Nobel prizewinner, IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead Robert Edwards, a Nobel prizewinner from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.... More
'Breastaurant' Trademarked A breast-themed restaurant by any other name may not be as sweet. While scantily-clad women and burgers are a classic American combination, chains like Hooters, Twin Peaks and Canz have lost the rights to use the terminology “breastaurant" for the iconic combo. More
Women, think about freezing your eggs I wish I'd had the option of egg freezing. Egg freezing is the newest reproductive technology: a recently perfected form of flash-freezing that allows human eggs to be successfully stored in egg banks. Only commercially available in American IVF clinics since October 2012, when the "experimental" label was lifted, egg freezing is being heralded as a "revolution in the way women age," a "reproductive backstop," a "fertility insurance policy," an "egg savings account" and in particular, a way for ambitious career women to postpone motherhood until they are ready. More
Judge Orders F.D.A. to Make Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter for All Ages A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger. In his ruling, he also accused the federal government of “bad faith” in dealing with the requests to make the pill universally available, and said its actions had been politically motivated. More
1st Female VP Nominee Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at 1984 Democratic Convention Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 Democratic Convention speech marked a historic moment as she accepted the vice-presidential nomination—the first woman on a major party ticket. Her address celebrated progress ... 11/23/2024 - 5:22 am | View Link
Geraldine Ferraro: 1st Woman VP Candidate for a Major Party Geraldine Ferraro is remembered as a pioneering figure in American politics, a woman who broke barriers and challenged the status quo. Her nomination as the first female vice-presidential candidate ... 11/19/2024 - 4:39 am | View Link
“Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) said Sunday that he has met with President Joe Biden’s National Security adviser Jake Sullivan — and that the two administrations are working collaboratively on national security issues during the transition,” Politico reports.
Said Waltz: “Jake Sullivan and I have had discussions, we’ve met. For our adversaries out there that think this is a time of opportunity, that they can play one administration off the other — they are wrong.”
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) is not taking Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S. C.) bait.
In her first interview after Mace’s weeklong, social media–fueled campaign—which included nearly 300 posts on X—to ban her from the women’s bathroom in the House of Representatives offices, McBride showed how a member of Congress who is actually interested in governing, not grabbing headlines, acts.
“I’m in Congress to deliver for my constituents, to make health care, housing, and child care more affordable,” McBride said in a Sunday interview on MSNBC’s The Weekend, adding that she plans to support pro-union legislation as well as bills focused on paid leave and affordable childcare.
The Atlantic: “Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and subsequently turned it into X, disaffected users have talked about leaving once and for all. Maybe they’d post some about how X has gotten worse to use, how it harbors white supremacists, how it pushes right-wing posts into their feed, or how distasteful they find the fact that Musk has cozied up to Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees are not the only source of controversy in his transition back to the White House.
On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), which manages the functioning of federal agencies, to warn that the Trump transition team has refused to sign memoranda of understanding with the Biden-Harris administration.
Or we could suppose that one got a pardon and the other one got elected by the slimmest popular vote margin since the 1800s. Matt Gaetz may be gone, but I'm sure he won't soon be forgotten. Meanwhile the Parade of Horribles marches on. An AG who takes bribes, a sexual assaulting SecDef, a DNI who is a Russian asset, and more.
Happy Sunday before Thanksgiving!