In keeping with my earlier post, here’s a quick run-down of the comparative voting records of Sen. Specter and potential challenger Rep. Sestak. The numbers paint a clear picture: an right-leaning moderate ex-Republican versus a progressive Democrat with an exceptional record on issues that matter. I have done my best to present apples-to-apples comparison, though [...]
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This is quite close to home for me as a college-going woman and will affect an awful lot of us going forward. Two years ago, short-sighted cost-cutting measures ended provisions that allowed certain dispensers, including community health centers and college clinics, to get birth control pills extra cheap. Those clinics, in turn, were no longer [...]
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The more I read about Palin, the more I feel insulted as a Democratic woman. You’re really chosing Sarah Palin as your VP, John McCain? Really?
You barely know Sarah Palin. You are running a campaign trumpeting the value of experience against vapid celebrity and you pick an ex-beauty queen with just two years as governor [...]
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This is very disturbing:
The Virginia Senate voted Wednesday to cut off state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia because it offers abortions, an action that could endanger hundreds of thousands of dollars in state aid for women’s health-care programs.
The Virginia Senate’s decision is a case of selling out women’s health and rights simply to score [...]
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