California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing for a ban on assault weapons and ghost guns that mirrors the state of Texas’ approach to denying women the right to an abortion. Newsom said Saturday that he has directed his staff to work with the legislature and attorney general on a bill …
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One of the overarching themes of the Supreme Court’s recent term was that it was surprisingly liberal on several major issues: upholding gay rights, striking down an abortion restriction, and rejecting the President’s request to be immune from having to turn over his financial records. All of this is true, …
Read More »Steve King's View of Rape and Incest Is Not Abnormal Among GOP Lawmakers
At a breakfast meeting of the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa on Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) paused to muse upon the sheer magnitude of violence visited upon women and children throughout the course of human history. “What if we went back through all the family trees and just …
Read More »The Health Department's Christian Crusade
It was dusk on a Friday in March 2017, and the women’s health clinic in San Antonio was mostly deserted, except for a nurse finishing some end-of-the-week paperwork, when the phone rang. The man on the other end of the line introduced himself as Dr. Meyerstein with the Office of …
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