Outside the Beltway

Strange goings on in Ohio.

Chelsea Clinton is pregnant, and once again America’s political pundits are making fools of themselves.

Marlise Munoz is finally at peace, but the law that kept her hooked up to machines for two months remains on the books.

A brain dead woman in Texas is being kept alive while a fetus that is still not viable grows inside of her.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases that implicates both the First Amendment and two Federal Laws.

China’s Communist Party has announced a significant change to the nation’s infamous “One Child” policy.

A partial setback for the pro-life crowd out of Texas.

The Air Force will now allow pregnant women and single parents to join.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around any more.

The Texas Legislature is putting up its controversial abortion bill again, but don’t expect things do end the way they did last week.

A thirteen hour filibuster by Wendy Davis ran out the clock on a special session of the Texas legislature, apparently defeating an abortion bill that passed 19-10 after time expired.

Why did House Republicans vote overwhelmingly for a bill that their own theories would find to be unconstitutional?

Why won’t the “women don’t get pregnant from rape” meme die?

The Administration has accepted reality in its fight against a ruling that made the “morning after” pill available regardless of age.

Finland gives all parents of newborns a cardboard box for their babies to sleep in. No, they’re not homeless.

The state of Mississippi is going to use DNA evidence to track down statutory rapists. Why not deadbeat dads?

Kids born to over-35 mothers tend to be taller and thinner.

Justice Ginsburg made some interesting comments about Roe v. Wade recently. Could they be a signal about where the Court is headed on gay marriage?

The FDA has modified it’s rules on the availability of a politically controversial form of birth control.

A Federal Judge has stepped into a Culture War minefield, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

40 years later, the public continues to support the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade.

Demographics are not destiny; policy positions drive decision, ultimately.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Ironically, the Congressman was trying to avoid actually taking a stand on the question of abortion in the case of rape.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.