A progressive political blog that highlights the infringement of religion upon today’s government.

A judge has Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline’s request for the private medical records from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Phill Kline has been on a religious crusade against Planned Parenthood in Kansas in an effort to prevent abortion access. In his crusade Phill Kline has trampled over the privacy rights [...]

I wanted to post a quick update on the story of Aliza Schvarts’ Abortion Art Project I wrote about yesterday just to let you all know how the story is playing out. In such a short time there has been a lot going on and a lot of blogs that I really admire have [...]

I’ve taken some art history classes in college and of course art in high school but I will never understand art. The Huffington Post has this story about Aliza Schvarts, an art major from Yale, whose senior art project is sure to cause a huge uproar. Aliza Schvarts project involved artificially inseminating herself as [...]

The New York Times has reported that the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park will not face indictment.   A grand jury, after investigating allegations that the clinic had violated parental notice and informed consent laws, refused to issue the indictment.  Also at question was whether or not the clinic had been illegally trafficking fetal tissue.
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As you know by now I have a serious problem with the ultra conservative pro-lifers who insist on imposing their narrow world view onto everyone else. If their agenda was to eliminate abortion through realistic, effective means while still respecting the bodies and rights of women then I would be right beside them. [...]