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War on Women, 2012: A primer (Lisa McIntyre)
http://lmcintire.tumblr.com/post/18940752402/war-on-women-2012-a-primerJanuary 20: Republican Presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum says a child conceived after a rape is a “gift” and that having an abortion after being raped could “ruin” a woman’s life.
January 23: House Speaker John Boehner attends the 39th annual March for Life Washington D.C. and said, “this bipartisan majority is standing up for life and working to restore the damage of Roe v. Wade.”
January 25: A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduces a bill that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite being unaware of anyone actually doing this.
January 31: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s leading breast cancer charity, pulls funding for breast cancers screenings at Planned Parenthood due to internal pressure. A PR disaster and mass online activism ensue.
February 7: Komen’s Senior VP for Policy Karen Handel resigns. During the controversy, she retweeted the comment: “just like a pro-abortion group to turn a cancer orgs decision into a political bomb to throw. Cry me a freaking river.”
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