Sister Sage's Musings » Contraception http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 What a Republican panel of witnesses on contraception looks like http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/16/what-a-republican-panel-of-witnesses-on-contraception-looks-like/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/16/what-a-republican-panel-of-witnesses-on-contraception-looks-like/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:33:53 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11782  

That’s right, no women. The only woman, a minority one at that, suggested to appear was refused by the committee chairman Darrell Issa.  What is it about contraception that precludes women from the discussion?

UPDATE: Dammit Janet! is on the . . . → Read More: What a Republican panel of witnesses on contraception looks like]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/16/what-a-republican-panel-of-witnesses-on-contraception-looks-like/feed/ 0 US cable and the contraception debate. Male guests dominate the airwaves 2 to 1 over females. http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:44 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11749

Last week, at the height of the kerfuffle over Obama’s regulation to include free birth control in health insurance plans, cable news networks featured an overwhelming number of males.

Out of a total of 146 guests who discussed contraception, the cables invited 91 men compared to 55 women as commentators. In other words, . . . → Read More: US cable and the contraception debate. Male guests dominate the airwaves 2 to 1 over females.]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/feed/ 0 St-Stevie Can Perhaps Take a Lesson From T.R. Reid http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/03/17/st-stevie-can-perhaps-take-a-lesson-from-t-r-reid/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/03/17/st-stevie-can-perhaps-take-a-lesson-from-t-r-reid/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:53:13 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1074 Well, in  showing his true Evangelical Christian Fundy Blue colours,  St-Stevie will not only not include safe abortions in financial aid plan to help mothers in developing countries, but also refuses to cover contraception. Apparently, birth control simply doesn’t save lives, thus showing more of those religious colours coming through. I, for one, would . . . → Read More: St-Stevie Can Perhaps Take a Lesson From T.R. Reid]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/03/17/st-stevie-can-perhaps-take-a-lesson-from-t-r-reid/feed/ 4