Monday, March 12, 2012
Abortion Doonesbury strips published in Democrat-Gazette
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:25 AM
The first strip features a woman seeking an abortion. She is first required to undergo an ultrasound procedure to detect a fetal heartbeat. (Legislation to force this procedure on women against their will was sponsored in the 2011 Arkansas legislature by Sen. Jason Rapert, but failed in a House committee.)
In today's installment of the Doonesbury cartoon, with the final segment shown here, the woman is first directed to a "shaming room."
PS — Trudeau comments here on Republicans' "appalling" and "insane" strikes against women's medical rights. He told the Guardian:
"Ninety-nine percent of American women have or will use contraception during their lifetimes. To see these healthcare rights systematically undermined in state after state by the party of 'limited government' is appalling. "In Texas, the sonograms are the least of it. The legislature has also defunded women's health clinics all over the state, leaving 300,000 women without the contraceptive services that prevent abortions in the first place. Insanity."
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Judge Wright issues injunction against abortion law
May 17, 2013The word from the federal courthouse is that federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new Arkansas law that was meant to bar most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/
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May 16, 2013Crazy Davy Carter, the House speaker who is a potential Republican candidate for governor, won headlines all over today for remarks at a legislative conference in Hot Springs that Republicans need to move beyond guns and abortion to focus on issues more important to average Arkies. /more/
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Judge refuses to dismiss suit challenging new 12-week abortion limit
May 15, 2013Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has denied the state of Arkansas's motion to dismiss the ACLU-backed lawsuit challenging the new state law, passed over Gov. Mike Beebe's veto, to prevent most abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/
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Morning report: Prescription drug watch
May 13, 2013The morning again begins slowly. But among others: * MONITORING DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES: Pro Publica has published with the Washington Post a deep look at doctors' prescription practices under Medicare. /more/
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Flash: Texas grows enlightened on women's issues
May 7, 2013Interesting story from Texas on the Texas legislature. Republicans, who control nearly everything in Texas, apparently suffered huge blowback from their war on women in the last legislative session that cut health care to women in the battle to destroy Planned Parenthood. /more/
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Planned Parenthood plans to press Mike Ross on record
April 22, 2013Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross made encouraging sounds about looking out for women's medical services and the ability to choose abortion when he announced last week. /more/
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Mike Ross evolves on women's issues; pays price
April 18, 2013Mike Ross' entry into the Democratic primary race for governor, with a full-throated cry for women's rights against the Republican legislature, naturally invited an examination of his voting record. /more/
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Suit filed to challenge 12-week abortion ban
April 16, 2013The Arkansas affiliate of the ACLU, as promised, is suing to challenge Arkansas' ban on most abortions beginning at the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/
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