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ALL SEX, ALL THE TIME (www.washingtonmonthly.com) TMC

Republicans were apoplectic over a stimulus measure that would have saved money on preventing unwanted pregnancies, so it was removed from the economic recovery plan. Today, GOP lawmakers, proving... More

Tags: republicans,stimulus package,tmc,gop,lawmakers,pregnancy prevention

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Reproductive justice and the stimulus (www.racewire.org) TMC

A few days ago, the Obama administration raised hopes about a more equitable reproductive health policy by lifting the so-called “global gag rule.” But on the domestic front, the new White House... More

Tags: reproductive justice,stimulus package,tmc,global gag rule,barack obama

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Boehner Gets It Wrong on Contraceptives, Stimulus (www.rhrealitycheck.org) TMC

"How can you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives? How does that stimulate the economy?" So asks House Republican leader John Boehner (R-OH) in decrying the inclusion of a... More

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FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES IN THE STIMULUS PACKAGE (www.prospect.org) TMC

The current stimulus package includes some funds for family planning services provided to Medicaid recipients. Republicans are predictably upset, and the Obama administration may decide to pull this... More

Tags: family planning services,stimulus package,tmc

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Conservative lies: Wasteful spending on contraception hurts our economic stimulus package. (www.feministing.com)

House Minority leader Boehner is at it again, only this time him, along with his conservative colleagues, are suggesting that since the stimulus bill has a section about state coverage of family... More

Tags: conservatives,republicans,stimulus package,spending,contraceptives

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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