By CAP Action War Room The Latest Ploy in The Ongoing Attack on Women’s Health Women’s access to basic health care continues to be under attack at both the state and federal level. The most recent threat came this week when Republican
BY TARA CULP-RESSLER “House Republicans Are Pushing A Bill That Would Force The IRS To Audit Rape Victims” PHOTO CREDIT: AP PHOTO/MIKE GROLL House Republicans are currently advancing the “No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act,” or HR 7, a measure that would
By Tara Culp-Ressler on Jul 12, 2013 at 4:08 pm On Friday afternoon, the Texas Senate will vote on a package of abortion restrictions that Republican lawmakers have been attempting to push through a special session. After State Sen. Wendy Davis (D-TX)
Our reproductive rights are still in danger. By Kathleen Robin Joyce Good news for advocates of sensible birth control policy: The Obama administration announced that it’s dropping the fight to impose an age restriction on sales of Plan B One-Step, the emergency contraception pill. Reproductive
Earlier this week, the Republicans in Congress (including NV2’s Mark Amodei) voted for passage of yet another bill limiting a woman’s reproductive rights. It not only would shorten the time frame during which a woman could choose to end a pregnancy, but
Today, our congressional representative, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV2), essentially declared WAR on the women of Nevada by voting FOR passage of HR1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, authored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ). This onerous bill bans abortions after 20 weeks,
A few legislators want to weaken Nevada’s strong laws protecting reproductive freedom, and they’re doing it by claiming they’re protecting religion. The Religious Freedom Preservation bill (Senate Bill 192), which passed in the Senate and is now in the Assembly, would allow
— by ThinkProgress War Room | Mar 27, 2013 Recently, we discussed some of the terrible bills floating around out there in state legislatures. Here’s another look at some of the worst proposals, including a couple that were signed into law this week: NORTH
by Robert Reich We’re still legislating and regulating private morality, while at the same time ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America. In recent weeks Republican state legislators have decided to thwart the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in “Roe
North Dakota Becomes First State To Ban All Abortions By Defining Life At Conception By Tara Culp-Ressler on Mar 22, 2013 at 3:00 pm North Dakota lawmakers voted on Friday afternoon to pass a “personhood” abortion ban, which would endow fertilized eggs
