Dispatches From The War On Women: The Battle Over Health Care, Round Two

Welcome to Dispatches, your round-up of the latest news from the frontlines of the War on Women. Have a story from your state or an idea on how to push back? Share them here and fight back against the War on Women.

Mitt Romney reversed his position on the individual mandate, calling it a “tax.” Not that it matters because Romney has made it clear that if elected he plans on pushing for repeal of the Affordable Care Act anyways. So this must be the message right, based on the Supreme Court decision– Mitt Romney will cut your taxes by repealing Obamacare? We’re doomed if this messaging works. Doomed.

More proof we’ve got a long fight ahead in the battle to break the health insurance monopoly: Thousands of California doctors have sued insurance giant Aetna for wrongfully denying claims.

So far the nuns of the bus have been rebuffed by Reps. Boehner, Cantor and Ryan. Each one of them had promised a meeting with the nuns, and each one bailed on the last minute. Here’s your GOP leadership, folks. Standing up nuns.

The D.C. police face a lawsuit after the alleged harassment of a trans woman.

A girl born today in Canada faces a 50% chance of being abused at some point in her lifetime.

Here’s a depressing look at the true cost of Walmart’s low prices.

Women’s US Soccer star Megan Rapinoe came out in a recent interview and takes the issue of homophobia in professional athletics right on.

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) gets tested as part of national HIV testing day.

Julia Bluhm is pretty amazing. The eighth grader started a campaign to get Seventeen magazine to stop photoshopping their models. And it worked.

Thanks for checking back and don’t forget to send in your stories, suggestions and comments. We’ll be back each weekday with the latest in the best and the worst from the War on Women. So long as the battle rages, we’ll cover the latest, so please check back!

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Heather G.

11:35AM PDT on Jul 9, 2012

Maria, women can and do enjoy sex for pleasure as much as men. So why should women be denied contraception if they don't want to become pregnant??

July 9
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Aroadtrip W.

2:39AM PDT on Jul 9, 2012

USA need a Global Health Care plan now.

Maria O.

4:13AM PDT on Jul 8, 2012

Why don't we fight the real war on women: gender selection abortion and forced sterilization! Fighting so we can put poison in our bodies to be used by men as objects for pleasure?!

July 8
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Jane B.

4:42PM PDT on Jul 7, 2012

,"I do think we should stop the general slamming of the Catholic Church"

I wouldn't even know the Catholic Church existed except BISHOPS ARE IN OUR CONGRESS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY WOMEN'S BIRTH CONTROL WHICH IS ILLEGAL
and WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BIRTH CONTROL!!!!!! The CATHOLIC CHURCH IS BREAKING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, PLAIN AND SIMPLE! I HAVE A RIGHT TO KICK THIS GREEDY,
RAPING, LAW BREAKING MAFIA REGIME OUT OF MY BEDROOM and I'M DOING IT
RIGHT NOW!!!! I WILL SLAM THOSE RAPING HYPOCRITES TIL THEY GET OFF ME!!!!!!!

July 7
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Linda M.

11:10AM PDT on Jul 7, 2012

Pam, I think one of the biggest problems in society today is that we DO respect religious beliefs. Organized religions are the bane of society. Who on earth could still believe in human sacrifices like the Mayans, ritualistic slaughter of animals & honour killings...BUT these practices still go on & less extreme fanatics delight & feel justified in still suppressing women & bleed people of hard earned money to support bogus "faith healers" & elaborately decorated churches, mosques, etc. How can people possibly think for instance some old fart in Rome or Ayatollah speaks with "god". Talk about brainwashing & stupidity...and for this we should respect them? Obviously mankind is still living in fear & dread of imaginary deities. Just the names have changed. We may as well believe in dragons.

Frances C.

1:49PM PDT on Jul 6, 2012

There is no general slamming of the Catholic church, or any other church. Only when a church tries to interfere in the State's business, or in a woman's private business, then we have a right to fight back. And fight back we will.

July 6
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Joe V.

1:02PM PDT on Jul 6, 2012

There is no battle but a plain and simple rip-off of the American taxpayer. Be responsible for yourself and get off the government teat!!

Angela N.

12:49PM PDT on Jul 6, 2012

thanks for posting

Linda R.

11:51AM PDT on Jul 6, 2012

While I'm not a practitioner of organized religion, I do think we should stop the general slamming of the Catholic Church. We should show respect for others religious beliefs, no matter how much they differ from our own.I'm hoping we can reach a more civil level of conversation, especially on the Care2 network, where I think tolerance would be a principle we can all support.
With that said, I'm wondering, do Catholic hospitals receive all their funding through church or private means? Or do they receive some funding through state or federal govts.? I'm not being sarcastic, I just really don't know. But I think that's a key issue. If they receive governmental funding, then wouldn't they be obligated to follow the laws? And if their funding is private,then I suppose they're free to express their own belief systems, however misguided others might think them to be.Well, if anybody knows, I'd like to hear the facts regarding that issue. Thanks.