It's also about birth control. And about Todd Akin's claim that "legitimate rape" wouldn't cause pregnancy. And Darrell Issa forming an all-male panel to decide on contraceptive mandates, and Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a slut and prostitute for wanting to speak before that panel.
"Foster Friess, the billionaire supporting the candidacy of Rick Santorum, suggested in February 2012 that women put aspirin between their knees as a form of contraception."
It's about defunding Planned Parenthood, of whose services 62% don't have to do with contraception or abortion -- and most of the rest don't have to do with abortion.
It's about conservative Republicans opposing measures for battered women, which okay technically has little to do with "lady bits" but is part of the whole syndrome. Likewise,
"In April 2012, [Republican] Governor Scott Walker signed into law an act that repealed Wisconsin's Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which allowed workplace discrimination victims redress in state courts."
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Date: 2012-10-04 10:53 pm (UTC)"Foster Friess, the billionaire supporting the candidacy of Rick Santorum, suggested in February 2012 that women put aspirin between their knees as a form of contraception."
It's about defunding Planned Parenthood, of whose services 62% don't have to do with contraception or abortion -- and most of the rest don't have to do with abortion.
It's about conservative Republicans opposing measures for battered women, which okay technically has little to do with "lady bits" but is part of the whole syndrome. Likewise,
"In April 2012, [Republican] Governor Scott Walker signed into law an act that repealed Wisconsin's Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which allowed workplace discrimination victims redress in state courts."