Republicans are winning the war on women...

[Antonio the Sixth]

http://www.upworthy.com/rachel-maddow-connects-the-dots-only-the-dots-are-women-s-rights-and-they-re-disappearing-2?c=ufb1

I knew there were some awful bills floating around, but I had no idea the situation was that bad. Really depressing. We need to take back State legislatures RIGHT NOW.

[minionofmidas]

Hardly. Women are no more going to disappear than drugs.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Unfortunately this won't be too easy to capitalize on since unlike the disgusting comments of Todd Akin and co., about half the population would consider what she's talking about a good thing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Hardly. Women are no more going to disappear than drugs.

The war on women is a war of subjugation, not a war of extermination.

[bballrox4717]

I think the most discouraging thing about this is that the Republicans claim these bills are for women's safety. At least have the balls to say you are passing these bills because you don't want women having abortions.

[Lambsbread]

This made me feel physically ill

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

This made me feel physically ill

that's Rachel Maddow for you

[pbrower2a]

This made me feel physically ill

that's Rachel Maddow for you

We should be sickened. People who literally need abortions for medical reasons -- including the protection of their lives and reproductive health -- will have to leave the states to find clinics far away. What is going on in North Carolina will surely happen in Michigan and Indiana too as the state Republican Parties pay off the religious fanatics. Does it make sense that someone who literally needs an abortion in  Indiana or Michigan would need to go to Chicago?

There are dangerous pregnancies, but Hezbollah... I mean the Republican Party... acts as if a dangerous pregnancy is some gift from God. 

[Blue3]

Just wait for the court challenges.

[Sconnie]

You people believe this stuff? The "war on women" is propaganda designed to rouse the rabble.

Republicans have mothers, wives, and daughters they care about. They're people too, believe it or not.

[Napoleon]

You people believe this stuff? The "war on women" is propaganda designed to rouse the rabble.

Republicans have mothers, wives, and daughters they care about. They're people too, believe it or not.

Do you have any evidence to back up your claim?

[Ogre Mage]

You people believe this stuff? The "war on women" is propaganda designed to rouse the rabble.

Republicans have mothers, wives, and daughters they care about. They're people too, believe it or not.

There is a reason why so few female politicians are Republican.  In state legislatures in 2013, for instance, Democratic women outnumber GOP women 1037D-632R.

In Congress, Democratic women outnumber their Republican counterparts 16D-4R in the U.S. Senate and 59D-19R in the House.

And the GOP, the party which has few women in it, is the one which is tone-deaf or hostile to women's rights on everything from reproductive health care to violence against women to equal pay to family leave.

Perhaps you see no connection between these policies and the lack of women in your ranks.  I think otherwise.

[ElectionsGuy]

This is why I can't stand the republican party right now, although the "War on Women" claim is a bit dramatic.

[barfbag]

How freaking naïve are you people on the left to actually believe a hype started by politicians to get votes? No wonder you people voted for Obama. Just because your party starts a slogan doesn't mean you should rush to the cause. Think first. Not every Republican panicked when the Homeland Security Department raised the terror alert level? Stop believing everything politicians and the media tries to put into your mind.

[minionofmidas]

Hardly. Women are no more going to disappear than drugs.

The war on women is a war of subjugation, not a war of extermination.

That's what they want you to believe.

They also want you to believe the opposite regarding the War on Drugs.

[opebo]

How freaking naïve are you people on the left to actually believe a hype started by politicians to get votes? No wonder you people voted for Obama. Just because your party starts a slogan doesn't mean you should rush to the cause. Think first. Not every Republican panicked when the Homeland Security Department raised the terror alert level? Stop believing everything politicians and the media tries to put into your mind.

Come on bb, this has nothing to do with politicians or the media.  We've all met Republicans in person.

[hopper]

You people believe this stuff? The "war on women" is propaganda designed to rouse the rabble.

Republicans have mothers, wives, and daughters they care about. They're people too, believe it or not.

There is a reason why so few female politicians are Republican.  In state legislatures in 2013, for instance, Democratic women outnumber GOP women 1037D-632R.

In Congress, Democratic women outnumber their Republican counterparts 16D-4R in the U.S. Senate and 59D-19R in the House.

And the GOP, the party which has few women in it, is the one which is tone-deaf or hostile to women's rights on everything from reproductive health care to violence against women to equal pay to family leave.

Perhaps you see no connection between these policies and the lack of women in your ranks.  I think otherwise.

632 is just a few?

[hopper]

"The War On Women" was a slogan by Democrats for the 2012 election but hey the Republicans gave the slogan to them on a silver platter with Akin, Murdock and Romney(saying I would give abortion rights back to the states) but a liberal like Ruth Bader Ginsburg agrees with Romney on that issue!

[Person Man]

This is pretty extreme but at the end of the day, most of this will be struck down because these laws are extreme enough to challenge Roe v. Wade.

[Rocky Rockefeller]

This is pretty extreme but at the end of the day, most of this will be struck down because these laws are extreme enough to challenge Roe v. Wade.

Yes indeed, in the end it will probably be the Supreme Court that wins the War on Women.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

[DrScholl]

It's not like Republicans didn't hand Democrats the entire talking point to begin with, if it hadn't been for some very stupid comments and views by Republican candidates, Democrats would never have been able to have this talking point.

[Ogre Mage]

You people believe this stuff? The "war on women" is propaganda designed to rouse the rabble.

Republicans have mothers, wives, and daughters they care about. They're people too, believe it or not.

There is a reason why so few female politicians are Republican.  In state legislatures in 2013, for instance, Democratic women outnumber GOP women 1037D-632R.

In Congress, Democratic women outnumber their Republican counterparts 16D-4R in the U.S. Senate and 59D-19R in the House.

And the GOP, the party which has few women in it, is the one which is tone-deaf or hostile to women's rights on everything from reproductive health care to violence against women to equal pay to family leave.

Perhaps you see no connection between these policies and the lack of women in your ranks.  I think otherwise.

632 is just a few?

Yes.  How would you explain the fact that Democratic women greatly outnumber their Republican counterparts?  In the U.S. Senate, which represents high-level political office, only 20% of the female senators are Republican.  Republican women senators make up 9% of the GOP Senate caucus.  In the House, Republican women make up 8% of their caucus.

Democratic women are 29% of their caucus in the House and Senate.

[TJ in Oregon]

This is pretty extreme but at the end of the day, most of this will be struck down because these laws are extreme enough to challenge Roe v. Wade.

Quite a bit of the country, maybe a majority of states, have laws that would be unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade, but not under Casey v. Planned Parenthood or Gonzales v. Carhart.

[barfbag]

Anyone who buys into the "war on women" is a stupid assclown who must believe every single thing they hear from every single person. If there's one type of person not to be trusted it's politicians and the "war on women" was made up of Democratic politicians to win in 2012. It's nothing more than a strawman. I hope those of you who fall for the war on terror also bought into the terror alert color charts and WMD intelligence. Or is it just when the Democratic Party says something that you fall head over heals for their talking points? Either way you guys are complete morons with nothing better to do than quote what your party wants you to or you're just totally stupid.