Category Archives: Choice

Women Making Their Own Medical Decisions

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Dave Bradley

From last summer (5 minutes): Never a wild eyed liberal, the very conservative Barry Goldwater once observed about extremist right wing religious nuts that:  There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is … Continue reading →

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AGs Want To Cross State Lines To Prosecute Abortions

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Freedom in America? It looks like the extremist Republican MAGA Party has a plan to end that.   Below is the highlights of the Rachel Maddow Show from Monday night. The first highlight is a short synopsis of how the … Continue reading →

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Iowa Moves To The Early 20th Century

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Dave Bradley

(11 minutes) Iowa took the national spotlight Tuesday. Getting the national spotlight these days usually involve doing something truly outrageous. Frequently these days the national spotlight belongs to Donald Trump’s insane statements or statements from Republicans taking us down to … Continue reading →

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Redo on Samantha Bee’s History of “Pro-Life”

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Last week we had the insane passage of copycat laws around the country with the express purpose of the de facto stoppage of legal abortions. Iowa, which was once a national leader in things like education and non-partisan selection of … Continue reading →

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NARAL:  Stop New Rules On Birth Control

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Dave Bradley

“The Trump administration introduced new rules this month (November 14th) — similar to rules already blocked by federal courts — that would allow non-profits, private businesses, and universities to refuse to cover birth control in their insurance policies based on “moral … Continue reading →

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A Catholic Nun Explains Real Pro-Life

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Dave Bradley

From dailykos.com July 30,2015: In one simple quote, Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. sums up the hypocrisy of many in the ‘pro-life’ movement: “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Republicans Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Dave Bradley

They Take a Stand Opposed By 75% of Iowa Iowa House Republicans again this year inserted an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood from any state funding. This is a truly unpopular issue with Iowans. As Beth Wessel-Kroeschell is quoted in … Continue reading →

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Abortion: Legal But Full Of Punishment

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Chris Matthews stirred a real pot of controversy Wednesday night when he asked Donald Trump what the punishment for having an abortion should be if and when Trump becomes president and abortion is made illegal in the United States. Trump … Continue reading →

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I’ll Just Leave This Here

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Dave Bradley

For everyone to think about:

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Another Judicial Retention Fight Next Year?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Wouldn’t you have thought that after 3 judges were replaced by the new Terry Branstad that he and his party would pretty much get their way in the Iowa Supreme Court? Thus after appointing all the members of the Iowa … Continue reading →

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