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The rapey news trend of late

August 23, 2012

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The news has been awfully rapey lately.  And I mean awful.  Obviously it began with Todd Akin’s comment about Legit Rape and women’s superawesome magical defense against pregnancy in such cases of Legit Rape. “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If […]

what, exactly, is the “moment of conception”

September 13, 2011

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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 […]

PP to End Abortions In 3 Arizona Cities as Roe V. Wade is chipped away…

August 18, 2011

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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 […]

Iowa GOP Debate – Rick Santorum’s “beautiful” answer to an abortion question

August 17, 2011

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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 […]

The GOP debate in Iowa shockingly reveals the candidates are *completely* out of touch with women’s reality..

August 12, 2011

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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 […]

‪NineteenPercent on Planned Parenthood‬‏

July 14, 2011

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‪Planned Parenthood‬‏ – YouTube.

Street Interview in Oakland about anti choice billboards! yes!

July 13, 2011

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‪Keisha and Dani – Street Interview in Reaction to Anti-Choice Billboards‬‏ – YouTube. i love everything about this.

New Hampshire defunds Planned Parenthood because it doesn’t want to pay for your “party”

July 12, 2011

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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 […]

New Legislation Would Prevent Minors From Traveling For Abortions

June 24, 2011

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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 […]

The politics of abortion.. a thought

June 15, 2011

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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. […]