News And Opinion About The Republican War On Women And Issues Important To Women
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Senate Candidate Linda Lingle Vetoed A Bill Requiring Hospitals To Provide Rape Victims Contraception
Senate Candidate Linda Lingle Vetoed A Bill Requiring Hospitals To Provide Rape Victims Contraception: As part of her effort to frame herself as a moderate, Hawaii’s Republican candidate for senate, former Gov. Linda Lingle, ran as far as possible from Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) “legitimate rape” comments this weekend, calling his assertion that women can’t get pregnant from rape “deplorable.” But Lingle’s own record is not dissimilar from Akin’s [...]/p