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The Scarlet Ultrasound: State-Sanctioned Rape as Punishment for Having Sex
Mon Feb 20, 2012
- Yes we do it all the time. It's called dianostic testing. Would you amputate a foot without confirming it needed to be amputated. Yeah, and there's also some non-invasive ways, like peeing in a cup and taking some blood. There is absolutely no need for an ultrasound.
Birth Control Debate: New Hampshire Lawmaker Urges Married Couples To Practice Abstinence
Sat Feb 18, 2012
- Around my friend's, we had a joke. The joke was that sex stopped once you got married. It started with my husband and I, since we were the first married among our friends. I got tired of being asked how married life was, so I'd jokingly reply that it sucked we couldn't have sex anymore.
All infant Tylenol recalled due to new bottle flaw
Fri Feb 17, 2012
- Could children's ibuprofen be the right choice? Do they even make infant-strength Advi or Motrin?
The Facts About Americans Who Receive Public Benefits
Fri Feb 17, 2012
- hell I get depressed getting up and going to work everyday and paying for these people should I be on SSD????
Rush Limbaugh: GOP Could Have Landslide Victory If "Election Could Be Decided On Social Issues"
Fri Feb 17, 2012
- Petri, my husband would be in the same condition if he forced the issue!
Rush Limbaugh: GOP Could Have Landslide Victory If "Election Could Be Decided On Social Issues"
Fri Feb 17, 2012
- But you forget that aspirin doesn't always work either. Some religious folk believe that it's a sin for a wife to refuse her husband whenever he wants it.
The Facts About Americans Who Receive Public Benefits
Fri Feb 17, 2012
- I hate to go shopping and my needs are few. I would much rather grow all my own food, make all my own clothes, keep an old car repaired, not watch tv, paint pictures and play music with my friends and be creative all day long.
Pain and Shame: What Real Life Looks Like in a Religiously-Affiliated Non-Profit Without the Birth Control Mandate
Mon Feb 13, 2012
- IF you are taking the pill for no medical reason then not to get pregnate, then I personally believe that it should be on you to cover the costs.
Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information | | AlterNet
Mon Feb 13, 2012
- Interesting. I always had a thought that perhaps it had something to do with easiness. It's easy to believe in the status quo and hard to believe in changing ideas or change itself.
Pain and Shame: What Real Life Looks Like in a Religiously-Affiliated Non-Profit Without the Birth Control Mandate
Mon Feb 13, 2012
- Not all pills are expensive, but woman usually cannot just take any pill. I tolerated one brand quite well. Another brand I tolerated *extremely* poorly. And if you're taking the pill for medical reasons, you can't just get any brand.

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Komen Foundation Caves to Right Wing Pressure, Defunds Planned Parenthood
Source: Little Green Footballs
A terrible precedent: apparently caving in to the right wing crusade against Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has decided to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer prevention.
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South Carolina Democrats unamused by Colbert's ploy | Reuters
Source: Reuters
Who's not laughing? South Carolina Democrats.The state's open primary allows Democrats and independents to vote in the Republican primary and Colbert earlier this week called on his home state supporters to cast votes for Cain.
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Unpaid Bills Land Some Debtors Behind Bars : NPR
Source: NPR
This one is an eye-opener. I was surprised to find out that not honoring a civil contract is now being treated as a criminal act.
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Gingrich: Poor Kids Don't Work
Source: WIBW
After saying recently that child labor laws are "truly stupid," Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Thursday told an Iowa audience that children in poor neighborhoods have "no habits of working" nor getting paid for their endeavors "unless it's illegal." "Really …
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Bachmann: Teaching Only Evolution Is 'Censorship'
Source: Think Progress
At an education forum at the University of Northern Iowa this afternoon, GOP presidential hopeful Rep.
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