Contraceptive Mandate 2012
Liberty Counsel Compares Contraception Mandate to Muslim Terrorism
Matt Barber says the Obama administration's contraception mandate is just like Muslim terrorists forcing people to kill members of their own family.
Religious Freedom or Religious Control? Employees Should Get to Decide Where Their Paychecks Go
by Christine Charbonneau, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW)
April 3, 2012 - 11:45pm (Print)
Health insurance should encourage heavy use of preventative care, and insure against medical bankruptcies. Pregnancies can go seriously wrong, and most wage earners cannot take an unexpected $75,000 hospital bill, in stride.
Phase III of the War on Contraception: Pretend It Was All A Dream
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
March 25, 2012 - 9:00pm (Print)
Unable to hide behind "religious liberty" and called out for using words like "slut" and "prostitute", anti-choicers are trying a third defense in the War on Contraception: Deny that it ever happened.
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Cuts to Title X? The Women of Miami County, Kansas Already Know What That Means
by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas
March 21, 2012 - 5:35pm (Print)
Title X defund to Planned Parenthood was to divert funding to local health departments. Proponents stated that the contraceptive needs of low-income women could be satisfactorily met through these providers. For the women of Miami County, Kansas, that theory is already proving false. The women of Miami County have been denied access to their contraception.
Follow Kari Ann Rinker on Twitter, @karivelvet
I Have Sex. And I Vote.
Lots of people take birth control pills because they are having sex and they don’t want to get pregnant. In fact, 86 percent of us take it at least in part because we want to be able to have sex and not get pregnant. Reproductive health, rights and justice advocates think it's a really good thing that women have autonomy over their bodies, their sexuality, and access to a full range of good choices about how to manage their fertility.
Limbaugh, Fluke, and Feminism: Did We "Rush" to Conclusions About Privilege, Sex, Race, and Class?
March 13, 2012 - 11:25am (Print)
Amidst the controversy around Rush Limbaugh and birth control coverage, there have been some missed opportunities to dive deeper into the underlying issues. What I had hoped (and continue to hope) for is space for a more nuanced discussion about privilege, sex and sexuality, and feminism.
Change The Birth Control Conversation from Theocratic to Democratic
March 13, 2012 - 8:22am (Print)
The fight against birth control coverage smacks of theocratic thinking – the notion that government ought to be ruled by or subject to religious authority. Clearly we need a much more inclusive conversation about religion and reproduction.
Limbaugh is Sorry for Calling Fluke a "Slut," But Why Were We ALL Sorry, Too?
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
March 8, 2012 - 8:59pm (Print)
This week’s back-and-forth over Rush Limbaugh’s use of the words “slut” and “prostitute” illustrates our deep discomfort with women’s sexuality.
Follow Marianne Møllmann on Twitter, @cluelesscamper
When They Say "It's Not About Birth Control," You Know... It's About Birth Control
by Christine Adams, St. Mary's College
March 8, 2012 - 8:54pm (Print)
The recent controversy over insurance coverage for contraception has vividly made the point that feminists have argued for years. The culture wars over reproductive rights never have been primarily about fetal personhood, the right to life, or now, religious freedom: they have always been about the control of women’s bodies and sexuality.
Jon Stewart on Rush Limbaugh: He's "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Gross"
