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Shmashmortion
shmashmortion
June 7, 2015
Abortion Rates Decline Across the Country, Cause Is Up for Interpretation
Both sides say it proves they’re right.
By
Margaret Hartmann
shmashmortion
June 4, 2015
Scott Walker: Rape Pregnancy Worries Will Pass
Abused women should be able to get their act together within 20 weeks.
By
Margaret Hartmann
shmashmortion
Oct. 14, 2014
Texas Abortion Clinics Can Remain Open Thanks to Supreme Court Intervention
All but eight clinics were set to close.
By
Margaret Hartmann
shmashmortion
Oct. 2, 2014
Most Texas Abortion Clinics Are Being Forced to Close Immediately
A court ruling just shuttered all but seven.
By
Margaret Hartmann
love and war
Nov. 19, 2013
Supreme Court Decides Texas Abortion Law Can Stay, For Now
They’ll be seeing this one again.
By
Adam Martin
shmashmortion
July 9, 2013
Texas House Provisionally Approves the Bill Wendy Davis Filibustered
It’s expected to go all the way.
By
Adam Martin
shmashmortion
June 26, 2013
Dramatic Filibuster Beats Texas Anti-Abortion Bill (Eventually)
With help from an “unruly mob.” For now.
By
Margaret Hartmann
shmashmortion
June 25, 2013
Texas Lawmaker Filibustering Anti-Abortion Bill
And she can’t even lean against her desk.
By
Dan Amira
and
Margaret Hartmann
shmashmortion
June 19, 2013
Trent Franks’s Abortion Bill Passes the House, With One Last Gaffe
The masturbating fetus defense.
By
Adam Martin
counterpoint
June 14, 2013
Why Trent Franks Is Actually Worse Than Todd Akin
A rebuttal.
By
Kat Stoeffel
shmashmortion
June 13, 2013
Rubio’s Novel Way to Avoid Rape Controversy
“I don’t know who that is.”
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
May 15, 2013
Kermit Gosnell Is Too Old for the Death Penalty
The abortion doctor will still serve life in prison though.
By
Delia Paunescu
shmashmortion
May 13, 2013
Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty on Three Counts of Murder
And one count of manslaughter.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Apr. 12, 2013
‘If Babies Had Guns … ’ Is the Start of Congressman’s Campaign Motto
” … they wouldn’t be aborted” is the end of it.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Apr. 12, 2013
New York
Post
Alleges Kermit Gosnell Hypocrisy
What’s going on with Kermit Gosnell?
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Jan. 24, 2013
Bill Would Treat Abortion As Evidence-Tampering
The bill would make it a felony to get an abortion if you’ve been raped, because of “tampering with evidence.”
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Oct. 19, 2012
Congressman Joe Walsh Makes Dumb Abortion Remark
“You can’t find one instance” when abortion would save the mother’s life, he claimed.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Oct. 3, 2012
Akin Makes Another Odd Abortion Claim
What?
By
Dan Amira
convention dispatch
Aug. 30, 2012
Fetus Trucks Circling Downtown Tampa
Graphic.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Aug. 22, 2012
Paul Ryan Does Not Want to Talk Rape Semantics
There is no “forcible rape” and other kinds of rape.
By
Dan Amira
todd achin’
Aug. 21, 2012
Todd Akin Fights Back With Attack on Liberal Elitist Media, Fetus
On Romney: “Why couldn’t he run his race and I’ll run mine?”
By
Brett Smiley
shmashmortion
Aug. 21, 2012
Why It Makes Sense for Todd Akin to Stay in the Race [Updated]
He reiterated today that he’s not dropping out.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Aug. 21, 2012
Steve King Says Dumb Thing About Pregnancy
The GOP freak show continues.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Aug. 20, 2012
Todd Akin Is Very Sorry, Has Learned Some New Things About Rape [Updated]
The embattled Senate candidate apologized profusely on Mike Huckabee’s radio show. Also, Obama has weighed in.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Aug. 20, 2012
McCaskill Says Akin Must Stay Nominee
Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill says replacing Akin would be “pretty radical.”
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
July 13, 2012
Would the Right Really Care About a Pro-Choice Running Mate?
We don’t think Condi Rice’s abortion views would really be a problem.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Jan. 25, 2012
American Hero of the Day: Ralph Shortey
He doesn’t want you to eat aborted fetuses.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Mar. 18, 2011
GOP-Backed Bill Could Require IRS Auditors to Ask for Abortion Receipts
Auditors all up in your uterus.
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Mar. 2, 2011
Using a Fetus to Testify Against Abortion Can Backfire in Unexpected Ways
Fetal performance anxiety.
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Mar. 1, 2011
Ohio Senate Schedules a Fetus to Testify About Abortion Bill
Its heartbeat will serve as a legislative witness.
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Feb. 25, 2011
They Took Down That Offensive Anti-Abortion Billboard in Soho
Hooray!
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Feb. 23, 2011
To Celebrate Black History Month, Anti-Abortion Group Buys Offensive Billboard in Soho
“The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Feb. 23, 2011
Kristen Schaal Makes an Excellent Planned Parenthood Argument on
The Daily Show
The House’s proposal to defund Planned Parenthood doesn’t go far enough.
By
Nitasha Tiku
shmashmortion
Feb. 17, 2011
Say Good-bye to Reproductive Health Care, Ladies
A new bill plans on cutting all federal funding of family-planning services.
By
Julie Gerstein
shmashmortion
Feb. 17, 2011
South Dakota Shelves Bill That
Kind of Maybe
Allows People to Kill Abortion Doctors
The GOP governor calls it “a very bad idea.”
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Feb. 15, 2011
South Dakota Bill Would Make It Legal to Murder Abortion Doctors [Updated: Or Would It?]
Eh, pretty sure you can’t do that.
By
Dan Amira
shmashmortion
Feb. 9, 2011
Ohio Introduces Bill to Outlaw ‘Heartbeat’ Abortions
If passed, in-state abortions would be outlawed after eighteen days.
By
Nitasha Tiku