Abortion - Matthew Rozsa

Alabama cannot bar abortions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, federal judge rules

Apr 13, 2020 | Abortion, Salon.com

Abortion rights demonstrators AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

A federal judge in Alabama ruled Sunday that the state cannot bar abortions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Based on the current record, the defendants’ efforts to combat COVID-19 do not outweigh the lasting harm imposed by the denial of an individual’s right to terminate her pregnancy, by an undue burden or increase in risk on patients imposed by a delayed procedure or by the cloud of unwarranted prosecution against providers,” U.S....

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Joe Scarborough: Democrats “look more pro-life” than Republicans amid calls to “euthanize” elderly

Mar 26, 2020 | Abortion, Salon.com

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on “Morning Joe” MSNBC

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough criticized conservatives who want to “euthanize” the elderly in order to protect the American economy, calling Democrats the “party of life right now.”

“Right now, these conservatives are making Democrats, who are pro-choice, actually look more pro-life,” Scarborough said Thursday morning....

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The Significance of Mike Pence

Jul 16, 2016 | Abortion, Civil Liberties, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Immigration, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: The Good Men Project (July 16, 2016) As The New York Times recently reported, there are an awful lot of social issues in which Donald Trump doesn’t now or didn’t in the past line up with his new vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. These...

Not all lives matter: The perverse hypocrisy of “pro-life” gun enthusiasts

Oct 10, 2015 | Abortion, Gun Control, Republicans

Published: Salon (October 10, 2015), The Daily Dot (October 7, 2015) In a recent episode of The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah jokingly compared Republican politicians’ pro-life stance on abortion with their blasé attitude toward the increasing number of American deaths...

Mississippi Anti-Bloomberg Law: Complete Hypocrisy

Mar 21, 2013 | Abortion, Civil Liberties, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, Health & Wellness (Physical)

Published: mic (March 21, 2013) I was reluctant to use the same Thomas Jefferson quote twice in less than two weeks, but because the governor of Mississippi missed his golden opportunity to mention it, I simply had to post it again: "The error seems not sufficiently...

Why Tom Head and Todd Akin Contribute to the Dumbing of America

Aug 24, 2012 | Abortion, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Other, Extremism, Gender and Sexism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: PolicyMic (August 24, 2012) It is true that a nation which practices censorship cannot remain free. To this axiom, though, I would add that a society which doesn't respond to inflammatory stupidity with universal contempt cannot remain safe for reasoned...

The Republican War on Women

Mar 22, 2012 | Abortion, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Gender and Sexism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans

Published: PolicyMic (March 22, 2012) Is it fair to claim that the Republican Party is waging a "war on women?" Let's look at the facts. Although the phrase in question only regained its political fashionability within the last few months, the sad truth is that the...

On Supporting Abortion Rights

Feb 28, 2012 | Abortion, Civil Liberties, Conservativism, Gender and Sexism, Other Media, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans

Published: PolicyMic (February 28, 2012), As Quoted in an Obama Presidential Campaign Commercial (April 27, 2012 at the 1:07 mark) A new bill proposed by Pennsylvania Representative Kathy Rapp would require any woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound....

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