The attacks on Planned Parenthood are still technically being justified with glib references to abortion, but the reality---that this is an attack on contraception---is so obvious many anti-choicers are failing to hide it well.
Are women getting too many pelvic exams? Recent medical opinion suggests yes. Also, a far right group gets Bachmann to sign a mind-boggling pledge, and women in Oakland object to racist billboards.
Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus run clinics that focus, in part, on anti-gay therapy, marital counseling and other issues. Marcus Bachmann portrays himself as a trained therapist. It now appears that their "christian counseling" services take a page from crisis pregnancy centers.
During a year of awful loss and trying times, it would be easy—even understandable—to dwell on the bad times right now. But instead, I want to tell my wife I love her.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill entitled the “Stop Deceptive Advertising in Women’s Services Act” (SDAWS), which would crack down on clinics (so-called crisis pregnancy centers) which falsely advertise themselves as a honest providers of information and services for women facing unintended and untenable pregnancies.
