Mar
Ohio state senator’s bill would force men to see a sex therapist before getting Viagra
Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way.
A critic of efforts to restrict abortion and contraception for women, Turner says she is concerned about men’s reproductive health. Turner’s bill joins a trend of female lawmakers submitting bills regulating men’s health. Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate women’s health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the “Heartbeat bill,” they should also be able to legislate men’s reproductive health.
Under Senate Bill 307, men taking the drugs would continue to be tested for heart problems, receive counseling about possible side effects and receive information about “pursuing celibacy as a viable lifestyle choice.”
Feb
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Contraception
“Time and time again, when women’s voices are heard, the outcomes are just better. Without women’s voices being clearly heard, what we’ve seen is this radical right-wing agenda where the first hearing on contraception did not have a woman present. That means women’s voices are not being heard.”
Feb
Most Americans and Catholics Support Obama's Birth Control Requirement
On contraceptive coverage, 65 percent of voters in the poll said they supported the Obama administration’s requirement that health insurance plans cover the cost of birth control, and 59 percent, said the health insurance plans of religiously affiliated employers should cover the cost of birth control. In a compromise last week, President Obama said insurance companies could shoulder the costs required under the new federal health care law, but the Conference of Catholic Bishops and other religious leaders continue to oppose the rule. A majority of Catholic voters in the poll were at odds with the church’s official stance, agreeing with most other voters that religiously affiliated employers should offer health insurance that provides contraception.
Feb
Please provide a source to the actual study. You can generate a graph like this and manipulate the sample to such a degree that it appears the way you want it.
Fortunately I found the actual methodology for the study. This is the questionnaire they used http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/January-Follow-up-Topline.pdf And http://publicreligion.org/research/2012/02/january-tracking-poll-2012/ is their analysis of the results. I could not find this exact graph but I found on similar with only slight differences.
So there you go. It is bad practice to just throw up a graph and say oh look so accurate, without letting your readers critically analyze your sources.
The source is at the bottom of the graph, where it says “Sources: Public Religion Research Institute Survey.”
The graph itself was made by Kristen Long from Politico. That’s why it says “Kristen Long - Politico” at the bottom of the graph.
Pretty sure that qualifies as providing a source to the actual study.
And I’m pretty sure I’m letting my readers critically analyze my sources because that’s what you just did.
(via drdarkempyrean)
Jan
Obama Admin: No Religious Exception for Birth Control
Let the conservative backlash begin. The Obama administration ruled on Friday that religiously affiliated organizations will have to offer female employees birth control coverage, rejecting the Roman Catholic Church’s exemption request for its hospitals, colleges and charities. The administration will, however, give some employers an extra year to comply with the law, which means coverage for their employees won’t begin until after the 2012 elections. All other insurers will have to comply by August 1. The federal legislation does not apply to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and religious elementary and secondary schools. Despite this concession, some church groups have complained that the exemption is too narrow.
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I support this 100%. Individuals can choose whether or not they wish to use birth control but everyone should have it covered.
Jan
Social conservatives like Rick Santorum are therefore more right-wing than the Republican Party was over 50 years ago. Perhaps this is what people are referring to when they lament the extremism of modern conservatives.
Jan
