What do parents believe about their teenager's sex lives, and how does that compare to reality? The conventions make their pitches to women, and Texas Medicaid patients are set to lose access to gynecological care.
Trevor MacDonald, a trans father in Canada who has breastfed his son for over a year, was rejected by La Leche League as a volunteer leader because of his gender identity.
Remember when Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan was nominated to be Mitt Romney's running mate, and the media hounded him with questions about how he could handle campaigning and still take care of his young children? Actually, they didn't. But they are still hounding female candidates for office.
Yesterday in a packed auditorium at the Texas Department of State Health Services, legislators, doctors and other supporters of Planned Parenthood gathered to speak out--sometimes through tears--against proposed rules that would bar Planned Parenthood from participating in the state's Women's Health Program.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted a new hearing in Greater Pregnancy Concerns vs. City of Baltimore, the case in which a three-judge panel flouted common sense and the rules of civil procedure in its rush to rule in favor of the plaintiff Pregnancy Center on summary judgment and protect the Catholic Church's right to lie and deceive women.
According to the NIH, research indicates that the number of babies born with birth defects in places where Atrazine is sprayed is consistently higher in the months following its use. And the danger of Atrazine extends beyond physical imperfections in newborns.
