Morning Roundup: Michelle Duggar, CPAC Woman of the Year
Fertility can make you woman of the year, Boston public school kids ask for condoms and sex ed, a great description of Lila Rose, Montana rep wants personhood at fertilization, the evolutionary impact of the c-section, Focus on the Family and Planned Parenthood working together, and a love letter to Planned Parenthood.
Fertility can make you woman of the year, Boston public school kids ask for condoms and sex ed, a great description of Lila Rose, Montana rep wants personhood at fertilization, the evolutionary impact of the c-section, Focus on the Family and Planned Parenthood working together, and a love letter to Planned Parenthood.
- The Conservative Political Action Committee held its annual conference over the weekend. CPAC also held a “Woman of the Year” luncheon honoring Michelle Duggar, star of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting.” Yes, apparently being very fertile will make you woman of the year. Question – what if Mrs. Duggar and her husband were people of color? What if they had hit upon hard times and had to rely on the state for assistance? Hmm – I think conservatives have another phrase for that, and it sure as hell isn’t “Woman of the Year.”
- A group of students enrolled in Boston Public Schools will go before the City Council tomorrow to ask for sex ed and free condoms in all high schools in the city. The superintendent is “reluctant” to expand condom availability beyond the nine schools that offer them in health centers, and the students also face pushback from at least two Catholic groups. (Hmm, isn’t this PUBLIC school, though?)
- Joanna Wise for the Boston Globe looks into Lila Rose’s plan to bring down Planned Parenthood, and in the process, transform herself into a star. Read the piece, if only for brilliant lines such as this opener, “It’s no surprise that conservatives love Lila Rose. She has the soul of Phyllis Schlafly in the body of Miley Cyrus.”
- A Montana state representative will present a constitutional amendment to declare that personhood begins at fertilization. In a wonderful Montana way, the headline for the description of the week in politics reads, “2011 Legislature: Bills on sex education, abortion, wolves highlight busy week ahead.”
- Are C-sections making smarter humans? The logic – while woman and baby might have previously perished due to a large-headed infant, C-sections allow babies with big brains to be born and carry on the species. Skeptical? Read the article in the L.A. Times.
- Focus on the Family and Planned Parenthood working together? It’s too early for April Fools, but Jim Daly of Focus on the Family says he wants to work with abortion rights groups to help make the procedure less common, and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains says they want to listen.
- And, for Valentine’s Day, here’s a great love letter to Planned Parenthood, in a Concord Monitor letter to the editor.
Feb 14
Feb 13
- #ThanksPPFA: Men and Women Thank Planned Parenthood for Vital Healthcare – Rewire (blog)
- Cool condoms for safe sex – Trinidad & Tobago Express
- Our View – The government should continue to fund Planned Parenthood – Daily 49er
- Valentine’s day not fair for homosexual couples – Eastern Echo
- Gay rights supporters take actions this Valentines Day – Examiner.com
- Saving Sex Ed – Bangor Daily News
- Same-sex Couples Make Marriage Plans for Valentine’s – NBC Los Angeles
- Taboo Or Not? Reproductive Technology And The Changing Family – Patch.com
- Stopping Nepali human trafficking – American Chronicle
- 10 things to know about condoms – Daily Press (blog)
- Rep. Tammy Baldwin Calls Out Republicans on Their Hypocrisy – The State Column (blog)
- Free condoms, safe sex on Valentine’s Day – ABS CBN News
- Kachel: One of a kind – Tulsa World
- Abortion rights; ‘realism’ on Israel; making LA less rude – Los Angeles Times
- Why the word ‘marriage’ matters – Washington Post
- Governor denies families vital health services – The Times of Trenton – NJ.com
- The ‘boys will be boys’ attitude – BlackAthlete.net
- Abortion sonogram bill will empower women – Houston Chronicle
- Bristol Palin shares the love in Pasadena appearance – Whittier Daily News
- Keep abortions safe with access to good clinics – Patriot-News
- Parents, kids should be ‘enthusiastic’ about conversation – Boston Herald
- Students: Let’s talk about sex – Boston Herald
- Women deserve better – Lewiston Sun Journal
Feb 12
- The timing of the House abortion debate – Chicago Daily Herald
- Sex ed bill leaves lawmakers hesitant – North Platte Bulletin
- The wrong jab? – BBC News
- Mouthwash may help prevent premature birth: study – CTV.ca
- Parental Notification Abortion Bill – KFBB NewsChannel 5
- Trying To Find Relevance, Ann Coulter Calls On LGBT Community To Support GOP … – Lez Get Real
- Group, community form partnership on family planning – Nigerian Compass (blog)
