Honoring the Heroes: This Veteran’s Day let’s do more than lip-service and half-hearted thanks. Let’s work to help women in the military gain access to abortions through the Sheehan Amendment, which would give them the same access as federal employees. One in three military women have been sexually assaulted (compared with one in six civilian…
I hope you have been enjoying the Romney Creature Features in honor of the last full week of the presidential campaigns and Halloween. If you’ve missed any, catch-up here: The (Ecological) Creature from the Black Lagoon! Romney’s Bride of Frankenstein, how would he slice and dice reproductive rights? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on health…
In the spirit of Halloween and this final full week of the presidential campaign season, I present The Sin City Siren’s very own Creature Feature… What if Romney wins?! Are you ready for the frights that await you? In this installment, meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde… Hmm… speaking of doctors, have you heard the…
When news broke yesterday about Paul Ryan’s new comments about rape, I was just finishing a new post for the Independent Voter Network about the Todd Akin news cycle and what it showed us about media bias (and our own biases). Wait. You didn’t hear about the new Paul Ryan rape comment? The one where…
The opponents of Planned Parenthood are at it again. Or, I would say they’re at it again but they’ve really never stopped. But these days it seems the attacks on reproductive health care and women’s autonomy of their own bodies is on a constant feedback loop. It’s no wonder it inspired the hyperbolic War on…
As many rejoiced throughout the land at the dawn of Aug. 1 — a landmark day when new requirements of the Affordable Health Care Act went into effect, granting some 47 million women (about 400,000 here in Nevada) access to birth control without co-pays, preventative care, and more — some of us were also gathering…
Dems step up: The Democratic Party are poised to include an official plank supporting same-sex marriage, among other pro-LGBT issues. It’s good news. But honestly, I sort of thought it was already in there. So… it’s about time. The hits just keep coming: Women lose in Arizona as news came out today that a federal…
I saw an alarming graph posted to an anti-abortion site called AbortionDocs.org which boasted that 70% of clinics providing abortions had been closed since 1991 (or 2176 clinics to 660). Since I refuse to link to an anti-abortion site or re-post their alarmist propaganda, you’ll have to take my word for it on the graph.…
So, I caught Rep. Shelley Berkley on Face to Face with Jon Ralston tonight. And surprise, surprise, surprise, the main topic was the claims that Berkley’s husband, a high-profile kidney specialist, has benefited from actions the Congresswoman made to stop the closure of Nevada’s only kidney transplant center (at UMC). This move, along with a…
Mama’s got the magic… of Prozac: New study finds the stay-at-home moms are more depressed than either their working-mom counterparts or working women without kids. They also are more likely to report that they are “struggling,” angry, stressed, and sad. Study authors posit that this is at least partly due to the fact that most…
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