Topic: rick santorum

Worst Quotes About Women’s Health in 2012

Worst Quotes About Women’s Health in 2012

For me, a good chunk of this year was spent simultaneously marveling at and feeling incredibly terrified by the rampant ignorance about women’s health and women’s bodies that continues to permeate our country. From the sheer number of ignorant Republican rape comments to the slut-shaming of Kristen Stewart, 2012 was a terrible year for women’s health in the United States. Let’s all read these quotes, get angry, and plot ways we can change the world with our hairy-legged, menstrual-cup wearing, vagina-having, feminist rage. More »

Foster Friess Says Aspirin-As-Birth Control Comment Was A Joke; Not Even His Wife Found It Funny

Foster Friess Says Aspirin-As-Birth Control Comment Was A Joke; Not Even His Wife Found It Funny

Foster Friess, the Santorum-supporter who’s now known best for suggesting that “gals” stick aspirin between their knees as birth control, wants everyone to know that he was just making a “silly” joke. Har, har. Andrea Mitchell‘s awkward silence following his statement was a pretty good barometer for his humor, but Friess admits that not even his own wife, Lynn Friess, found it funny. And Santorum was equally unimpressed. More »

Rick Santorum Says Komen Shouldn’t Fund Planned Parenthood…Because They Cause Cancer

Rick Santorum Says Komen Shouldn't Fund Planned Parenthood...Because They Cause Cancer

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum commented on Susan G. Komen‘s funding of Planned Parenthood yesterday, telling Fox News that he doesn’t think they should fund the country’s top abortion-provider, given that abortions cause cancer. Confused? Us, too. He doesn’t provide much evidence or reasoning for his statements, but that’s probably because it would be pretty tough: Studies have shown that there is no link between cancer and abortion, and Planned Parenthood provides far more breast cancer screening than they do abortions. More »