WomensRights

‘Huge loss for the community’: Police say Planned Parenthood building fire was intentional

A fire that community members thought might be due to construction has now been deemed an intentional act of arson by police. Officials said Thursday a fire that destroyed a Planned Parenthood …

Fri Jan 7, 2022

Texas lawyer who fought landmark Supreme Court case dies at 76

As 2021 comes to an end, we pay tribute to and remember the lives lost. Texas lawyer Sarah Weddington, who won the landmark court case Roe v. Wade passed away “after a series of health issues” in her …

Tue Dec 28, 2021

Virginia Democrats can’t be bothered to protect abortion rights—because of their vacation plans

As we come to the end of the year, so-called “lame duck” sessions of state legislatures mull about and make plans to vacation. In Virginia, Democrats retain a 21-19 majority in the state Senate until …

Fri Dec 17, 2021

News Roundup: Fox holds Fellini-style War on Christmas telethon; Trump takes loss

Hello Friday folks. It has been a tense week. There has been some good news, but unfortunately, what has been broken is very hard to piece back together again. That includes the Supreme Court, our …

Sat Dec 11, 2021

Ron DeSantis is destroying lives, schools, businesses and families … and Republicans love him for it

There’s long been a prevailing meme that Republicans are such fans of fertilized eggs that they have to take away women’s rights over their own bodies to protect microscopic zygotes, but so …

Fri Sep 24, 2021

News Roundup: Biden administration goes on the offensive; lessons from the pandemic

It’s Friday! The Biden administration continues its work of trying to fix the last guy’s mess while moving us into a future where we don’t rely on rich benefactors to get women medical care and dead …

Sat Sep 11, 2021

Texas governor bizarrely vows to 'eliminate rape' in barely coherent defense of abortion ban

On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law created by right-wing think tank fascists making voting considerably harder in the second most populated state of the Union. It is the sad end to a …

Tue Sep 7, 2021

News Roundup: Supreme Court fallout; MAGA purity tests; DeSantis triples down on death

It is Friday! We are on the cusp of Labor Day weekend. This is the time of year for Americans to remember that unions protect workers against the machinery of greed and money. It’s also the weekend …

Sat Sep 4, 2021

What will Joe Biden do now that the Supreme Court has trashed the Constitution?

It has taken a lot of right-wing think-tanking and a lot of anti-democracy maneuvering, but the United States Supreme Court has successfully ended the decades of legal protections afforded women by …

Thu Sep 2, 2021

An attorney for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been arrested on child solicitation charges

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama is in the news again. No, it’s not because she’s signed another bill attacking people’s right to choose what they do with their bodies; and no, it’s not because she …

Sat Aug 28, 2021

Texas doesn't want to enforce its new abortion law, it wants your neighbors to do that

The war on abortion rights continues with GOP officials stopping at nothing to get their way. Republicans nationwide have passed “pro-life” bills subjecting those who miscarry or seek an abortion to …

Fri Jul 9, 2021