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Animation: Boehner vs. Women

Scott Bateman | Posted 07.04.2012 | Comedy
Read More: War on Women, John Boehner, GOP War on Women, Planned Parenthood Defunding, Satire, Women's Health, Gop, Ultrasound Bill, John Boehner War on Women, Comedy, Planned Parenthood, Comedy News
Scott Bateman

You guys, you can relax -- there's no GOP war against women! John Boehner says so in this clip I've animated and annotated.

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Help, Help! There's an Elephant in My Uterus. Permission Slips from Men for Abortion?

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: Women's Rights, Alaska Ultrasound, Ultrasound Bill, Health Care, Forced Ultrasound, Alaska Republicans, Roe v. Wade, Alaska Abortion, Rep. Alan Dick, Abortion, War on Women, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health, Alaska, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

Alaska has become the latest state to fall victim to the Republican War on Women. One legislator even wants women to get a permission slip signed by the man who impregnated her before she can have an abortion.

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WATCH: Maddow Defends Controversial Cartoon

Posted 03.13.2012 | Media
Read More: Garry Trudeau, Rachel Maddow Abortion, Garry Trudeau Doonesbury, Doonesbury, Rachel Maddow, Abortion Rights, Texas Sonogram Law, Doonesbury Garry Trudeau, Ultrasound Bill, Rachel Maddow MSNBC, Video, Media News

Rachel Maddow defended the controversial "Doonesbury" comic strip making headlines this week, and referred to some newspapers as "cowardly" for decidi...

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Constitution Check: How Far Can States Go to Dictate Medical Procedures?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 05.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Election 2012, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Virginia Ultrasound Bill, Ultrasound Bill, Sonogram Bill, Ultrasound Bill Consitutional, Politics News
Lyle Denniston

As long ago as the late 19th Century, the Supreme Court began recognizing that it would be an illegal assault to require an individual to undergo a medical procedure without that person's consent.

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Laura Bassett

Virginia Ultrasound Bill Passes In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Virginia, Video, Virginia Ultrasound Bill, Tim Kaine, Bob Mcdonnell Virginia, Bob Mcdonnell, Mandatory Ultrasound, Transvaginal Ultrasound, Ultrasound Bill, Abortion Rights Advocates, Virginia Ultrasounds, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Virginia House of Delegates passed on Wednesday a revised version of a GOP-sponsored informed consent bill that would require women ...

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