Left Side of the Aisle #216

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 13-19, 2015

This week:
Good News: Washington Supreme Court says pharmacy can't refuse to fill prescription for birth control
http://news.yahoo.com/pharmacy-owners-cannot-cite-religion-deny-medicine-u-175216202--finance.html;_ylt=AwrC0CYKUbFV0yQAK0.ZmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/politics-government/article28436038.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/05/first-they-can-for-abortions-but-i.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/12/dont-complain-if-someone-says-told-ya.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/10/before-this-gets-too-far-away.html
http://www.biography.com/people/margaret-sanger-9471186#legacy

Good News: Second Circuit Court of Appeals turns away attempt by religious nonprofits to block employee access to birth control
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2122.html
http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202734189438/Circuit-Rules-Religious-Rights-Not-Violated-by-ACA?slreturn=20150712122917
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/07/catholic-groups-lose-another-contraceptive-court-ruling/21219881/

Footnote: Planned Parenthood rated more favorably than any presidential candidate
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/wheaton-birth-control-obamacare
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/how-public-views-planned-parenthood-nra-n403451

Good News: Advisory panel tells judge in Ohio he can't refuse to perform same-sex marriages
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/10/1410728/-Ohio-Supreme-Court-No-Judges-May-Not-Refuse-To-Marry-Same-Sex-Couples

Good News: New vaccine highly effective against Ebola
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/235347869

The little Thing: A judge orders a man to get married; does the woman have a say
http://www.kltv.com/story/29721876/judge-sentences-east-texas-man-to-get-married-or-face-jail-time

Hero Award: Speaking  up for fast-food workers seeking a living wage
http://www.alternet.org/labor/texas-paramedic-has-perfect-response-conservatives-whining-about-living-wage-burger-flippers
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/new-york-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers.html?_r=1

Clown Award: Bic Pen company
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/africa/feat-bic-sexist-pens/index.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/bic-apologises-for-sexist-think-like-a-man-advert-designed-to-celebrate-south-africa-womens-day-10449842.html

Outrage of the Week: Sloppy, lazy media leaves us ignorant of the wider world
Headlines obtained from one day's listing at Worldpress.org (http://www.worldpress.org/) plus one update on the typhoon.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is not the only massive trade deal being negotiated in secret
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/235365699
http://www.rt.com/news/271138-wikileaks-tisa-leak-documents/
http://www.rt.com/usa/167088-wikileaks-tisa-secret-trade/