The War on Reproductive Rights Will Get a Lot Uglier Next Year “Mandatory adoption seminar

The War on Reproductive Rights Will Get a Lot Uglier Next Year “Mandatory adoption seminars, discredited science about fetal pain, and many more highlights of anti-abortion bills coming to a statehouse near you.”After a record-shattering year in 2013, the pace of harsh anti-abortion bills introduced in 2014 slowed down. Elections cut short the legislative calendar in many states, and the general assemblies in Texas and North Dakota, two anti-abortion heavyweights, didn’t meet.But brace yourself for 2015.Next year, Republicans will control 11 more legislative chambers than they did in 2014. Lawmakers in Texas and North Dakota are back in session, and there are no major elections to take up lawmakers’ time or cause them worry about war-on-women attacks.In at least nine states, abortion foes forces have already begun crafting restrictions for 2015. Below,Mother Jones has compiled a list of anti-abortion bills that have been prefiled in statehouses across the country. And this list only covers states where bills have actually been submitted. In other states, abortion foes are still scribbling away.Read the full list here“Why voting is important” - exhibit 83,476,489,252,553  If you didn’t vote in 2014, PLEASE don’t make the mistake again. Get yourself registered now so it’s not an issue when the time comes to vote! There IS a difference between the parties, and the “War On Women” isn’t just rhetoric, women’s rights are being attacked by Republicans in STATE AFTER STATE. -- source link
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