June 2011
BREAKING: Judge stays abortion law that defunded... →
cognitivedissonance:
A federal judge has halted enforcement of a law cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and other entities that provide abortions.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Friday night means Planned Parenthood, which stopped serving its 9,300 Medicaid patients last week after running out of donated funds, can again see those patients. The judge...
This makes me sad :(
tablogs:
Obvious News of the Day: Abortion does not cause... →
While volunteering as a clinic escort, I have listened to anti-choice protesters try to scare patients by telling them that abortion causes breast cancer. They shout it all day long, and they even have it on the pamphlets they try to hand to people as they walk by the clinic. The pamphlet encourages people to visit the website abortionbreastcancer.com to get the 411. I was bored at my...
Flesh-Eating Cocaine Hits U.S. →
jtotheizzoe:
Careful with that 8-ball this weekend, ragers! A new report from the American Academy of Dermatology finds that 70% of cocaine in the U.S. is cut with levamisole, a veterinary de-worming drug that will rot off your flesh.
Also at that link, we learn that Russia has developed their own version of the “mountain meth-head”, and they are cooking up deadly opiates made of gasoline,...
Operators fear new Kansas abortion rules will shut... →
Kansas officials have taken only a few weeks to draft new abortion clinic regulations and plan to decide by July whether to give the state’s three existing clinics the licenses they need to continue operating, according to documents released Tuesday.
The top executive for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid Missouri said he’s concerned imposing the new regulations so quickly will force...
Pro tip: Jon Stewart calling out Fox "News" for...
“They shouldn’t have called it a Republican “debate.” It was really a contest to...”
– Progressives United for Change (via liberal-life)
Reblog This If You Support Gay Rights, I Want To...
kittenrawrz:
fluorescentbutterfly:
I support rights of all genders and sexualities, not specifically gay rights.
^^
Rick Santorum says he opposes abortion even in...
askavery:
Obama extends medical protections to same-sex... →
gaywrites:
On Friday, the Obama administration set new regulations extending Medicaid benefits to gay and lesbian couples.
In a letter to Medicaid directors, health administrators said states should recognize the benefits of same-sex marriages and unions, even though the Defense of Marriage Act doesn’t allow this at a federal level.
There’s a whole lot of jargon involved, as the letter and...
Sarah Palin Quotes (by teenage girls)
holdon4theride:
“I didn’t mess up about Paul Revere. Part of his ride was to warn the British...”
– SARAH PALIN, responding to Fox “News” host Chris Matthews Wallace asking her “You realize you messed up about Paul Revere, don’t you?” on Fox “News” Sunday.
Stupid is as Sarah Palin does.
(via the New York Post)
Indiana’s Anti-Choice Zealots See Poor Black Women... →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
From Colorlines:
While Indiana’s anti-abortion Republicans (and a select few Democrats) dig in their heels, thousands of people who use Medicaid to pay for birth control, STD testing and treatment, cervical cancer screening and breast exams are at risk.
Of the 85,030 women, men and young adults that Planned Parenthood Indiana (PPIN) served last year, 73...
Drink The Kool-Aid!: blissandzen: I don’t know... →
blissandzen:
I don’t know about y’all, but I have a certain affection for things like clean food, regular electrical service, effective sewer systems, potable water, transportation options, good police forces, access to fair courts, public health services, firemen, parks, and good schools….
