VICTORY! ANOTHER VICTORY FOR AMERICAN WOMEN!

They have awoken the sleeping giant that is 53% of the voting population and we have won this battle in the Republican War on Women. The ouster of the sexually-repressed, conservative hag Karen Handel from Komen is another battle we have won.

GIRL POWER ! (and thanks to the REAL MEN who value Women’s Rights, too :-)

We have won these battles by pulling together, but Complacency Kills.

The Republican War on Women being waged at every level of government is far from over.

Women of Virginia and America: It is now up to us to GET OUT THE VOTE and kick every one of these Misogynist Pig Republicans, those who would trample your Human and Constitutional Rights, to the garbage heap of history where they belong.

abaldwin360:

shortformblog:

theatlantic:

Virginia Lawmakers Drop Invasive Ultrasound Requirement From Abortion Bill

After an understandable uproar over a mandatory procedure that federal law would consider rape, Virginia legislators have opted to forgo the invasive and most definitely uncomfortable procedure for women seeking abortions. On top of a big invasion of privacy for all women, the legislation could have re-traumatized women who sought abortions because of rapes. A meeting last night led legislators to reconsider the vagina wand provision, reaching a compromise that would make the procedure voluntary, but not mandatory, reports The Washington Post. We’re not sure what woman might choose to have an ultrasound used in this way, but, now they get a choice. And with that, the never-ending reproduction debates continue.

Read more.

A victory for activists in the latest round of the culture wars.

Now it needs to be stopped in Texas (and anywhere else it’s done) as well!