15 posts tagged ‘biden’
After a Hospital Refused Her Emergency Abortion Care, Biden Admin Rejected Her Complaint
Jezebel,
In March, Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother of three in Oklahoma, says she was turned away by a hospital despite suffering from a nonviable, molar pregnancy. Molar pregnancies occur when an embryo has too many chromosomes and can result in developing tissue becoming cancerous. Statton’s emergency room doctor told her… Read more...
Trump Humiliated the Republican Field in Iowa (Especially Vivek Ramaswamy)
Former President Donald Trump predictably ran away with the Iowa caucus on Monday night, winning a majority of votes (51%) and beating his closest competitor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by about 30 points. (For some context, before Monday, the largest margin an Iowa caucus winner has ever defeated their opponent by is… Read more...
It’s Not Enough for Biden to Say ‘Trump Bad’ on Abortion
While Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis continued their try-hard, deeply pathetic race for second place during the fifth GOP debate on Wednesday night, Donald Trump held a town hall in Iowa and gleefully declared that he is the one who ended Roe v. Wade. A voter asked about his commitment to ending all abortions (which is… Read more...
Democracy Is Thriving: Nancy Mace Told Hunter Biden He Has ‘No Balls’ and He Reportedly ‘Smirked’
On Wednesday, Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance in Congress to attend a contentious House Oversight Committee meeting that discussed whether he should be held in contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena. And Republicans remained professional, calm, and collected throughout. JK. It was all as predictably… Read more...
The Supreme Court Allows Idaho to Block Emergency Abortions
Late on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Idaho can enforce its total abortion ban even when it’s necessary to save a pregnant person’s life, lifting a lower court’s injunction from 2022 that blocked this part of the law. Now, the state can criminalize doctors for offering abortion care during medical emergencies,… Read more...
I Have Questions About the Fox News Psychic
There’s a lot happening in the world right now, like the U.S.-funded humanitarian crisis in Gaza and a new devastating ruling on abortion access out of Texas. But you wouldn’t know much of any of that if you were watching Fox News host Jesse Watters’ show on Tuesday night. The only thing you’d take away is the… Read more...
It’s Now Even More Dangerous to Be a Pregnant Person in Texas
On Tuesday evening, the famously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas ruled that emergency rooms aren’t required to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), regardless of federal guidance. Read more...
Our Favorite Beefs of 2023
2023 was a big year for many things—celebrity divorces, reality TV scandals, orca revolutions—and a not-so-big year for sportsmanship and the high road. Rather, it was a year defined by beef, by simmering conflicts that boiled over into full-on, petty wars, Twitter feuds, and other nastiness. In 2023, far-right… Read more...