Blog for Democracy

Category: Health

  • Mary Squires Press Conference Standing up for Women’s Healthcare

    This just landed in my in-box.  Good to see Mary Squires calling BS on Hudgens. Insurance Commissioner Candidate Mary Squires Calls on Ralph Hudgens to Stop Blaming Women for High Costs of Insurance ATLANTA, GA.  Senator and Insurance Commissioner Candidate Ralph Hudgens has a history of attempting to remove State insurance mandates that protect women, children, and…

  • Tommy Smith

    He’s been diagnosed with plantas fascitis in both feet. From Facebook: “It is very painful but seems a little better. Keep me in your prayers.” This isn’t life threatening but having sever pain anytime you walk can’t be fun. Hopefully  he recovers quickly.

  • Isakson’s Health

    So Johnny Isakson had two visits to the hospital earlier this year, once with an irregular heartbeat. The reason? A “little infected bump” in his ear. Right. If Thurmond starts actively campaigning I have a hard time believing Isakson could keep up.

  • If They are Coming After You

    DuBose is pro-life but won’t make an issue out of it. He makes sure to point out, we don’t know where Roy Barnes stands. If they are coming after you, you must be in the lead. Seriously, does anyone expect a legitimate statewide candidate in Georgia to be pro-choice? Anyway the really interesting question is…

  • Taking over for Dr. Tiller

    Nebraska abortion provider LeRoy Carhart, M.D. said today that he intends to provide late-second trimester and third trimester abortions to Kansas patients that would previously have been only able to seek such procedures from the recently murdered Dr. George Tiller. Much like Dr. Tiller, Dr. Carhart has fought a valiant and dangerous legal and personal…

  • HB 1 hearings

    10:00 am. I’m here at the hearings. It’s not really a hearing like you see on C-Span. There’s a video camera and a podium with a microphone for the speaker. The audience is 99% White (that 1% is me) and 75% women; mainly older women. There seems to be a theme with all the speakers:…