...country. For instance, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) originally proposed the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, in which he pushed to further restrict the exceptions to the Hyde Amendment for federal funding of abortions— rape and incest. He strived to achieve this by claiming that only victims of incest under the age 18 and women subject to “forcible rape” would be eligible for federal aid in paying for abortions. Requiring evidence of physi...
...thanks to Congressman Todd Akin, losing the Show-Me State doesn’t have to be inevitable anymore. Congressman Akin, who won the Republican nomination for Senate last August, came under fire for outlandish remarks he made about rape. The congressman said that the body of a victim of “legitimate rape” had ways to “shut that whole thing down,” meaning that rape was unlikely to result in pregnancy for biological reasons. The result was instant infamy...
...r. Strauss-Kahn is unfamiliar with, and are only the latest in of many, the most high-profile of which were those leveled by Nafissatou Diallo, a housekeeper at the Sofitel New York Hotel who claimed Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her. DSK is truly a fascinating character. Professionally, he has occupied a diverse range of positions and been consistently lauded for his efficacy and idealism. He was France’s Minister of Finance in the late 1990s a...
...st in El Salvador, explained, “The normal rule, according to who migrate(s), is that before leaving their countries they have to take the pill for at least one to three months to ensure that they will not get pregnant after a rape. [...] The risk of rape is very high, not only by smugglers or by men in their same group, but also by criminals on public buses or on the cargo trains.” The lack of access to legal protection is especially harmful for...
UN Women, FemSex, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and the New York City Civic Engagement Program came together to screen the documentary The Invisible War on Barnard Campus on Wednesday September 12th, which was followed by a panel discussion. The Invisible War depicts for the viewer the rape-culture of the United States armed forces and what some men and women have experienced when trying to deal with this culture in the aftermath of...
...nd teachers. In the schools closed this year, 65 percent of the teachers were black. Far from fighting against sexism and racism, these leaders use it and perpetuate it. Of course they are not the right-wing bigots that argue rape doesn’t exist or call Palestinians savages in NYC subway ads. The problem is that just because right-wing fanatics are proudly sexist and racist, that does not mean that liberal leaders don’t quietly carry out racist an...
...ntains a significant lead over her challenger, Congressman Todd Akin (R), who made headlines this past summer for his infamous, politically-incorrect (and, for that matter, biologically-incorrect) statements about “legitimate rape.” Because McCaskill’s seat was considered relatively precarious by both parties, Democrats looking at the Show-Me-State should be somewhat comforted by its contribution to the legislative, if not executive, branch. Fina...
...cannot avoid this issue just because they want to focus on other topics, especially with the links Vice President Nominee Paul Ryan has to recent bills such as the Sanctity of Life Act of 2009. And let’s not forget his rape is just another “method of conception” gaffe....
...atic in any given election). Romney likewise adopted the party policies of opposing gay marriage and abortion (although he differed from the official party platform in that he argued for exceptions for abortion in the case of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is threatened). While both sides of the abortion debate still seem to be more or less evenly matched, gay marriage is quite another story – the tide has turned on the issue, driven by...
...female Kamkwambas are we—are their communities—missing out on? A momentary lapse in realistic self-awareness is necessary here: science and technology do not have the power to end tragedies such as the violence and systematic rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Furthermore, as the eloquent scholar of the internet and society Evgeny Morozov would remind us, the viability of tools such as the internet, in creating significant political change...
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