into a dirty word, like liberal. Perhaps now that the tealiban/xtian extremists have shown their true colors the young women and men will rise up, become active and support progressives?

I'd like to think if the largest domino falls they all fall, and then maybe - just maybe we can finally start reversing their disastrous policies that have turned our country into the lust-for-profit shithole it is now.

years of diligence- on the part of the right. Hardly merely a skirmish. Oh and I didn't say I was depressed over it.

Culmination implies end-game. That's not where we are. In fact, we're just starting act 2.

Anti-abortionists are actually anti-women, but hid behind the "think of the babies!!" shtick. But their newly public anti-contraception stance reveals more of their true motivation. And that's our opening.

You take their newly public anti-contraception stance and shout it from the rooftops and drive them back with it.

This isn't the end. This is the turning point.

This right wing crap is waking up more women than I ever imagined.

time to get the Equal Rights Amendment passed too.

Long past time.

Rise up and throw them all out.

Also, women republicans need to start speaking out and telling their party they will no longer support Republican candidates who won't protect women's rights. Decent men can launch such recalls, too.

It's time to draw a land in the sand and become one-issue voters on this, everyone.

with an overview of what we are up against. I knew it was bad but--we do have a civil rights battle on our hands. How women are treated is how gays, children, minorities are treated--we are all connected.
http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/2010-elections-map.htm

That is one heinous map. What is up with all this Puritanism?

many of these drastic restrictions on the availability to abortion are subject to constitutional challenge because they fly in the face of Supreme Court precedent.

Now I fully believe the uterus watchers (ugly old white men that can't get it up without Viagara and can't get any action without paying for it) have conspired to push as many extreme laws across the nation as possible. They fully expect the Supreme (idiots) to take up one or more of these cases and they hope they will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Even if they lose with the Supreme (idiots), they have stirred up the base..that is those that only care about keeping the fetus in the uterus. They don't really care about life because they don't care about ensuring the mother and fetus receive appropriate pre-natal care. They don't care once the child is born if he/she has a loving and safe environment, access to health care, decent education, nutrition, etc.

The right wingers feel, correctly, imho, that it would be denying a woman a medical procedure based on her sex.

Watching this happen, is what gives me great pause about judicial ruling only for marriage equality. We need the laws on the books, not just court decisions. Not that the court decisions aren't great. But people should not be relying on them solely.

I believe the ERA would make the laws prohibiting gay marriage unconstitutional.

Maybe, we could all come together one day, and make it happen.

shows exactly why we need the ERA. Perhaps this will make us demand it be passed.

And elect people who will vow to overturn these crappy edicts!
That's your solution.
Don't mourn, ORGANIZE!

actually, they will lose by large margins. What 2010 elections brought, being bought and also the brain washing, I think people are waking up. The sleepers are awakening, and they know it.

As far as the media, well MSNBC at night is great and so is CURRENT.... The progressive radio is also spreading what these so called religious people are doing. It took many years for the so called "Christain" media to spread, and it may take sometime for the "true" Christians to get back the message, but I think its already happening.