via mal contends - Pro-Life Wisconsin announced their candidate endorsements via its Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund political action committee this week.
Five of the six candidates being run by Tom Reynolds' Clean Sweep Wisconsin (CSW) in the Milwaukee-area Democratic primaries are recipients of the "Pro-Life" endorsements, even though the five candidates themselves have not voiced the extreme anti-abortion and other controversial views of CSW's treasurer and mastermind.
The Pro-Life Wisconsin endorsement corroborates the conventional political wisdom that Tom Reynolds' Clean Sweep Wisconsin is running rightwingers in the Democratic primaries, further eroding his already nearly nonexistent credibility.
Reynolds, has been disavowed by establishment Republicans and Democrats alike, and is being investigated by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board for filing an anonymous and frivolous election challenge to incumbent State Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee).
ProLife Wisconsin stresses “... the ‘no exceptions’ pro-life philosophy ... (position)," said Mary Matuska, president of the Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC.
This position, if enacted as a statute, would outlaw all abortions, even in the event of rape, incest, or protecting a woman's health.
The Clean Sweep Wisconsin-endorsed candidates receiving the Pro-Life Victory Fund endorsement are listed below.
(D-10) - Charisha Allen
(D-15) - Josh Hoisington
(D-16) - David D. King
(D-17) - Samantha H. Bady
(D-20) - Philip Landowski
The Clean Sweep Wisconsin-endorsed candidate, Jose Guzman, running in the Eighth Assembly district on the south side, did not receive a Pro-Life Victory Fund endorsement.
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Showing posts with label women and poltics. Show all posts
Jul 31, 2008
UW's Shapiro, Charo Hit Bush Effort to Limit Women's Reproductive Freedom
A woman's right to choose is dead if John McCain is elected president.
But the Bush administration is fighting to inflict as much damage as possible on women prior to that sickening possibility of choice disappearing, including decreasing the availability of contraception.
From today's Washington Post:
The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing a draft regulation that would deny federal funding to any hospital, clinic, health plan or other entity that does not accommodate employees who want to opt out of participating in care that runs counter to their personal convictions, including providing birth-control pills, IUDs and the Plan B emergency contraceptive.
"The breadth of this is potentially immense," said Robyn S. Shapiro, a bioethicist and lawyer at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "Is this going to result in a kind of blessed censorship of a whole host of areas of medical care and research?" ... Critics charge that the proposal is the latest example of the administration politicizing science to advance ideological goals. ... Others said the rule could have additional implications, including justifying discrimination against gays, single women or others seeking health care.
"As soon as you have a definition in one part of federal law, it can become the inspiration for the reinterpretation of other statutes," said R. Alta Charo, a lawyer and bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
McCain is even more anti-choice than Bush. It will be interesting to see where McCain lines up on this initiative.
Is this late initiative intended as a way for McCain to shore support with the religious right, though this would hurt him with political independents?
Or is this George W. Bush just being the fool to whom we have become accustomed?
One thing is certain, all women and all who value women's civil rights should be outraged.
But the Bush administration is fighting to inflict as much damage as possible on women prior to that sickening possibility of choice disappearing, including decreasing the availability of contraception.
From today's Washington Post:
The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing a draft regulation that would deny federal funding to any hospital, clinic, health plan or other entity that does not accommodate employees who want to opt out of participating in care that runs counter to their personal convictions, including providing birth-control pills, IUDs and the Plan B emergency contraceptive.
"The breadth of this is potentially immense," said Robyn S. Shapiro, a bioethicist and lawyer at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "Is this going to result in a kind of blessed censorship of a whole host of areas of medical care and research?" ... Critics charge that the proposal is the latest example of the administration politicizing science to advance ideological goals. ... Others said the rule could have additional implications, including justifying discrimination against gays, single women or others seeking health care.
"As soon as you have a definition in one part of federal law, it can become the inspiration for the reinterpretation of other statutes," said R. Alta Charo, a lawyer and bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
McCain is even more anti-choice than Bush. It will be interesting to see where McCain lines up on this initiative.
Is this late initiative intended as a way for McCain to shore support with the religious right, though this would hurt him with political independents?
Or is this George W. Bush just being the fool to whom we have become accustomed?
One thing is certain, all women and all who value women's civil rights should be outraged.
Jul 30, 2008
Wisconsin Lacks Women Writers on Politics
Update: Voices too often missing in op-ed land: women's
via mal contends - One of my favorite political sites is WiscOpinion.
