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Ann Rose and Susan Hill have something to say. Every morning for the past several years, they've chatted on the phone and ranted about the events of the day. Now, instead of ranting to each other, they will air their opinions on the internet with Hot Flash Report which will focus on abortion, reproductive rights, birth control and right-wing sexual hypocrisy. Along with a hand-picked group of 'Flasher' columnists, they will dissect the latest spin on the news and give you a piece of their mind. Ann and Susan are both long time liberal Democrats
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NARAL's Endorsement of Obama Creates a Backlash
By AnnRose, Section Rants
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:32:55 PM EST
Tags: abortion, NARAL, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Yesterday, despite having 2 Democratic candidates who are pro-choice, NARAL Pro-Choice America decided to endorse Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.
This action flies in the face of sanity in that the pro-choice movement is seen as stabbing its friends in the back...a friend named Hillary Clinton.
Their action created a firestorm last night on the NARAL Blog and many others have come forward to disagree vehemently with NARAL's ill-chosen action.
Abortion providers have alot to thank the Clintons for, as the Clinton administration did everything it their power to protect abortion rights and use their Justice Department under Janet Reno to protect the lives of providers.
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PEPFAR Wins Money, Compromises Principle
By RH Reality Check, Section Rants
Posted on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:39:14 PM EST
Tags: Access to Abortion, Contraception, International Organizations, Maternal Health, Sexuality Education, STI-HIV-AIDS Prevention, Women’s Rights, abortion, abstinence-only, HIV-AIDS, PEPFAR
The moment to improve PEPFAR based on reality and public health passed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee was ever convened. Americans frustrated with political game playing over dedicated problem solving will see this as one more reason Washington must change.
Read the original and discuss at RHRealityCheck.org - News, Information and Analysis for Reproductive Health.
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What's Missing from Democratic Exit Polls?
By RH Reality Check, Section Rants
Posted on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 09:26:35 AM EST
Tags: Access to Abortion, Contraception, Election 2008, Sexuality Education, John Edwards, abortion, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Sex Education
By including questions about abortion on Republican exit polls, but not Democratic ones, pollsters guarantee the media pays attention to how conservative, anti-choice voters feel about the issue, while overlooking the majority of Americans' support for broad access to abortion and contraception.
Read the original and discuss at RH Reality Check - News, Analysis, Commentary and Information for Reporoductive Health
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A New Life For Midwifery Care
By RH Reality Check, Section Rants
Posted on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 10:03:49 AM EST
Tags: abortion, birth options, midwifery, natural birth
The Big Push for Midwives campaign seeks to integrate midwifery care into the health care systems of the United States. Activists are pushing against a strong, well-funded medical lobby that has a professional interest in keeping midwives marginalized.
Read the original and join the riveting discussion at RH Reality Check.
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Canada: Anti-Choicers Want to Jail Women for Abortion
By choice joyce, Section Rants
Posted on Sun Nov 25, 2007 at 06:13:02 PM EST
Tags: abortion, homicide, jail, Canada, women
Posted today at the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Some of Canada's leading anti-abortion spokespersons want women to be prosecuted and jailed for homicide for having abortions.
In a disturbing section of November's The Interim ("Canada's Life and Family newspaper"), five prominent anti-choice spokespersons plus an anti-choice columnist consider the question of criminal punishment for abortion, if abortion were to be made illegal again. Shockingly, four out of six believe women should be prosecuted and sent to jail, while the other two want women subjected to mental health treatment. All six want abortion providers to be prosecuted for murder.
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Chris Rock About Abortion
By AnnRose, Section Rants
Posted on Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 10:18:33 PM EST
Tags: Chris Rock, abortion
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What Happens If Roe Is Overturned?
By irishwitch, Section Rants
Posted on Tue Nov 13, 2007 at 03:26:19 PM EST
Tags: abortion, candidates, Blue Dog Democrats, reproductive choice, '08 elections
Crossposted at DKos
Most of us don't even want to think about Roe. V. Wad being overturned. For 34 years, it has provided women with the right to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy, and protected their health and, yes, lives when a fetus too damaged to carry to term or their health is endangered. It's been one of the rocks we built feminism on, because without control of their fertility, women are hostages to biology.
And yet, we must face the very real possibility that SCOTUS will either overturn Roe completely or so hamstring it as to make it useless. Ther are now 5 anti-choice conservative Opus Dei Catholics (who don't reflect the opinions of most American Catholics any more than the Catholic League does) on the Supreme Court, and they are salivating to do just that. We need to be prepared for this as a real possibility, because is can happen.
