Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control . . .

Sara Robinson writes on AlterNet: “[D]idn’t we all honestly think that by 2012, contraception would be a non-issue, and Congress wouldn’t make the mistake of leaving women out of conversations like this one?”

The Increasingly Disturbing War Against Women’s Rights

The editors of The New Republic wirte: “When Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, suggested yesterday that women should simply place aspirin between their legs rather than use contraception, it was the latest sa…

Under New Law, France Would No Longer Be Sexual Playground of Men Like Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Janice G. Raymond writes for truthout: “Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s (DSK) marauding sexual behavior has passed out of the news cycle. However, in the aftermath of DSK’s alleged rape of a Guinean hotel maid in New York and subsequent accusations of his rapac…

The bishops go off the deep end

Joan Walsh writes on Salon: “[M]aybe the best argument on behalf of the Obama administration’s position comes from a very unlikely source . . . Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In two different decisions, the conservative Catholic Scalia has sided w…

Detailing the problems of ‘breast cancer culture’

Anna Holmes write for The Washington Post: “Of course, the outrage isn’t just about Planned Parenthood, or even Komen, arguably the most high-profile of American breast cancer charities. . . . what the chorus of critics is pushing back against is broader…