But take a look at WiscOpinion and you see a disturbing trend, echoed across the state: Few women writers expressing their political views in blogs.
It's not sexism by WiscOpinion or any other site, it's a lack of women expressing their voices.
Consider another of my favorite sites: Uppity Wisconsin.
I know women writers there, but they write under a pseudomyn, safety being an obvious concern.
There are notable exceptions:
- Milwaukee Rising
- Lost Albatross
- Dane 101
But they are the exceptions. And that's a shame.
Below is WiscOpinion's writers for 7/29/2008; note that some nine-in-ten writers is male.
Not sure what the solution is, but it is most definitely a problem.
7/29/2008
:::PM LINKS:::
Tim Schilke: Not accounting for reality?
Bill Wineke: We have to clean up our lakes
Russell Wallace: Jim Doyle leaving, Barbara Lawton to become governor!
Chris Lato: The GOP joins the Twitter generation
Eric Wentz: Use oil, coal and natural gas now
Mike Ivey: State ranks high for drinking, not for workforce talent
Christa Westerberg: Two steps forward and one step back
Steve Jagler: Imagine: Milwaukee the tax haven?
Michael Rosen: Wisconsin's prison costs crowd out higher education
George Lightbourn: Where are we going?
J.B. Van Hollen: Standing up for public safety in the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Don Pridemore: Virtual schools: Allowing technology and education to come together
Tom Foley: Leading Wisconsin blogger fails U.S. Constitution
Greg Kowalski: A nice comfy trip to Florida in January for free?
:::AM LINKS:::
James Wigderson: Get the lead out!
Dave Zweifel: Minimum markup helps the little guy
Owen Robinson: A gas retailer’s perspective
Ed Garvey: Election polls galore, who do you trust?
Chris Liebenthal: Going BaNaNas
Tracy Coenen: The Blog Net News controversy
John F. Ebbott: County stiffs the poor
William L. McReynolds: Tight economic times require tough choices
Roger Frank Bass: Still scared after all these years
John Nichols: Putting the "I" word on the agenda
Don Huebscher: Eau Claire arena questions far outnumber the answers
Susan Armacost: Abortion ban and human rights
Judy Kirkwood: A proactive Sunday drive
via mal contends - One of my favorite political sites is WiscOpinion.
But take a look at WiscOpinion and you see a disturbing trend, echoed across the state: Few women writers expressing their political views in blogs.
It's not sexism by WiscOpinion or any other site, it's a lack of women expressing their voices.
Consider another of my favorite sites: Uppity Wisconsin.
I know women writers there, but they write under a pseudomyn, safety being an obvious concern.
There are notable exceptions:
- Milwaukee Rising
- Lost Albatross
- Dane 101
But they are the exceptions. And that's a shame.
Below is WiscOpinion's writers for 7/29/2008; note that some nine-in-ten writers is male.
Not sure what the solution is, but it is most definitely a problem.
7/29/2008
:::PM LINKS:::
Tim Schilke: Not accounting for reality?
Bill Wineke: We have to clean up our lakes
Russell Wallace: Jim Doyle leaving, Barbara Lawton to become governor!
Chris Lato: The GOP joins the Twitter generation
Eric Wentz: Use oil, coal and natural gas now
Mike Ivey: State ranks high for drinking, not for workforce talent
Christa Westerberg: Two steps forward and one step back
Steve Jagler: Imagine: Milwaukee the tax haven?
Michael Rosen: Wisconsin's prison costs crowd out higher education
George Lightbourn: Where are we going?
J.B. Van Hollen: Standing up for public safety in the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Don Pridemore: Virtual schools: Allowing technology and education to come together
Tom Foley: Leading Wisconsin blogger fails U.S. Constitution
Greg Kowalski: A nice comfy trip to Florida in January for free?
:::AM LINKS:::
James Wigderson: Get the lead out!
Dave Zweifel: Minimum markup helps the little guy
Owen Robinson: A gas retailer’s perspective
Ed Garvey: Election polls galore, who do you trust?
Chris Liebenthal: Going BaNaNas
Tracy Coenen: The Blog Net News controversy
John F. Ebbott: County stiffs the poor
William L. McReynolds: Tight economic times require tough choices
Roger Frank Bass: Still scared after all these years
John Nichols: Putting the "I" word on the agenda
Don Huebscher: Eau Claire arena questions far outnumber the answers
Susan Armacost: Abortion ban and human rights
Judy Kirkwood: A proactive Sunday drive
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