Debating over that bag of Funyuns or that Zagnut bar you think has been in the vending machine since 1998? A new requirement to include calorie information on said machines could help you make up your mind.
And now, some decidedly unterrible news in the ongoing gentleman's forum occurring inside America's ladyparts. A bill making its way through the Washington state legislature would require insurers to cover abortion services, like it would any other medical procedure.
Catholic universities have got their rosaries in a bunch over a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would require them to do something that makes the baby Jesus cry- outfit their students and employees with insurance plans that would cover hormonal birth control.
The IRS states breastfeeding doesn't have "enough health benefits to qualify as a form of medical care," says The Times, so you won't be able to use your new tax-free flexible spending account for breast pumps. Acne cream's okay!
"The average woman spends 30 years of her life trying to avoid getting pregnant." Well, when you put it that way. From that campaign we told you about, pushing for full coverage of birth control under health-care reform. Petition here.
Few to no Democratic candidates are touting the passage of health care reform this year, but here is the president of Planned Parenthood trying to rouse the base on its six-month anniversary, when many provisions go into effect.
Despite a push to have birth control co-pays eliminated by classifying hormonal contraceptives as preventative care under health care reform, no dice — at least not yet.
A British hospital apparently made some bank a few years ago by serving as the setting for a "big-budget" porn movie. The shooting took place on a closed but "fully-equipped" ward — insert jokes about "equipment" here. [Guardian]
Reversing Bush's oh-so-effective abstinence-only approach, healthcare reform allocates $375 million to teach teens comprehensive sex ed. One critic worries this will "normalize teen sexual activity," but — newsflash — it's already normal. [NYT]
WellPoint might be the most evil company in the country: they stand accused of systematically dropping women from their insurance policies once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Gregory Lee Giusti was arrested yesterday for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi and her husband, and now his mom says Fox News made him do it.
Whether this is a well-timed joke or not remains to be seen, but the Obama White House is hawking an official tee that reads "Health Reform is a BFD." No kidding. [Newser]
One unequivocally good thing about the new healthcare bill: it should reduce healthcare costs for women. But some people are still grumbling about "paying for everyone else's stupidity."
Darleen Click has posted what is possibly the most rage-inducing cartoon you will ever see over at Protein Wisdom. It depicts the aftermath of President Obama's sexual assault on the Statue of Liberty.
Now that Belle de Jour has been unmasked, the niche for anonymous prostitute/blogger is wide open. Helping to fill it is Las Vegas Courtesan, who has strong opinions on condoms, manners, and healthcare reform.
Name-calling, throwing things, even threatening to run away from home — many conservative responses to the healthcare bill sound a lot like a toddler's temper tantrum. Perhaps we can use some parenting tactics to deal with them.
Abortion rights groups have taken differing stands on the healthcare bill, with NOW decrying it and Planned Parenthood optimistically looking forward to changes. But one thing's for sure: abortion is back in the spotlight.
[Washington, March 22. Image via Getty]
How to address the 219-212 passage of a universal health-care reform bill that the President calls an answer to ‘the call of history'? Why, by talking about the pols' outfits, a la Singin in the Rain's "Beautiful Girls!"
