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Alabama man, 48, admits planning to kidnap a 'young, clean virgin', 14, so he could SELL her to a Tennessee sex trafficker
Daily Mail - Tue Mar 20, 2018
An Alabama man who hatched a plan to hire someone to kidnap a woman and her 14-year-old daughter and then sell the teen to a sex trafficker has pleaded guilty to federal charges. More»

GOP lawmaker claims women are inferior: 'a lesser cut of meat'
Patheos - Thu Feb 15, 2018
Bible based misogyny: South Carolina State Senator Thomas Corbin insults a female colleague, claiming women are "a lesser cut of meat" because the Bible teaches Eve was created from Adam's rib. More»

Georgia Pumps Taxpayer Money into Anti-Choice Fake Clinics
Rewire - Mon Aug 14, 2017
Georgia is funneling millions in state funds to anti-choice organizations that attempt to prevent people from seeking abortion care. More»

Texas Governor Signs Controversial 'Rape Insurance' Abortion Coverage Into Law
Think Progress - Mon Aug 14, 2017
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday afternoon, approved by the Senate over the weekend, that would prohibit all insurance companies from covering non-life threatening abortion care in standard health plans. More»

Defense attorney arrested after telling rape victim Trump would deport her if she testified
Raw Story - Wed May 24, 2017
A defense attorney in Baltimore has been arrested after he allegedly told a rape victim that the Trump administration would have her deported if she testified against his client. More»

Fox News Roger Ailes, network set up harassment campaign against Andrea Tantaros
NY Daily News - Tue Apr 25, 2017
Ex-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and senior network executives "tortured" a female host who'd complained about his advances through an elaborate online harassment campaign, a new lawsuit charged Monday. More»

Oklahoma Republican Declares That Rape Is The ‘Will Of God’
Church & State UK - Wed Mar 22, 2017
Women should get as far away from Oklahoma as soon as possible because Christian Sharia law is about to make their lives a living hell. More»

U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
Time - Wed Mar 15, 2017
The US health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance, which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time, according to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey 2014. More»

State lawmaker's solution for pregnant workers: 'You can quit'
Think Progress - Thu Feb 9, 2017
Eight male lawmakers shot down a bill that would have helped pregnant employees safely stay on the job. More»

Michigan mayor caught on tape calling black people 'chimps" and women 'dried up c*nts"
Raw Story - Mon Jan 16, 2017
Mayor Jim Fouts of Warren, Michigan came under fire on Monday after audio surfaced of him allegedly using disparaging remarks against African-Americans and women. More»

Connecticut Republican arrested for grabbing woman's genitals
Raw Story - Sat Jan 14, 2017
A local Republican politician in Connecticut was arrested for allegedly pinching a female employee's genitals, reports the Westport Daily Voice. More»

Oklahoma To Require Anti-Abortion Signs In Public Restrooms
Huffington Post - Mon Dec 12, 2016
Oklahoma may require public restrooms in restaurants, hospitals, public schools, hotels and nursing homes to post signs with anti-abortion sentiments as part of a drive against the procedure. More»

Trump: I 'wasn't impressed' when Clinton walked in front of me at debate
CNN - Fri Oct 14, 2016
Washington - Donald Trump said Friday he "wasn't impressed" when Hillary Clinton walked by him at the presidential debate on Sunday. More»

'Family values' conservative: If women can breastfeed in public, I can grab their breasts
Dead State - Sat Apr 30, 2016
In a recent Facebook post, New Hampshire state representative Josh Moore said that if a law to ban topless female nudity fails, men should be able to squeeze exposed nipples in public. More»

Missouri Republicans Want A List Of Every Woman Who Has Had An Abortion - Using Jail As A Threat
news.groopspeak.com - Thu Apr 7, 2016
Republican lawmakers are trying to force Missouri's Planned Parenthood CEO into giving up a list of names of every woman who has received an abortion in the state. More»

Maryland cops arrest man and threaten his girlfriend over non-existent 'breast feeding violation'
Raw Story - Wed Oct 21, 2015
Charles County, MD - An infuriating video posted to Facebook this week shows the grim and infuriating reality of incompetent and power tripping cops in police state USA. More»

Female Scientists Told To Add A Male Author To Their Study
Huffington Post - Tue May 5, 2015
A scientific journal sparked a Twitter firestorm when it rejected two female scientists' work partly because the paper they submitted did not have male co-authors. More»

House votes to overturn DC law so employers can fire women for using birth control
Raw Story - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Thursday night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of "H. More»

Prosecutor fired amid reports of sterilization in plea deals
Associated Press - Thu Apr 2, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases. More»

Right-wing radio host: I want to shoot Clinton right in the vagina
The Raw Story - Sat May 18, 2013
Fringe right-wing radio host Pete Santilli made disturbing comments about Hillary Clinton last week, calling for sexual violence against the former secretary of state because of her alleged involvement in a bizarre conspiracy theory. More»

New Arizona Law 'Pregnancy Begins Two Weeks Before Conception'
Political Groove - Mon Aug 27, 2012
Like something straight out of The Onion, Arizona recently passed a new law titled the Women's Health and Safety Act that deems a woman pregnant 2 weeks before conception. More»

Domestic Violence Law Repealed By Lawmakers In Topeka, Kansas
Huffington Post - Tue Oct 11, 2011
TOPEKA, Kansas - Over the past month, one by one, people suspected in domestic battery cases in northeast Kansas have been set free with no charges against them. More»

Cops to pay bill for woman's body cavity search
MSNBC - Sat Sep 10, 2011
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A New Mexico woman who refused to pay a $1,122 hospital bill for a court-appointed body cavity search won a victory Wednesday: Police will foot the bill, The Las Cruces Sun-News reported. More»

Pregnant Iowa Woman Arrested for Falling Down
Associated Press - Thu Mar 17, 2011
Life can't get much worse for Christine Taylor. More»

Woman Convicted For Blown Tire Released From Prison
WSB-TV - Thu Jul 29, 2010
ATLANTA - An Atlanta woman who served two years of prison time after her faulty tires caused a fatal wreck was released from prison Friday. More»

Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance
Associated Press - Sun Dec 13, 2009
WASHINGTON - Nobody wants to buy them a beer: Even near military bases, female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't often offered a drink on the house as a welcome home. More»

Domestic Violence a 'pre-existing condition'?
CNN - Mon Oct 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women. More»

CDC: Teen Pregnancy and Disease Rates Rose Sharply During Bush Years
Georgia Public Broadcasting - Mon Jul 20, 2009
Teenage pregnancies and syphilis have risen sharply among a generation of American school girls who were urged to avoid sex before marriage under George Bush's evangelically-driven education policy, according to a new report by the US's major public health body. More»

84 Afghan girls hospitalized in apparent poisoning
Associated Press - Mon May 11, 2009
MUHMUD RAQI, Afghanistan - At least 84 Afghan schoolgirls were admitted to a hospital Tuesday for headaches and vomiting in the third apparent poison attack on a girls school in as many weeks, officials and doctors said. More»

Facebook's War on Nipples
Time - Wed Dec 31, 2008
The breast-feeding wars have long followed a familiar pattern: A woman gets thrown off a plane for nursing her toddler; she sues Delta. More»

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