In North Carolina, and in eight other states and in Washington, D.C., having been a victim of domestic violence is considered a "pre-existing condition" and can be used by insurance companies to deny coverage. Via Pandagon. I thought I was past the point of being shocked by things like this, but my god.

Terminated: Arnold Schwarzenegger has gone out of his way to slash needed social spending in California.

The cuts include slashing $25 million from health clinics; $52 million from AIDS prevention, education and treatment programs; $16 million from domestic violence programs; $50 million from Healthy Families, which provides health insurance for poor children; and $37.6 million from In-Home Supportive Services.

That $16 million represents all state funding for domestic violence shelters.

Hard to believe the celebrity governor thing didn't work out.