Articles for Month: March 2014

NOTE: The original version of this post incorrectly said that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg claimed the Affordable Care Act “passed overwhelmingly,” with bipartisan support. Ginsburg was actually addressing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which passed with bipartisan support and was signed by President Bill Clinton. I regret the error. The Justice's statement can be seen on Page 11 of this transcript of the Court arguments last Tuesday on the HHS Mandate. Context to her statement can be seen in a long discussion leading up to her comment. Since the HHS Mandate requiring insurance coverage of abortifacients, sterilization, and contraception was […]

Sometimes, all you can say is, “Keep telling yourself that.”  Elle’s Rachael Combe recently honored NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue as one of the “10 Most Powerful Women in D.C.” For Combe’s piece, Hogue told Elle that, “Even though states adopted 53 antichoice measures last year,” Americans “really do live in a pro-choice country.” Fortunately, the polls disagree. Hogue went on to explain, “I’m witnessing a resurgence of…it’s not even outrage—it’s just reaffirming basic values.” Basic values? Now that’s a new definition of pro-abortion absolutism.   Looks like Hogue missed the most recent polls – like CNN’s finding that 58% of Americans want all […]