More About Sarah Palin’s Hateful Rape Victim Philosophy and Policies
Cernig points to an enlightening post by Shannyn Moore, an Alaskan radio host and blogger. The post provides more details on Sarah Palin’s now-infamous policy of billing rape survivors for the cost of gathering evidence with which to arrest and charge the rapist:
Sarah Palin and the Fourth Estate
As most people know, the Fourth Estate is the press — the first, second, and third estates being the religious establishment (the clergy), the secular establishment (nobles), and the common people. The term goes back at least to Thomas Carlyle, in the first half of the nineteenth century; Carlyle himself attributed it to Edmund Burke, who lived in the eighteenth century, and who is reported to have said, looking up at the press gallery in the House of Commons: “Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, and they are more important than them all.”
Some Questions for Sarah Palin…
… that she didn’t answer in her speech last night:
Thank You, John McCain
As Jeff Fecke suggested in his excellent post, which Kyle linked to earlier today, we have John McCain to thank for giving Barack Obama the perfect opening to highlight the stark difference between himself and McCain in the area of abortion rights, and reproductive rights in general.
That’s What You Get When You Don’t Vet
We find out that John McCain did know about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy before he announced her as his running mate, but decided that “it did not disqualify [Palin] in any way.”
When Does Life Begin?
The right’s anger at Obama’s refusal to accept the premise of Rick Warren’s question about when life begins raises all sorts of contradictions and paradoxes — starting with the weirdness of the same people who slammed Obama as “presumptuous” for acting too “presidential,” slamming him for “equivocating” and “copping out” because he declines to opine on a subject that is outside of his professional expertise.
Hooray for Hillary
It’s been a long time since I’ve written “hooray” and “Hillary” in such close proximity, but this piece of hers in The Huffington Post — about the Bush administration’s planned new “rules” that would block access to many common forms of contraception for the very women who need them the most — is terrific:
The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly putting ideology before science and women’s health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception like birth control pills, emergency contraception and IUDs by labeling them “abortion.” These proposed regulations set to be released next week will allow healthcare providers to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it. We can’t let them get away with this underhanded move to undermine women’s health and that’s why I am sounding the alarm.
These rules pose a serious threat to providers and uninsured and low-income Americans seeking care. They could prevent providers of federally-funded family planning services, like Medicaid and Title X, from guaranteeing their patients access to the full range of comprehensive family planning services. They’ll also build significant barriers to counseling, education, contraception and preventive health services for those who need it most: low-income and uninsured women and men.
The regulations could even invalidate state laws that currently ensure access to contraception for many Americans. In fact, they describe New York and California’s laws requiring prescription drug insurance plans to provide coverage for contraceptives as part of “the problem.” These rules would even interfere with New York State law that ensures survivors of sexual assault and rape receive emergency contraception in hospital emergency rooms.
We’ve seen this kind of ideologically driven move from the Bush administration before. Senator Patty Murray and I went toe to toe with the Bush administration to demand a decision on Plan B by the FDA. We won that fight and we need to win this one too.
Oh, Canada! Here Comes the Manufactured ‘Pro-Life’ Outrage
Hot on the heels of the recent bestowing of the Canadian Labour Congress’ Award for Outstanding Service to Humanity, CBC News reports that pioneering abortion rights activist Dr. Henry Morgentaler is now slated to be appointed to the Order of Canada:
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