The “bad” moms of Queensland, Australia are on notice — a new law is being considered that will put the “rights of the unborn child should be considered ahead of the mother,” according to the Queensland police union. The AAP reports: “Those children also deserve the right to a full life and health and should [...]
About Robin Marty
Robin Marty is the Senior Political Reporter for RH Reality Check. A freelance writer and speaker, Robin tracks state restrictions on reproductive health care rights. Robin’s political, women’s rights and reproductive articles and personal writings have appeared at Ms. Magazine, Truth Out, Alternet, BlogHer and Care2. She has been featured in panels at Netroots Nation, the National Conference For Media Reform, National Organizing Institute and NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota. Robin’s first book, Crow After Roe: How Women’s Health Is the New “Separate But Equal” and How to Change That with lawyer Jessica Mason Pieklo will be released in Spring, 2013 by IG Publishing.
Wisconsin Senate Candidate Tommy Thompson Had to Be A Lobbyist Because “My Wife Likes To Shop”
Most Republicans are trying to run on “traditional values” like family (as long as it’s a two parent, male/female one), church, and the type of old-fashioned gender roles that would make the Cleaver Family proud. Tommy Thompson? Now he is a traditional Republican. Fighting for his political life in a tight race for Senate against [...]
Catholic Leader Urges Politicians to “Be More Like Thomas More”
Anyone who has seen the first season of Showtime’s “The Tudors” knows a couple of things: Henry the VIII really, really enjoyed his buxom courtiers, and Thomas More did not come to a good end. The bastion of the Catholic church and moral compass of right and wrong, once a great power and friend to [...]
Yes, Abortion Should Be Between a Family, Their Doctor…and Their Surrogate
Reproductive rights revolve explicitly around the argument that all medical procedures should be between a woman, her doctor, and, when applicable, her partner or family. There is no other case than in a woman’s right to choose where so many politicians, activists and outright strangers feel it is not only their job but their actual [...]
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