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I Won’t Be Watching the Super Bowl

Sunday, February 7, 2010

I’ve already made it clear that I won’t be watching the Super Bowl and for the most part won’t watch any more CBS shows because of the Focus on the Family/Tim Tebow ad that is scheduled to run

I’m Not the Only One Annoyed with CBS

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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The still-unseen, yet controversial Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad is on everyone’s mind, including mine. One friend said to me, “I can’t believe you haven’t written anything about it yet!” I’ve been wanting to, but to be honest I was…

So Much Punditry, So Little Time

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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I’m glad there are some other people weighing in on some topics on my mind: –My fellow MOMocrats and I are having a little Super Bowl Party Tailgate Party for Choice. – The Women’s Media Center is also thinking…

Hillary Clinton — Reproductive Rights & Gender Equality Essential to Global Prosperity

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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When people get themselves all riled up when the term “reproductive rights” comes up, it’s usually only about abortion. What many of us forget is that having control of when women (and sometimes girls) have children and how many…

Harold Ford, Step out of Senator Gillibrand’s Way

Friday, January 8, 2010

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The political controversy of the week is whether former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford will try to stage a contest to battle Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat in the U.S. Senate. You may recall there was a little uproar over…

Best of PunditMom 2009 — The “Octomom” and Why We Should Regulate Fertility Treatments

Monday, December 28, 2009

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While the Punditfamily takes a little break this week, I thought I’d revisit a few posts I felt strongly about this year. To start off, my thoughts on the “octomom” and how we view adoption vs. birth children. *********************************…

If We Take Health Care for Granted, We’ll Get Thrown Under the Bus

Saturday, December 26, 2009

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As someone who came of age in the 1970s, I assumed things would continue to progress for women’s rights. I felt lucky to be living in an age where I knew I had access to birth control as I headed…

Snowpocalypse 2009 (With Health Care Crisis Thrown in for Good Measure)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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One good thing about this “snow event” on the I-95 corridor this weekend — legislators are stuck here and have to keep working away on the ever evolving health care bill (not that that’s going to do us a lot…

Am I Angrier at Bart Stupak or Barack Obama?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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For years, we’ve had our eye on the Supreme Court, wondering with each new judicial appointment how that person would add to the mix on the longevity of reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Who knew that some…

Frontal Assault on Reproductive Health Care

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Senator Debbie Stabenow is on a roll for women’s health care. First, she took on Senator Jon Kyl about his proposal that maternity care shouldn’t be provided for in the health care reform package: Then, Senator Stabenow contested…

Mothers of Intention — Bea Arthur Was Much More Than Maude

Monday, April 27, 2009

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Mothers of Intention, PunditMom’s weekly feature on what other political moms are writing about around the blogosphere. This week, my friend Gloria Feldt has given me permission to cross-post her wonderful essay on…

The ‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back’ Dance for Women

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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I’m not trying to be a party pooper. Borrowing one of PunditGirl’s new favorite words — I’m “ecstatic” that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is going to get signed into law by President Barack Obama. It’s a wonderful…