Tag Archives: war on women

Snyder signs anti-abortion omnibus bill, drastically reducing women’s reproductive options, and driving even more educated young women from Michigan

By Mark | December 28, 2012

Well, it looks like Governor Snyder did what many of us were fearing that he’d do… This afternoon, while most of us were at home, enjoying the holidays with our families, he signed the anti-abortion omnibus bill into law. The following is from the Daily Beast. Michigan women will face new obstacles to legal abortion [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Church and State, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Rants | Also tagged 5711, abortion, brain drain, Ed Rivet, HB 5711, Michigan Right to Life, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, Rebekah Warren, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Roe v. Wade, women's health, women's rights | 29 Comments

For those of you who were wondering what the Republican endgame would look like, just turn your attention toward Michigan, where women’s rights, gay rights, public education, and unions are all being systematically dismantled before our eyes, in one fell swoop

By Mark | December 7, 2012

Not only did both houses of Michigan’s Republican-controled legislature, with the aid of billionaire conservative activists like Dick DeVos and the Koch brothers, jam through controversial right-to-work legislation this afternoon, in violation of long-honored rules, as members of the public were forced from the Capitol by armed police and pro-labor protestors were assaulted with pepper [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Brandon Dillon, Dick DeVos, HB 4054, HB 4157, HB 4466, HB 5711, health care, Jeff Irwin, Koch brothers, public education, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Roger Kahn, threats to public education | 51 Comments

“Keep your hands off MI vagina”

By Mark | June 17, 2012

As you likely already know, Representative Lisa Brown was banned “indefinitely” from the floor of the Michigan House last week, when, in response to a coordinated, all-out Republican assault on women’s reproductive rights, she said, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.” The story, as it’s being related online, [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Barb Byrum, Dian Slavens, Eve Ensler, freedom of religion, Gretchen Whitmer, HB 5711, Jewish, Jim Stamas, Joan Bauer, Laura Hornshaw, Lisa Brown, Michigan House of Representatives, Planned Parenthood, Rashida Tlaib, Rebekah Warren, Roe v. Wade, Stacy Erwin Oakes, The Vagina Monologues, vagina, vasectomy, Vicki Barnett, women's health, women's rights | 19 Comments

Michigan House rushes though first of a series of bills restricting a woman’s reproductive freedom

By Mark | June 13, 2012

Remember how I told you, late last week, that Michigan legislators were considering a series of bills in the House that would effectively end abortion access, and seriously limit women’s reproductive options across the state? Well, it looks as though, despite the efforts of Planned Parenthood, and others, the first, and largest, of the three [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan | Also tagged abortion, HB 5711, Michigan House of Representatives, women's health | 61 Comments

The War on Women makes its way to Michigan

By Mark | June 7, 2012

I had the opportunity to hear Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, speak earlier this evening. She ended her speech by reminding people that, 96 years ago, Margaret Sanger was arrested for handing out information on birth control to poor, immigrant women in Brooklyn. Richards then mentioned that, last month alone, some 4.4 million [...]