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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 […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5711, 5712, 5713, abortion, birth control, Cecile Richards, Komen, Margaret Sanger, Meghan Groen, men making health decisions for women, Mike Shirkey, Netroots Nation, Planned Parenthood, reproductive justice, sex for reproduction, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, women's health | 52 Comments

Competing versions of the “war on women” narrative

By Mark | March 22, 2012

While I’ve been persuaded by the likes of Chris Hedges that there are organizations more deserving of my financial support that MoveOn, every so often the organization does something that I think warrants attention. Today, I happened across a little video that they just released, featuring women reading some of the more reprehensible Republican quotes […]