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"Fetal homicide" laws are not the answer
By choice joyce, Section Rants
Posted on Tue Nov 13, 2007 at 01:22:29 PM EST
Tags: abortion, fetal homicide, fetal protection, pregnant women
This op-ed piece by me (Joyce Arthur) was published today in the National Post, a major conservative daily in Canada. I've restored a couple deleted phrases. The Post also omitted my title and affiliation, which is Coordinator of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.
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Margaret Somerville ("New life matters, Nov. 6) and others in these pages have called for legal recognition for fetuses when pregnant women are murdered, which has occurred five times in Canada since 2004. The victims and families of such horrific tragedies deserve our deepest sympathy. However, creating a "fetal homicide" law that would allow murder charges to be laid for the death of a fetus would be an unconstitutional infringement on women's rights, and would likely result in harms against pregnant women.
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FlashPoints - 11/13/07
By FlashPoints, Section Rants
Posted on Tue Nov 13, 2007 at 12:43:46 PM EST
Tags: abortion, Bill Baird, male birth control, Randall Terry, Pat Robertson
Fetal homicide laws are not the answer, an op-ed piece by HFR FrontPager Joyce Arthur.
Groveling for Choice: What Good Doctors Will Do, another good piece by HFR FrontPager Carole Joffee at Rhrealitycheck.org.
State mandated and biased abortion counseling requirements often violate the fundamental principles of informed consent according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Bill Baird of Baird v. Eisenstat is still kicking after all these years.
First Reversible, Orally-Administered Male Contraceptive Birth Control Pill Tops List of New Medical Discoveries at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego November 11-15.
Randall Terry upset with Pat Robertson. Boo Hoo. These 2 deserve each other.
Change of Venue for Protest at CBN: Founder of Operation Rescue, to Lead Protest at CBN's Wash DC Office Regarding Pat Robertson Endorsing Giuliani for President.
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Imaginary Babies and Unborn Children
By william harrison, Section Rants
Posted on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 06:14:50 AM EST
Tags: abortion
Homunculus: The tiny man or woman once thought, for thousands of years before the spermatazoa had been seen with the microscope, to be contained in the vital bodily fluids of male ejaculum, and cause pregnancy. The female's roll in this scenario was only as a provider of the vessel - the womb - to carry the imaginary baby furnished by the male. And for thousands of years, she had little or no say in this process.
Imaginary Baby: The imaginary child or baby that many very young children carry in their arms and cuddle and kiss and talk to. Most children outgrow the delusion of, and the need for, imaginary babies and imaginary friends by age 5 or 6.
Unborn Children: The imaginary babies that radical "Pro-Life" militants, who picket doctor's offices and Planned Parenthood clinics, think occupies the womb of every woman entering an abortion care facility. Many adults, e.g., murderers like Paul Hill, Michael Griffin, James Kopp and John Salvi, never overcome these delusions of imaginary babies, and become certifiably insane, performing violent criminal acts as a result of their delusions.
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Texas U.S District Court Judge Under Fire For Sexual Harassment
By irishwitch, Section Rants
Posted on Wed Nov 07, 2007 at 01:57:55 PM EST
Tags: Texas, judiciary, sexual harassment, Republicans, corruption
There's a curious storm brewing in Texas over sexual harassment and a U.S. District Court judge appointed by George H.W, Bush. In other words, another Republican sex scandal. And it's about to go national. Can't these boys keep their hands to themselves? And there's the possibility of corruption as well, another favorite Republican pastime.
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New UK Scientific Study on Effects of Second Trimester Abortions
By william harrison, Section Rants
Posted on Wed Nov 07, 2007 at 07:09:47 AM EST
Tags: abortion, Partial Birth abortion, late abortion
The British Parliament commissioned this study by the Science and Technologie Committee of the House of Commons. Much like the study that Repugnican Prez, Saint Ronnie the Reagan, directed the office of his once almost sainted Surgeon General Dr. Koop, to carry out. Of course, that was never released by St. Ronnie the Reagan, since the almost sainted Dr Koop was an honest man who refused to lie about the findings. And then Dr. Koop came out in favor of CONDOMS TO PREVENT AIDS!
And then, Oh MY! Didn't the Religi Right kick Koop's stinkin' ass out of the Saint's Club quick!
Oh, and the Koop study was finally released to the MSM by the Democraticaly controlled US House of Reps with little fanfair anywhere and no recognition by anyone on the part of the radical religious right and in their militant anti-abortion campaigning.
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