Last week someone threw a Molotov cocktail into the parking lot of a Nebraska Planned Parenthood clinic. According to Action 3 News Omaha:
Lincoln police say someone attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at the local Planned Parenthood clinic, but missed.
Instead, police say, the makeshift explosive fell just short of the building and burned pavement [...]
During the Bush administration, women’s rights were on the chopping block. Access to abortion was restricted, funding for birth control and other family planning services was eliminated, and fehttp://feministsforchoice.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1940&message=1deral tax dollars where pumped into religiously-based abstinence-only programs. Thankfully, some of that is starting to change under the Obama administration. According to the [...]
Found a lot of additional tweets when I got up this morning about the Carhart clinic defense, so you’re getting a two-fer on the click list today.
Local TV coverage of the clinic action – Action 3 News Omaha
Operation Rescue Lies – Where the Revolution Begins
Abortion Protests in Bellevue – Omaha World-Herald
On a related note, here [...]
Donald Hertz, a 70-year-old man from Spokane, Washington for allegedly making Donald Hertz, a 70-year-old man from Spokane, Washington for allegedly making threatening phone calls to the women’s health clinic in Boulder, Colorado where Dr. Warren Hern (pictured) performs late abortions. According to the New York Times:
Hertz, 70 . . . was arrested Wednesday [...]
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For all of you who went to Nebraska this weekend to support Dr. Carhart, a big thank you from all of us who couldn’t be there! It was exciting to see on Twitter that ya’ll had a good turnout (200 pro-choicers on Saturday [...]
Last night I had the pleasure of reading Jamie Whyte’s Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists and Other Serial Offenders. It really only took me a couple of hours to finish it–despite such important content, it is very accessible and even made me laugh out loud. Its a great [...]
How New Anti-Abortion Measures Threaten ALL Pregnant Women – National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Trans 101: Are There More Transwomen Than Transmen? – The Examiner
Black Hair Still Tangled in Politics – New York Times
Throw a Feminist Dinner Party! – Feminist Campus
We all know the old feminist adage, “If men were the ones to get pregnant, choice wouldn’t be such an issue.” At least that’s the way I’ve seen it since I was 12 and realized I was a true feminist (after listening to a Backstreet Boys song and getting angry because it contained a sexist [...]
In a recent article actor Jim Caviezel said “I always thought if I adopted that I wouldn’t have the same feeling [as I would] if they were genetically my own children. Nothing could be further from the truth.” He goes on to say the adoption of his children “challenged him to speak out more on [...]
Good luck to all the Feminists in the Midwest who are descending upon Dr. Carhart’s clinic this weekend to show their support for his work. Positive vibes from this end, ya’ll!
Randall Terry Gets Kicked Out of Town Hall Meeting – Salon.com
Women & the Elections in Afghanistan – UN Radio
Will Health Care Reform Mean Easier [...]
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