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kpete

(71,986 posts) Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:12 AM Jul 2016

Never forget: Mike Pence's war on women led to an HIV outbreak in Indiana

https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/754513656717672448

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Never forget: Mike Pence's war on women led to an HIV outbreak in Indiana (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP

Little Indiana town paid for war on Planned Parenthood Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #1

But to the right-wing Evangelicals, that's a good thing. If you want to have sex for anything OregonBlue Jul 2016 #2

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

1. Little Indiana town paid for war on Planned Parenthood

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:19 AM

Jul 2016

"Austin has 4,300 residents. Few make more than $20,000 a year. Not many jobs. Not much health insurance, even if there were health care to buy. People are poor and unlikely ever to be otherwise.
But the 150-and-counting active HIV cases there constitute a shocking epidemic inflicted on people who have little else but their addictions. One quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Another quarter is close to the precipice.

But Austin was not as helpless four years ago. That's when the state Legislature declared culture war on Planned Parenthood and made Austin a casualty of that combat."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-rutter-on-scott-county-st-0607-20150606-story.html

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)

2. But to the right-wing Evangelicals, that's a good thing. If you want to have sex for anything