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Bag’s Take-Away:
What with State houses across the country legislating transvaginal ultrasounds, it feels cruel (if not unusual) to see the right-wing “concealed carry” crowd evoking rape as a symbol of public, not to mention, female empowerment. (If you missed it, see yellow sign.)
(photo: Seth Perlman/APcaption: Illinois gun owners and supporters participate in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day rally at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Springfield, Ill.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Tara Godvin at TIME finds marvellous pic I missed from House contraception fiasco. That story’s got legs!
via: TIME Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 18-24
(photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times / Redux caption: Catholic Bishop William Lori and the Rev. Matthew Harrison testify before a House committee on the Obama administration’s contraceptive policy for employees at religious institutions in Washington, Feb. 16, 2012.)
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