Over 700 Texans were registered to testify at a hearing on a proposed bill restricting abortion in Texas. MSNBC’s Karen Finney, host of Disrupt, joins Craig Melvin to discuss the latest in the reproduction rights battle. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Tennis pro Serena Williams is taking heat after comments about the Steubenville rape case. As we reported yesterday in an exclusive report, UniteWomen.org published an Open Letter to Serena Williams. Additionally, earlier today Williams released an official statement which you can find on her website. SERENA WILLIAMS STATEMENT “What happened in Steubenville was a real shock […]
In early June Peter Heck, a social studies teacher in Greentown Indiana, gave a controversial speech and pissed off a lot of people who are not knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. An excerpt: “Ladies, I challenge you to a life of rebellion. To recognize that your body is a temple that is deserving of honor, not indiscretion. I […]
Republican US House member Michael Burgess of Texas said on Monday that he opposes the abortin of fetuses after 15 weeks of pregnancy since that is the time that male fetuses begin to masturbate. “This is a subject I do know something about,” Burgess, a former OB/GYN who said he’s delivered “thousands of babies,” began. […]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has vetoed a bill, HB 950, that would prevent wage discrimination against women. The bill that passed the Senate in April and in the House in late May, would bring Texas state law in line with the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Women would be able to recover two years […]