By Samuel Warde on
Bigotry, Controversy, Scandals, Students, Videos, Weird News, Women's issues
Controversy, Scandals, Social Justice, Women's Issues
Students and staff of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, are “outraged” after several vulgar signs directed at incoming female students and their mothers were draped from nearby off-campus houses. Fox 32 reported that “The bawdy banners were handwritten on what looked like large, white bed sheets and hung from porch ledges of private housing […]
By Samuel Warde on
Donald Trump, Election 2016, Planned Parenthood, Right Wing Fanatics
Election 2016, Right Wing Fanatics, Women's Issues
Conservatives have launched a series of attacks on Planned Parenthood in the wake of the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress’ release of heavily edited videos showing doctors discussing the sale of fetal body parts Republicans in Congress were unsuccessful in their bid to defund Planned Parenthood last week when “Senate Democrats succeeded in stopping […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
charity, Planned Parenthood, Republicans
Healthcare, Reproductive Rights, Women's Issues
Republicans have ramped up their war to defund Planned Parenthood in recent weeks because of a series of edited, undercover videos revealing conversations with PP officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue. Several right-wing blogs have been listing the private companies who’ve directly donated to Planned Parenthood, so I will as well. Here’s a […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
abortions, fetal tissue, Planned Parenthood, Republican Logic, Republicans, Women's issues, Women's Reproductive Health Care, Women's Reproductive Healthcare
Extremists, Republican Hypocrisy, Republicans, Right Wing Fanatics, Science, Women's Issues
The Senate vote to defund Planned Parenthood (PP) was defeated on Monday. The vote followed weeks of controversy surrounding PP’s process of fetal tissue donation – which anti-abortion extremists call “selling aborted baby parts.” A crusade to defund PP gained traction in 2011, when Tea Party politicians took office, but as the 2016 Democratic presidential […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
anti-abortion, Extremists, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Republicans
Healthcare, Religious Fanaticism, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Women's Issues
Planned Parenthood (PP) is currently under attack by anti-abortion extremists who are promoting a series maliciously edited videos making it look like PP is selling baby parts. A video titled Planned Parenthood is Not Selling Baby Parts, You F***ing Idiots brazenly illustrates how the extremist rhetoric is simply not true. Excerpt: “3% of all Planned […]