January 25, 2013

“From Griswold, to Roe, to Casey, our courts have recognized that these personal decisions — the ability to take ownership of your own reproductive destiny — are inherent in the liberty and equality our Constitution protects. As we approach the next major reproductive rights case to reach the Supreme Court, the question now is whether those rights will be made subject to the religious beliefs of others.”

From On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v Wade, Why Talk About Birth Control?



Tagged: Roe v Wade / SCOTUS / Birth Control / Women's Rights / Women's Health / Women / Feminism / Women's Economic Freedom / Women's Issues / Planned Parenthood / News / Government / Affordable Care Act / ACA / Obamacare / Obamacares /

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July 1, 2012

kileyrae:

“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)



Tagged: health care / ted kennedy / vicki kennedy / scotus / affordable care act /

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March 28, 2012

“The fight over Obamacare is about freedom. That’s what we’ve been told since these lawsuits were filed two years ago and that’s what we heard both inside and outside the Supreme Court this morning. That’s what Michele Bachmann* and Rick Santorum have been saying for months. Even people who support President Obama’s signature legislative achievement would agree that this debate is all about freedom—the freedom to never be one medical emergency away from economic ruin. What we have been waiting to hear is how members of the Supreme Court—especially the conservative majority—define that freedom. This morning as the justices pondered whether the individual mandate—that part of the Affordable Care Act that requires most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty—is constitutional, we got a window into the freedom some of the justices long for. And it is a dark, dark place.”

Dahlia Lithwick (via soupsoup)



Tagged: Obamacare / Supreme Court / Michele Bachmann / Rick Santorum / Politics / SCOTUS / Affordable Care Act /

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