31 5 / 2012
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Proud to Endorse President Obama
“There is no better way to protect the future of women’s health in America than by re-electing President Obama.”
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund will be spending as much time as possible between now and Election Day making sure that every voter in every corner of America knows just what is at stake on November 6.
President Obama knows that protecting women’s access to basic health care is essential. He’s demonstrated that he understands the specific economic challenges women face, and has worked with us hand-in-hand to help women meet those challenges. And, he’s made certain that women and families across America will get birth control covered without a co-pay and expanded access to basic, lifesaving care like cancer screenings, HIV tests and counseling, and more.
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, has promised to “get rid” of Planned Parenthood. He’s pledged to end the nation’s family planning program and to allow employers to deny women insurance that covers birth control. He wants the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, taking away women’s right to make their personal health decisions and giving that power to government and politicians.
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31 5 / 2012
"Others echoed the concern that they’re worried that breast feeding in uniform could lead their male counterparts seeing them as less worthy of respect. To this I say: if the sight of a woman breastfeeding leads men en masse to think that women are inferior or not worthy of respect, then the problem isn’t with the women or with breastfeeding — it’s with a rigid culture that encourages acting like a dick. Why accomodate that?"
31 5 / 2012
“George Tiller was a compassionate physician who risked his life to help women in need. He was assassinated by an anti-choice terrorist.”
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30 5 / 2012
Feminist, Not Nazi: Facts
Facts
Here are some facts about the history of contraceptives.
- Prior to modern medicine, women would use lemons, Queen Anne’s lace, Pennyroyal, blue cohosh, dong quai, rue, cotton, silphium, papaya, and mercury. (1)
- Papaya seeds can reduce a man’s sperm count to zero, is completely safe for use, and the affects immediately reversible. (1)
- The woman who coined the term “birth control” is Margaret Sanger. She is also the founder of theAmerican Birth Control League, the precursor to Planned Parenthood. (2)
- Frank Colton is the inventor of the birth control pill. (2)
- The pill was approved by the FDA in 1960. (2)
- Condoms have been recorded as being used as early as 1000 BC. (3)
- In 1912, single-use latex condoms became available for public use. (3)
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30 5 / 2012
Ronda, Málaga | Andalusia | Spain (by Ishie Kasajima | via tripudios)
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