Happy New Year, Sirens! Now that the confetti and champagne have been cleared away, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get down to business. We’ve got work to do Sirens! It’s an election year, baby: Get ready for another year of political ad-overload. All of Nevada’s four House seats are on the docket…
Abandon hope all ye who enter here: Michigan has created a new ring of hell and it is called “rape insurance.” Call this the nexus of reproductive rights and rape culture. The Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act passed yesterday by the Michigan Legislature bans all insurance plans from covering abortion unless the woman’s life is in…
Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
Welcome Nevada Governor Sandoval to the Republican manufactured poutrage factory. [Sibelius] Oh, the horror! The Affordable Care Act is taking full effect, complete with health care insurance exchanges on which individuals who don’t have employer sponsored health insurance policies can find insurance in a private market. That’s right — a…
An hour ago, President Barrack Obama held a press conference calling out the Republican-led threat to shut down the government unless Obamacare implementation is delayed one year and key components of the health care law are rescinded — chiefly, a woman’s access to birth control. Obama urged the House to pass a budget bill free…
In all the strategems, rhetoric and political theater surrounding Planned Parenthood, it’s easy to forget that what we’re arguing about and fighting for are people. We fight for access to quality, affordable healthcare for people who need it. But we are also fighting to save the jobs of the people who work at Planned Parenthood.…
Today is Equal Pay Day. It represents how far into 2011 women have to work to make the same salary as men in 2010. This year it’s nearly 100 days into the year. It’s more than a third of the way through the year and women are just now catching up to men in the…
Nevada Women’s Lobby’s Grassroots Lobby Days is coming up, March 14-16! During GLD there are a host of great workshops to better understand how bills become law and how to lobby your representatives. Another great part of GLD is the great speakers lined up! One of those speakers is acclaimed, feminist, prochoice, activist Shelby Knox!…
If you haven’t already, please take the time to call your representative to lobby to save Planned Parenthood from proposed Title X cuts! Even though Title X funds already cannot be used for abortions, conservatives are aiming to end all services provided by Planned Parenthood. Only 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services are for abortions, according…
If you haven’t been reading my other blog, The Tired Feminist, you might have missed the 6-part Exploring Feminist Motherhood series. Trust me, it has a lot less to do with Diaper Genies and a lot more to do with feminist discussions that came up during The Sin City Siren Book Club, where we discussed…
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