Today marks the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that established the constitutional right to an abortion. The constant and unwavering attacks on our reproductive freedoms make the significance of this decision as important today as it was 45 years ago. I write today not only to honor this momentous […]
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New Trump Religious-Refusal Policy Makes a Mockery of Religious Freedom, Endangers Vulnerable People
The Trump administration today announced a new policy favoring health care workers who refuse to do their jobs because they have religious or moral objections to certain services or to the individuals receiving them. We just sent out the following press release: […]
2017 in Quotes: Potluck Nuttery
We’ll close out our annual series of the outrageous and offensive things we heard from the right over the past year with a mix of nutty quotes. […]
2017 in Quotes: The War on Women and Abortion
Barring women’s access to safe, legal abortion continues to animate the right. That is especially true in Texas, as we can see in these quotes from 2017. […]
2017 in Quotes: The War on LGBT People
The Supreme Court’s ruling in 2015 that laws barring same-sex marriage were unconstitutional continues to outrage the right. But in truth, the right opposes any effort to promote equality for LGBT people, as you can see in these quotes from 2017. […]
