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“[Rick] Perry is basically the John Wooden of anti-woman madness.”

Emphasis on “madness.”

Mississippi Bill Would Ban Manimals, Mermen, and Minotaurs

Oh, and severely curtail reproductive rights. Again.

New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As 'Tampering With Evidence' →

Women. Serving as voiceless repositories of forensic material since forever. Sigh.

CHARTS: Eleven reasons why every woman in America should vote on Tuesday.

Business Group Courts Women, Also Supports Todd Akin →

Oopsies.

US politicians need to take a sex ed refresher [sample confusion: what is rape?]

But don’t be embarrassed lawmakers! Just throw your questions into our middle school gym teacher’s “question box.” We won’t look. Promise. 

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25 states offer no protection to mothers of rape-conceived children whose rapists demand custody rights.

Do you live in one of them?

(Source: Mother Jones)

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If Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) tackled “legitimate shootings.”

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Can you get pregnant? Apparently the question is more confusing than we’d thought, so we made a flow-chart.

annfriedman:

GIF OF THE DAY.

Reblogging for persistent relevance.

(Source: paxamericana)

christiannightmares:

Kirk Cameron defends Todd Akin (For more info, visit Politico; For a related video, click here http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/post/27027817169/simple-minded-douchebag-kirk-cameron-cant)

Sigh.

"The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Boozman said the inability to get pregnant from rape stemmed from “God’s little protective shield”—a report Boozman denied before saying that it was in fact an “adrenaline rush” that prevented conception from rape."

— As Kate Sheppard explains, Rep. Todd Akin is completely wrong on rape and pregnancy—but not alone.

The Florida Republican who led the congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood may have just lost his primary. →

To a large-animal veterinarian named Yoho, no less.

"The Sanctity of Human Life Act, which Ryan co-sponsored, would have enshrined the notion that life begins at fertilization in federal law, thus criminalizing in vitro fertilization—the process of creating an embryo outside of a woman's womb." →

A 2011 Paul Ryan proposal would have criminalized IVF—a procedure Romney’s own kids have used.

"Fertilized eggs don’t have much in common with flooded homes, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is holding up a flood insurance bill until the Senate votes to recognize the life begins at conception. The reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, which expires at the end of July and currently insures 5.6 million flood-prone properties, was expected to pass with little fuss. But then Paul signaled he wanted a vote on “when life begins."

— Today in small-government conservatism.