Much has been made about Obama’s victory and the female voting bloc that helped him get re-elected. Relevant meme after meme, like the one above, has sprouted across social media. The gist: If you’re happy about Tuesday night’s victory, thank a woman. Women usually make up about 54 percent of the electorate, and this time [...]
Just in time for Halloween, the American Life League has announced the fetus-themed, 2012 national “Pro-Life Pumpkin Carving Contest.” This competition — which is totally real, HOLY SHIT — doesn’t just raise awareness for lifers’ cause. Rather, it’s meant to showcase unborn baby-shaped, anti-abortion squash sculpture. Apparently, this genre of art has existed for some [...]
At this point, complaining about Mitt Romney‘s inconsistency seems almost as fruitless an exercise as it is predictable. The GOP pick for the presidency routinely changes his positions in what can best be described as shamelessly pandering to voters. We know this — and we have known this since Mitt’s first White House bid. This [...]
Remember, a few months back, when we were all nervously ROFLing about Rick Santorum? Sure, we were scared shitless. After all, Santorum said that abortion should not be permitted in cases of rape or incest. Instead, he told sexual assault victims to “make the best out of a bad situation” and called rape babies a [...]
So, I have been hesitant to say anything about Akingate because, up until this point, I wasn’t quite sure what I could say that wouldn’t just be an endless loop of “Seriously, America, WHAT THE FUCK?” Indeed, I knew what everyone else did: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo), responding to a question about whether abortion should [...]
The world has known since January that Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney, makes millions off the disposal of aborted fetuses. Pro-life Mitt fans consoled themselves with Bain’s assurance that the company didn’t enter the fetus-trashing biz until after Romney left to run the Olympics. (That Romney profited from the deal [...]
As you probably know, Susan B. Anthony was an iconic feminist who spent her life fighting for women’s rights. So you would think that any list bearing her name would obviously endorse someone like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose pro-woman credentials include introducing the EARLY Act in 2009 (which helps empower women to make informed decisions [...]
Dr. Francesca Minerva recently authored an essay in the Journal of Medical Ethics arguing that killing newborn babies should be “as permissible as abortion,” according to The Telegraph. Now, Minerva — a former Oxford ethicist — is getting death threats because of her argument, in which she made the case that newborns and fetuses “were [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
