From a tragic case in Massachusetts has emerged a rule affirming women’s fundamental personhood: “All births, regardless of venue, carry inherent risks; in the ordinary course, competent women who are pregnant may weigh these risks themselves and make decisions about the course of their own pregnancies and childbirths.”
The Republican Senator is breaking from his party ranks to support allowing access to abortion for women in the military who have been victims of sexual assault.
The spokesperson for the Michigan Speaker of the House said the punishment wasn't because the women used "vulgar" words but because they were too emotional.
The Texas Department of State Health Services Council met this week to push forward the potential adoption of new abortion reporting requirements drafted at the best of one rogue, anti-choice legislator, but the opposition from pro-choice Texans is finally gaining steam.
At Netroots Nation congressional candidate Darcy Burner encouraged the Left to being playing offense on the War of Women by supporting women who tell their abortion stories, but challenging the cultural narrative about abortion shouldn't be a burden that rests solely on the sholders of women who have had them.
The main portion of Michigan's anti-abortion "super-bill"--HB 5711--passed through the state House easily on Wednesday, by a vote of 70-39. All of the 64 Republican representatives, as well as 6 Democrats, voted in favor of the bill.
Unhappy with the "lack of decorum" the women of the Michigan House showed by opposing their anti-abortion "super-bill," leaders are now punishing them for speaking out.
