abortion Service avbailable. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday to Friday. Charge 1,000 rupees.” The hospital is run by the government. Photo by Binod Joshi / AP.Guttmacher survey of 197 countries:Making abortion illegal doesn’t … Continue reading
Mexico : Church and Macho Politicos Wage War on Women
Photo of graffiti from Mejilla Hyde.Catholic Church and macho politicosWage war on Mexico’s women ‘Get your rosaries out of our ovaries!’ By John Ross / The Rag Blog / October 13, 2009 MEXICO CITY — “Sacan Sus Rosarios De Nuestras … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Catholic Church, John Ross, Mexico, Misogyny, Women
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Judy Gumbo Albert : My Body. My Story.
Flowers outside the Women’s Health Care Services abortion clinic, scene of the murder of Dr. George Tiller on May 31, 2009, in Wichita, Kansas. Photo by Kelly Glasscock / Reuters.My body, my story: In memory of Dr. George Tiller We … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Judy Gumbo Albert, Peace Movement, Sixties, Women, Yippies
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Bishop Takes Pawn : The Real Meaning of ‘Pro-Life’
U.S. Catholic bishops listening to Pope Benedict XVI. Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images. The present effort to politicize the church and marginalize pro-choice will drive away more of the flock and quickly shed the intellectual credibility it so … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – David Rovics
Another doctor who provided abortions has been murdered in the US, this time in Kansas. He had already been shot back in 1993. Google Dr. George Tiller and you’ll find out lots more. In the Name of God I woke … Continue reading
Scott Roeder : The Anti-Abortion Zealotry of the Radical Right
Right wing militant Scott Roeder, accused of murdering Dr. George Tiller. Photo from Sedgwick County Jail. The [right wing] nationalists, including a more virulent white nationalist extreme, are gathering strength and getting bold, even though they are still a militant … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Anti-Semitism, Christian Right, Extremism, Right Wing, White Supremacists
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Austin’s ‘Mary House’ : From a Real ‘Pro-Life’ Catholic Worker
I fear that the most recent murder of an abortion doctor will inflame the hatred and zeal of these people, who in private and public will try to justify the murders of abortionists. By Lynn Goodman-Strauss / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Murder is Murder and Abortion is Not
A sign commemorating George Tiller at a candlelight vigil in Wichita, Kansas, where Dr Tiller was murdered on Sunday. Photo by Joe Stumpe / AFP/Getty. I recognize that some other religious traditions do claim it is murder, but I both … Continue reading
Ralph Solonitz : Pro Life?
Political cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2009. [Ralph Solonitz’ cartoons also appear at MadasHellClub.net.]The Rag Blog
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Bill O'Reilly, Cartoon, Political Satire
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