We told you over the holidays about Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s offensive “joke” about marital rape: “Rape is non existent in marriage, take what you want my friend!” Since then, Scott Braddock of the Austin-based political website Quorum Report has reported that Stickland, R-Fort Worth, is one of five Tea Partiers in the Texas House who voted […]
Reproductive Rights
Anti-abortion Texas Lawmaker Apparently Thought Rape Was a Joking Matter
Scott Braddock of the Austin-based online political website Quorum Report has come across a stunningly callous and offensive comment state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Fort Worth, made some years back in an online forum: “Rape is non existent in marriage, take what you want my friend!” Stickland, a hero of tea partiers and religious-righters, apparently made the shocking […]
2015 in Quotes: The War on Women
The only issue that matches the far right’s obsession with gay sex is abortion. Let’s take a look at what we heard from the right this year about women and reproductive health care. The right’s contempt for women (including from other women!) was evident in other areas as well. (Click here for previous posts on what we heard […]
FAITH LEADERS CALL ON GOV. ABBOTT TO STOP INTERFERING WITH WOMEN’S FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Clergy Sign Open Letter as Federal Judge Prepares to Hear Lawsuit over Medicaid Funding Ban for Health Care Services at Planned Parenthood Clinics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2015 Clergy from diverse faith traditions across Texas are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to stop interfering with the freedom of women to see providers of their […]
Texas Faith Leaders Call on Gov. Abbott to Stop Interfering in Women’s Freedom to Choose Their Health Care Providers
Just Texas, a project of the Texas Freedom Network, sent out the following press release today: Clergy from diverse faith traditions across Texas are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to stop interfering with the freedom of women to see providers of their choice for health screenings, family planning and other reproductive health care services. “Women […]
