Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Reproductive Rights
More Nonsense from Abstinence-Only Fanatics: ‘Drug-Based Sex Ed’
Abstinence-only activists are increasingly concerned that more and more school districts in Texas are moving to sex education policies that include medically accurate information on condoms and other forms of contraception and STD prevention. Their latest worry: Round Rock Independent School District just north of Austin. The lawyer/lobbyist for Free Market Foundation Liberty Institute Texas […]
VP Nominee Ryan Says Contraception Mandate Will Hurt the Poor
Talking Points Memo reports that Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan argued today in Cleveland that the Obama administration’s requirement that most employers include coverage for contraception in health insurance for employees will actually hurt the poor. The mandate does not apply to churches and other houses of worship. Religiously affiliated institutions such as hospitals […]
GOP Candidates for Texas House Take Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Positions on Religious-Right Voter Guide
At least 32 Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot for the Texas House of Representatives have suggested that they would not support a woman’s right to seek an abortion even if she became pregnant as a result of rape or incest. According to answers on a voter guide sponsored by several religious-right groups in […]
Texas GOP Congressman Accuses Democratic Opponent of Baby-Killing, Rejecting God
In a repulsive attempt to use faith, fear and smears as political weapons, freshman Republican Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco of San Antonio is trying to persuade voters that he has Jesus on his side in his re-election campaign against a fellow Roman Catholic he says votes to kill babies. Canseco’s campaign has been bombarding voters […]
