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more about #reproductivehealth more comments → lalaland13: Oh god I read both links and now my head shall explode. So some private plans cover abortion, but Medicaid doesn't and the Hyde Amendment isn't about ... more » J.D.Regent: FUCKING STANDING OVATION. 1. WHEN are we gonna see some RICO action up on these Operation Rescue types and the sleazy politicians and "journalists" in... more » Lin-Z [linguist on duty]: I have a fun game. Everytime someone complains about how much money abortion doctors are making, substitute "republican talking head" for "abortion do... more » sybann: Oh Tucker - it's called WORKING and most people earn money so they can live doing this sort of thing called work (pro: werk). Tool. more » Alexandra Bonomo: First I just want to point out that Doctors in many fields don't make much money, and often have to fight with insurance companies to get paid at all.... more » NefariousNewt: Gee, I have a blog and I comment on blogs -- why can't I get paid for my relatively cogent opinions, when yahoos like Tucker and company get paid for ... more » fauxfruit: If I got pissed at everyone who made money doing something I didn't like I'd be continually fuming about evangelical preachers and the construction cr... more » morninggloria: Much more lucrative than being an OB/GYN who performs abortions is being on the elite Marie squad known only as "FBH," or "Fetal Bounty Hunters." Usi... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: Wow, clearly we're in the wrong lines of work here. Professional assholery is a good living. more » weetziebat: He thinks people who preform jobs he doesn't like shouldn't be paid? Maybe, Tucker Carlson, you should not be paid for your job. See how that works... more » stoprobbers: Jon Stewart said it once, and I will happily say it again: You are HURTING AMERICA. more » thegogglesdonothing: Milton Friedman would be spinning in his grave. Why should it matter if someone performing abortions makes money off of doing so? This is America; peo... more » DutchessOfDork: Doctors who perform abortions are specialists, just like the specialist who performed your lobotomy. more » Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Are you saying that the problem is that the medical field is making an undue sum from impoverished patients who have no other option? HEY I KNOW! Y... more » lalaland13: I don't know why this hasn't hit me before, but a lot of the right-wingers screaming about how the "government wants to control your health!" and forc... more » -
#roevsworld
Face The Facts
With the health care reform now likely to allow insurance companies in the public option to cover abortion, the Guttmacher Institute points out all the reasons that the Republican talking points about it are wrong. [Time, RH Reality Check] -
#jezenomics
Who Is Enriching Himself In The Abortion Debate?
Well-known tool Tucker Carlson is really upset that doctors who perform abortions are charging for their services! He calls it "enriching" themselves. I call it being hypocritical and disingenuous, like most of the right-wing on this issue. More » -
#injectwithcare
New Guidelines For Depo-Provera Could Help Women Avoid Unhealthy Weight-Gain
A University of Texas study of 240 women who used Depo-Provera shows that not all women have continual weight gain from its use, and offers guidance for doctors to consider while evaluating its appropriateness for patients. [UPI] -
#wordsfail
Right To "Life" Activists Continue Condoning Assassinations
"If a Mafia hit man gets killed, people recognize it's an occupational hazard." -Colorado Right To Life spokesman Bob Enyart on Dr. George Tiller's death and what he expects for Tiller's colleague, Dr. Warren Hern (pictured). [LA Times] -
#theoreticaltruth
Can We Stop Shaming Women Who Practice Withdrawal Now?
Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute has written a piece for the magazine Contraception encouraging health educators to consider talking to people about withdrawal and its effectiveness as a method of birth control. More » -
#bc
Rhythm Nation
This complicated pre-Griswold v. Connecticut device, the Rhythmeter, would have certainly resulted in my pregnancy. It was patented by John Rock, who was also the first scientist to see a fertilized human egg. [BoingBoing] -
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#planbullshit
Republican Wingnuts Decide Plan B Is For Date Rapists
Today, Pandagon's Jesse Taylor takes a peek behind the looking glass only to discover that, in Real America, Plan B is for sluts and the dudes who assault them. More » -
#newbossnewrules
Change Is In The Air And A Pharmacy Near You
Wow, who'd'a thunk that the U.S. government would some day comply with a judge's order to base reproductive health policy on sound science rather than political pandering? Change is good. [CBS News] -
#ourbodiestheirimages
An Abridged History Of The Imagery Of The Human Embryo
Did you know this photo by Lennart Nilsson was staged? Neither did we, until we read the University of Cambridge's online exhibit, "Making Visible Embryos." More » -
#talktoher
Read My Lips: The Importance Of Being (Gynecologically) Earnest
Today, Clare Allen writes in Guardian that she's never going to have another Pap smear done, cancer be damned, because she found her last one so traumatic. You see, she suffers from mental illness.
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#blamingthebadgirls
Gotcha Pregnancies? "Advice Goddesses" Are Anything But
From the good people who sent Joe The Plumber to Israel comes this gem of a video in which advice columnists Helen Smith and Amy Alkon recuse men from any birth control responsibilities. More » -
#roevsworld
Missouri Wants You To Choose Life, And Not To Have A Choice About It
Missouri legislators are, once again, trying to make sure that no one in Missouri can coerce a woman into an abortion. They are, however, fine with coercing a woman to carry a baby to term. More » -
#badvertising
NBC Rejects Obama/Abortion Ad
NBC has reportedly rejected efforts by CatholicVote to pay the network $1.5-1.8 million to air its offensive Obama abortion ad during the Super Bowl. Can you think of anything they could spend their money on? [UPI] -
#profilesinwimpery
Obama, Pelosi Cave On Contraceptive Funding
There has been a lot of back-and-forth between Democrats and Republicans this week about the addition to Obama's $825 billion stimulus package of $200 million for contraceptive and sexual health services for the poor.
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