As the Texas Senate prepared to pass legislation today that would put severe limits on women’s ability to make their own decisions about their reproductive health, Department of Public Safety troopers also took something else from them: their tampons. News that DPS troopers were confiscating feminine hygiene products from women wanting to watch the abortion […]
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Texas Pastor Nods Along as Talk Show Host Says the Folks Pushing Abortion Rights Are Promiscuous Men 'Like Our President'
We’ve heard a lot of extreme rhetoric in the deeply divisive debate over abortion in Texas the last few weeks. Our friends at Right Wing Watch caught some of it today, when Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress spoke on a far-right American Family Association radio program. In talking about what’s happening in Texas, show host Sandy […]
Do You Really Want to Reduce the Number of Abortions, Gov. Perry? Then Support Effective Sex Education
We just sent out the following press release: PETITION CALLS ON GOV. PERRY TO ADD SEX EDUCATION TO CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION Comprehensive Sex Ed Offers Best Approach for Reducing Abortions in Texas More than 5,000 Texans have added their names to a petition calling on Gov. Rick Perry to add passing effective sex education […]
Petition Calls on Gov. Perry to Add Sex Education to Call for Special Session
Petition Calls on Gov. Perry to Add Sex Education to Call for Special Session Comprehensive Sex Ed Offers Best Approach for Reducing Abortions in Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2013 More than 5,000 Texans have added their names to a petition calling on Gov. Rick Perry to add passing effective sex education policies to […]
David Barton Rewrites His Own History, Dan Patrick Doesn’t Seem to Notice
Following is even more proof that self-styled “historian” David Barton is little more than a propaganda artist: now he’s rewriting his own history. Yet Barton’s distorted versions of history are still getting traction on the political right, as Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston demonstrated last week. Let’s start with Barton. The president of […]
