In case you thought women were human
The state of Oklahoma would like to inform you that you are wrong.
Under the guise of obtaining informed patient consent, this new law requires doctors to withhold pregnancy termination until an ultrasound is performed. The law states that either an abdominal or vaginal ultrasound, whichever gives the best image of the fetus, must be done. [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
Obama: abortion is never a good thing
Barack Obama is getting on my nerves. First he gave that asinine interview in The Advocate where he pretty much told the gay community that explicitly fighting for equal rights via marriage was a bad political move that could upset the bigots on this side of the sexual identity fence. Now he’s went [...]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Obama can’t be fooled anti-choice activists?
As far as Hillary and Barack are concerned I’ve been of the mind that there is nothing radically different between them to justify being a near zealot for one or the other. However, a post about Barack’s position on abortion recently landed in my gmail that seems to show that while Barack may be [...]
Popularity: 32% [?]
Huckabee endorses personhood for eggs
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee has endorsed a bill in Colorado that if passed into law will amend the constitution of Colorado to state that personhood begins at fertilization.
Doing so will effectively make abortion a crime as one of the rights of personhood is the right to life.
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday endorsed a [...]
Popularity: 31% [?]
Why one man performs abortions
Via Jill @ Feministe, check out this speech by Garson Romalis, a Canadian doctor who performs abortions despite two attempts on his life.
I have been an abortion provider since 1972. Why do I do abortions, and why do I continue to do abortions, despite two murder attempts?
The first time I started to think about [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
Mississippi swears it will protect women from themselves unless they’re raped
Mississippi is still doing it’s part in destroying the rights of women, but this time they’ve decided to amuse the rest of us by contradicting themselves without realizing it because HB 220 (PDF) contains this gem:
A pregnant mother possesses certain inherent rights that are natural intrinsic rights which enjoy affirmative protection under the Constitution of [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
Pretending to be guilty to please others
As a woman one of the most annoying things I can think of is the social expectation that women pretend to be guilty about something that we may not feel a bit guilty about. Off the things that are that list, abortion is the most important. A woman who gets an abortion should [...]
Popularity: 5% [?]
