essentialestrogen.com

Mike Lillis of The Washington Independent filed this report from the late-night happenings of the Senate Finance Committee: The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday night approved an amendment providing tens of millions of dollars to fund abstinence education programs for teens. The proposal, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), would provide $50 million per year [...]

More government money has been spent on the cause of sexual abstinence in Texas than any other state, but it still has the third-highest teen birth rate in the country and the highest percentage of teen mothers giving birth more than once. What else do you need to know? Abstinence-only sexual education has failed our [...]

You might think that between health care reform, banking regulation reform, possible cap-and-trade legislation and tweeting that U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s dance card is filled. Well, think again. A press release sent out tonight by his office provides the prepared text of a floor statement offered today in which Grassley takes on a Time Magazine [...]

So, the announcement has been made: Vice Pres. Joe Biden is the keynote at Iowa’s 2009 Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Biden — in fact, the entire Biden clan — are not strangers to Iowans. When he was chosen by Pres. Barack Obama as a running mate, I put together a round-up of all of my Biden-related [...]

I have been forwarded the text of a letter that was allegedly sent from the Rockford, Illinois legal department to the head of the Catholic League. The letter, which I will print in full once I have verified that it is legitimate, states that staff from the city has been in contact with the Northwest [...]

Christian Fong, who I believe is the youngest of the Republican hopefuls set for a 2010 gubernatorial primary, issued a press release about an upcoming 17-city tour. While that in and of itself is typical campaign fare, a note at the bottom of the announcement was unusual. Fong will be making himself available to members [...]

Here’s your Sunday earworm: Iowa’s own Leslie Hall & LY’s, “How We Go Out, Version 2″ The glittery treasure from Ames was also recently featured on CNN and in Salon. ———- A piece ran last Saturday in the the WaPo that described how the Obama administration is seeking to provide more transparency in U.S. citizen [...]

The head of the Catholic League has sent a letter to city officials in Rockford, Illinois concerning signs and pictures that hang (or have hung) in the windows of the Northern Illinois Women’s Center, a physician-owned freestanding outpatient family planning clinic that provides a multitude of services including abortion. (It is also worth noting here [...]

Never mind that it is probably the first time anyone on FOX News has acknowledged that women pay out the “wazoo” for feminine hygiene products. Too bad they didn’t also note that such expenditures don’t come with medical reimbursement. And, since I can’t describe this mental leap-frog any better than Jodi at RH Reality Check, [...]

I wish I had the full video from the live stream of this event, but I’ve only been able to locate a small segment. Earlier today in Washington, D.C., Michelle Obama spoke publicly about how the nation’s current health care insurance system holds women and families back. “There’s a reason why we’ve invited the leaders [...]