- Group, community form partnership on family planning – Nigerian Compass (blog)
- The ‘sting’ – Boston Globe
- Guest commentary: Look past politics to victims of human trafficking – Naples Daily News
- Barbour Backs Away From Abortion “Truce,” Plugs Pro-Life View – LifeNews.com
- Letters: Sonograms and abortion – Houston Chronicle
- Fetal Homicide Bill Introduced In Colorado Legislature – Huffington Post
- Focus on the Family seeks to reduce abortions by reaching out to abortion … – Fox 31 KDVR.com
- Rep. Steve King Pledges “Smackdown” on Planned Parenthood – Mother Jones
- 2011 Legislature: Bills on sex education, abortion, wolves highlight busy week … – The Missoulian
- Ascertaining child and maternal mortality rates – The Express Tribune
- India: No country for women ? – Deccan Chronicle
- Let’s talk about the birds and the bees and STDs – Forward Syria
- Terrell Owens and Women Standing Tall Announce the 2011 WST Celebrity Charity … – PR-USA.net (press release)
- Considering Evolution And C-Sections – Los Angeles Times
- Protest In Support Of Same Sex Marriage Planned At SF City Hall Monday – The San Francisco Appeal
- Comprehensive abortion care should be incorporated in health delivery system … – Ghana News Agency
- Pelosi hoping to fundraise off GOP’s ‘extreme’ anti-abortion agenda – The Hill (blog)
- Rep. Bob Latta Votes to Stop Government-Funded Abortions under Obamacare – The State Column (blog)
- Effort to Choke Tax-Payer Funding to Planned Parenthood – Fox News
- Why I’m Pro-Choice – Wesleyan Argus
- Catholic Hospital Saves Pregnancies of Women Undergoing Abortions – Fox News
- Rape: perspectives and realities – The Zimbabwean
- School nurses must be involved in teen birth control – The News Journal
- New Twist for Sex Education – The Spoof (satire)
- UNH poll shows NH has it right – Foster’s Daily Democrat
- Achieving the MDG’s – Channel 7 Daily News
- Focus on Family asks abortion-rights advocates to help make abortion less common – Denver Post
- HIV survivor wants to start support group – FayObserver.com
- Letters: Reproductive rights – Houston Chronicle
- Opting out of abortion funding – Patriot-News
- Nursing Moms Get Tax Cut; Afghan Shelters Limited – Women’s eNews
- Fetal heart monitoring prevents problems, study finds – Los Angeles Times
Feb 11
- Abortion initiative announced – Colusa County Sun Herald
- Female Circumcision — 90 percent of Childbearing Women in Egypt? – Huffington Post (blog)
- GOProud at CPAC: A Broken Zipper Leads to Deep Thoughts on Stereotyping – The Stir (blog)
- Sides Clash Over Parental Notification Bill – KULR-TV
- Vancouver march for missing and murdered women to mark 20th year – Straight.com
- Fetal homicide proposal has bipartisan backers in Colorado Legislature – Fox 31 KDVR.com
- New Findings Could Forever Change HIV For Black Women – News One
- ALLOTT: First Amendment protection for pro-lifers – Washington Times
- “Touch your cheeks, women…” – UND The Dakota Student
- Progress in the Fight for Gender Identity – Inter Press Service
- Folate May Not Protect Against Premature Birth – BusinessWeek
- San Francisco high schoolers hold HIV-testing day – Washington Post
- SPIN METER: Abortion wars break out in Congress – Lake Wylie Pilot
- New treatment-centered approach to healing from the trauma and abuses – The Circle News
- Second-hand smoke ups risk of abnormal Pap test – Reuters
- Knox Co. initiative to end teen dating violence focuses on men – WVLT
- Yasmin Patient: “I Feel Like I Did Something Wrong” – Lawyers and Settlements
- Court Jails AIDS Activist – Radio Free Asia
- Early Birth Risky, Even With Fully Developed Lungs: Study – U.S. News & World Report
- Haitian Renaissance: Youth Paint a New Country – Your Olive Branch
- Four abortion bills suggest Minnesota Republicans angling for lawsuit – Minnesota Independent
- WHO Study: Alcohol Is International Number One Killer, AIDS Second – Medical News Today
- House Committee OKs Bill to Remove Abortion Funding From Obamacare – LifeNews.com
- Lawmakers hear bill to require abortion consent – Billings Gazette
- Early Amniotomy Shortens Delivery Time, But Doesn’t Affect Outcomes – Medscape
- Abortion in 2011: from tax breaks to heartache – RenewAmerica
- Valentine’s Day production goes ‘down there’ – The Statesman
- Family Planning De-Funding Threatens Vital Reproductive Health Services – Religious Action Center (press release)
- Health care foe calls for government shutdown – Politico
- Student Organizes State’s First Rally for Reproductive Justice – Hendrix College Events and News
- WNC’s teen birth rate mixed – Asheville Citizen-Times
- Shanola Hampton: Not everything you learn about Veronica is going to be positive – New York Post (blog)
- William Macy, Felicity Huffman, Choice And A Ukulele [VIDEO] – Care2.com (blog)
- Comprehensive sex education needed – UND The Dakota Student
- Marc Jacobs Teams Up With Playboy (PHOTO, POLL) – Huffington Post
- SD County says gays can renew wedding vows – San Jose Mercury News