"We've been playing defense too long," says Sady Doyle, founder of Tigerbeatdown.com and one of the architects of a new Twitter campaign to pressure Congress to shut down a new bill in the House that would further limit women's access to abortion. The #dearjohn campaign, along with other actions, helped convince Republican Chris Smith that he should take controversial language around "forcible" rape out of the bill, but the activists aren't backing down.
Sady and health care advocate Eesha Pandit join Laura in studio to discuss H.R. 3, the Republicans' skewed sense of priorities, the Democrats who are complicit, and why it's time to go on the offensive over abortion.
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By Tweets that mention GRITtv » Blog Archive » Sady Doyle & Eesha Pandit: On the Offensive over Abortion -- Topsy.com on February 4th, 2011 at 11:45 am
[...] or this watching this interview from GRITtv with Sady Doyle and Eesha Pandit, http://grittv.org/2011/02/04/sady-doyle-eesha-pandit-on-the-offensive-over-abortion/. Obviously these are just suggestions, and no matter where on the political specturm you feel you [...]
By I’m back (sort of) with a non-perfumey post: #DearJohn at Scentzilla! on February 4th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
[...] This bill reaches even beyond the Hyde Amendment which impacted primarily low-income women who could not afford to pay for abortion care out-of-pocket. H.R. 3 would also negatively impact Americans who have private insurance plans that include abortion coverage. This legislation would require them to pay tax penalties for carrying that coverage. In addition, federal workers who pay their own insurance premiums out of pocket would be prohibited from having abortion coverage in their insurance. (For more information on how this impacts abortion access for special populations, GritTV did a great interview with Sady Doyle and Eesha Pandit.) [...]
By Redefining Rape and Right-Wing Actions. on February 15th, 2011 at 11:46 am