Republicans, in an attempt to see Roe v. Wade rolled back, have been aggressively working within state legislatures to pass restrictive anti-abortion laws that they know will be challenged in the courts, with the hope being that one of these cases might make its way all the way up to the Supreme Court, where the […]
Tag Archives: women’s health
Alabama shows us the Republican endgame for women’s health policy
Posted in Civil Liberties, Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, abortion rights, Alabama, anti-abortion, Doug Jones, Human Life Protection Act, incest, Kay Ivey, Pat Robertson, pro choice, rape, Roe v. Wade, sexism, Supreme Court, women's health 34 Comments
Planned Parenthood and the campaign to get Susan Collins to do the right thing
Planned Parenthood isn’t fucking around… This afternoon, the respected, 102 year old reproductive health care organization launched an aggressive, six-figure ad campaign in Maine directed at Senator Susan Collins, one of two pro-choice Republicans who presently stand between anti-abortion Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court. The first ad in the campaign, which features a […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Health, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion rights, Alaska, anti-abortion, Brett Kavanaugh, bribes, Donald Trump, Leana Wen, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, NARAL, old white men making decisions on women's health, pro choice, reproductive rights, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, women's health 29 Comments
Who are the women in the new Historical Women of Ypsilanti mural?
A few days ago I posted an interview here with Ypsi High art teacher Lynne Settles about a new mural on the subject of local women’s history that she and her students had been working on in downtown Ypsilanti. Well, as the formal unveiling of the piece is set to take place tomorrow at 6:00 […]
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Allie Louise DeHazen, Almeda Morton, Anna Chalmers Alexander Knaggs, Brown Chapel, Carolyn King, civil rights, Douglas Jones, Dr. Helen Walker McAndrew, Isa Stewart, Little League, Louis Artis, Lynne Settles, Mary Eleanor Delany (McCoy), Maude Forbes, murals, public art, slavery, title nine, Wealtha Sherman, women's health, women's history 4 Comments