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The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com

“The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.”
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN
via The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com.

Birth of a Surgeon ~ Full Episode | Wide Angle

Brilliant video of the training of midwives in sub-Saharan Africa in life-saving surgical techniques, such as Cesareans and hysterectomies. One in 22 women there dies in childbirth. More than 600,000 women die every year in childbirth worldwide.
“WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique, where a bold grassroots initiative to train midwives in advanced life-saving surgery has [...]

SU – WI: Judge jails mother over daughters refusal to visit father | NowPublic News Coverage

The mother in this case will be held indefinitely in jail because she does not force her daughter to visit her abusive father. Child Protective Services substantiated sexual abuse by the father against the girl and he has a long history of domestic violence. Fathers should and do have rights. Abusers should not.
“On November 12, [...]

Why the Stupak Amendment to the Healthcare Reform Bill Is Unconstitutional

Could this be the tip of the iceberg of unintended consequences of federalized health care? Health insurers have long prevented the infertile from having coverage for their disease, forcing us to pay out of pocket for necessary health care. There is no legitimate reason to do this except bowing to the stigmatization of an “unpopular,” [...]

I-Team: Former Weatherman Accused of Stalking – Las Vegas Now

Yikes! Personality disorder on display. What’s black is white and white is black. Notice the projection: He’s accusing her of stalking. I bet a lot of women prior to this one were intimidated and not believed when they talked about him. Scary.
“LAS VEGAS –John Fredericks had a 12-year career on the Las Vegas airwaves and [...]

Reform Matters – Making Real Progress for Women and Health Care

Women have an especially difficult time accessing health care due to discriminatory practices that are currently legal. Here’s a pdf developed by the National Women’s Law Center that describes what health care reform would mean to women in Nevada: Nevada Health Care Reform Fact Sheet
For more information and state-by-state analyses of what HR [...]

a little pregnant: New rule: Don’t read comments, ever

“Every time someone declares that infertile people should accept their lot in life and adopt, they should be required by law to adopt a child themselves. To put their money where their mouth is. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? I hear it’s a piece of cake.
And every time someone says that infertile [...]

Think Progress » National Review’s John Derbyshire: Women Should Not Have The Right To Vote

DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.
COLMES: We’d be a better country if women didn’t vote?
DERBYSHIRE: Probably. Don’t you think so?
COLMES: No, I do not think so [...]

Behind the closed doors on C Street – Las Vegas Sun

Behind the closed doors on C Street – Las Vegas Sun.

We need to “unchoose” Ensign and the other wacko, amoral monsters who think rape victims are Jezebels and child rapists—if they are part of “The Family”—can be excused because they are bound for power and glory. This is the most perverse belief system short of [...]

SARAH PALIN CALLED A FAMILY MEETING AND THE RABBIT LIVED… « Margaret and Helen

God I love Helen Philpot.
SARAH PALIN CALLED A FAMILY MEETING AND THE RABBIT LIVED… « Margaret and Helen.