Mississippi to vote on reversing abortion rights by redefining ‘person’ | World news | guardian.co.uk.: Another flyover state is on the “Repeal Roe V. Wade” Bandwagon. Not so shocking. What is really bugging me though is this idea that life and personhood begins at “conception”: Mississippi voters will be allowed to vote on an initiative that… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011
Planned Parenthood To End Abortions In 3 Arizona Cities : NPR. “I think we’ve really done women a disservice in all parts of the state by imposing rules that have no medical significance and just creating barriers,” said Bryan Howard, president of Planned Parenthood of Arizona.\ duh The move came a week after an Arizona… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
Iowa GOP Debate Rick Santorum on abortion – YouTube . Just notice how Mr. Santorum talks about the father (read: violent perpetrator) and the fetus, but there is barely a mention of the woman who would be victimized perpetually. (transcript below) Funny how for so many men (especially those of the religious persuasion) only view… [Read more…]
August 12, 2011
The GOP debate in Iowa reveals the candidates have no grasp of reproductive health « Dr. Jen Gunter. I think, based on this years legislative sessions nationwide and the recent HHS ruling, it’s safe to say that abortion will be an even hotter topic than normal in the upcoming presidential race. Which is awesome in… [Read more…]
July 13, 2011
Keisha and Dani – Street Interview in Reaction to Anti-Choice Billboards – YouTube. i love everything about this.
July 12, 2011
New Hampshire defunds Planned Parenthood because it doesn’t want to pay for your “party”. jeeeessuuusssss The fact that anti-choice advocates can get away with supporting anti-contraception policies that have the direct effect of increasing unintended pregnancies–and therefore abortions–is absurd. Even more outrageous is that, as Wieczorek’s comment illustrates, many of them have even stopped trying… [Read more…]
June 24, 2011
New Legislation Would Prevent Minors From Traveling For Abortions. wow… just… wow. “State parental involvement laws have been undermined and circumvented by those who simply travel to other states. It is important that this practice end permanently and states have the ability to enforce their laws.” you mean the same way Roe v. Wade is… [Read more…]
June 15, 2011
I know I post a lot of articles about women’s reproductive justice, especially abortion, and most often these posts include long-winded rants wherein i deconstruct common notions around the issue (sums up most of my blogging, really). But here’s something really simple to think about: 1 in 3 women have at least one abortion in their lifetime.… [Read more…]
June 8, 2011
New racist anti-choice billboard campaign to target Latinas: I’m disgusted, but not particularly surprised. Like Steph, as a Latina, I’m angry that my community is being targeted. But I’m not more angry than I was when I saw the first billboards attacking African-American women. I already felt attacked by those original billboards, because these tactics aren’t actually about… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
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