United Nations declares access to contraception a "universal human right"
(Source: think-progress, via rabbleprochoice)
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November 29, 2012
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July 9, 2012
Reblogging for “oh hell yes.”
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Mark Ruffalo has always been sexy… but damn… the words coming out of his mouth make him sexy times infinity….
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July 1, 2012
“He believed that it was a moral issue, that it defined the character of who we were as a society, who we were as a country and that decent, quality, affordable health care should be a fundamental right and not a privilege. And now all three branches of our federal government have affirmed that right and I think if Teddy were here he would tell us now it’s time to roll up our sleeves, get to work, fully implement the law and move on with the business of our country.” - Vicki Kennedy, widow of late Senator Ted Kennedy
(Source: abcnews.go.com)
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June 28, 2012
If you know and understand all of the amazing and wonderful facets of the recently upheld ACA (or “Obamacare”), you don’t need to watch this quick (and nonpartisan and FUN!) video that explains the bill at a “glance”.
Since that’s maybe 10 people in this world… enjoy!
Hey, I’m not judging, I’m just grateful for Chief Justice John Roberts right now, and I NEVER thought I’d ever say that.
Tagged: Health Care / Politics / Government / SCOTUS / Decisions / Chief Justice John Roberts / ACA / Obamacare / Individual Mandate /
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The full ruling from the Supreme Court, upholding Obama's health care law [PDF]
For those looking for some breezy summer reading. Here’s the end of the dissent:
The Constitution, though it dates from the founding of the Republic, has powerful meaning and vital relevance to our own times. The constitutional protections that this case involves are protections of structure. Structural protections—notably, the restraints imposed by federalism and separation of powers—are less romantic and have less obvious a connection to personal freedom than the provisions of the Bill of Rights or the Civil War Amendments. Hence they tend to be undervalued or even forgotten by our citizens. It should be the responsibility of the Court to teach otherwise, to remind our people that the Framers considered structural protections of freedom the most important ones, for which reason they alone were embodied in the original Constitution and not left to later amendment. The fragmentation of power produced by the structure of our Government is central to liberty, and when we destroy it, we place liberty at peril. Today’s decision should have vindicated, should have taught, this truth; instead, our judgment today has disregarded it.
For the reasons here stated, we would find the Act invalid in its entirety. We respectfully dissent.
(Source: usatoday)
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The Supreme Court has upheld the health care reform law’s individual mandate in an opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined in by Justices Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
(Source: politico)
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April 12, 2012
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An attendee at the meeting asked Combs how much had the state “actually” cut from public education.
She said the state didn’t reduce funding, but added $2 billion.
“It was not less, but it was not as much,” she said.
Coulson said College Station will receive $7 million less for the 2012-13 school year than what it received in 2010-11. Wallis said BISD is receiving $9 million less.
“We are already to the cuticle,” Wallis said. “We’re as far down as we can go.”
Combs said the point of her presentation was that the increase in enrollment in Medicaid through the reform bill will change everything. Public education funding will only continue to be squeezed by the pressures of Medicaid, she said.
”I can’t even. Anyone in Texas have a list of when and where these town halls are expected to take place?
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