New Nation Column: "In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far?"

An excerpt from Pollitt's latest column:

"...You know what the Bible says about pride. Puffed up with their triumph in the 2010 elections—and worried about keeping their ever more reactionary base on board—Republicans at the state and federal level are letting their misogyny, their fundamentalism and their sheer nuttiness show. When Congress gets rid of federal funds for birth control for low-income women and antichoice activist Janet Porter gets two fetuses to "testify" at a hearing on the Ohio "Heartbeat Bill" by projecting their ultrasound images on a screen in living color, a shark has been seriously jumped. What's next—a vial of talking sperm? (Porter is not some marginal loony by the way; she was a co-chair of Mike Huckabee's Faith and Family Values coalition during his 2008 campaign.)

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Published on March 16, 2011 10:06
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