Posts by Sofia Resnick
Women would be disproportionately affected by GOP candidates’ tax plans
The variations on the flat tax proposed by Herman Cain and Rick Perry, both of which would make the system less progressive, cost women more than men.
Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ movement to come to Wisconsin
The intended effect of “personhood” amendments is to criminalize abortion by changing the legal definition of a person to also include a fetus.
DeMint injects anti-abortion measure into funding bill
DeMint’s amendment, if successful, would bar discussion of abortion via telemedicine, the practice in which a doctor and patient communicate remotely, via, for example, satellite, video-conference or the Internet
Bachmann’s statements about helping foreclosure victims clashes with voting record
Bachmann has voted against all but one measure aimed at providing foreclosure relief.
Anti-abortion group releases undercover recordings before House vote
Pres. Barack Obama plans to veto the “Protect Life Act” if it passes both houses of Congress.
Crisis Pregnancy Clinic supporters to bring babies to lobby Congress Thursday
There will also be a campaign next week in D.C. where anti-abortion activists will perform live ultrasounds on pregnant women.
South Dakota anti-abortion legal fund supported mostly by out-of-state donors
The South Dakota law is being challenged by Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Minnesotans have also donated to the fund.
Groups use Bachmann’s claims against Perry, Merck to urge veto of Calif. HPV-vaccine bill
Christian and “pro-life” groups throughout the state have protested the Calif. since the state Legislature passed it, calling it “anti-parent.”
Minn. delegation absent in new bipartisan HIV/AIDS caucus
Fifty-nine members of Congress joined up with the HIV/AIDS caucus.
Anti-LGBT group launches campaign to prevent gay people from donating blood
Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent gay men from donating blood. Keep the Gay Blood Ban (KGB²) was sparked, LaBarbera says, because of “renewed lobby efforts to open up the U.S. blood supply to homosexuality-practicing men.”
