(2014/03/29) Intolerant of discrimination and proud of it (Reproductive Rights)

Edition #813

Intolerant of discrimination and proud of it

 

Today we look at the inane battle being waged over some christian business owners proclaimed right to discriminate against their female employees reproductive rights based on junk science.

 

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: The GOPs birth control issue - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-24-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) - Cyrille Verdeaux

Ch. 4: Act 2: Abortion Rate Lowest in 41 Years Because of Liberals - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-05-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: So thankful - Nahko and Medicine for the People

Ch. 6: Act 3: Corporations can't have it both ways - RJ Court Watch - Air Date: 3-24-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Mothers of the night - Moby

Ch. 8: Act 4: Fox Judicial Analyst Falsely Claims Obamacare Contraception Coverage Includes Euthanasia - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 03-25-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Mothers of the night - Moby

Ch. 10: Act 5: Women Aren't Women; They're 'Hosts' Says Republican - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Pray for you - Jaron And The Long Road To Love

Ch. 12: Act 6: Legal questions around corporations, religion and contraception access - RJ Court Watch - Air Date: 3-24-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Mas que nada - Sergio Mendes

Ch. 14: Act 7: Restricting Abortion Rights Makes for a Unified Party - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 01-22-2014

Ch. 15: Song 7: We all agree - Mika Vember

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Clinic Vest Project via- @clinicvestproje - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 18: Act 9: Anti-Choice Zealots Threaten Women Activists Online - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-20-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Too tired - Albert Collins

Ch. 20: Act 10: Are corporations free to have their own facts? - @twib_fm - Air Date: 3-24-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Focusing movements on what groups are not - Daniel from Albany, NY

Ch. 22: The rich do have something to fear - Brad from Dallas, TX

Ch. 23: Being pro-choice as a conservative - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 24: Final comments on Katie Klabusich's connection to the clinic escort program

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

The Clinic Vest Project

 

Sources/further reading:

"Appeals court upholds law that closed Texas abortion clinics" by Irin Carmon

"We Won’t Forget: The End of Safe, Legal Abortion Care in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley [Video]” by Andrea Grimes

Clinic Defense: Escorting

"Obama Administration’s Weak Defense May Prove To Be Birth Control Benefit’s Achilles Heel” by Jessica Mason Pieklo

”Is a Corporation Religious? Maybe, Say Justices” by Irin Carmon

"Is the Contraception Mandate Doomed? It sure looks that way after the Hobby Lobby argument” by Dahlia Lithwick

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

 

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