Pro-choice activists have been up in arms lately about not only the Stupak-Pitts amendment, but the increasingly violent framework in which the abortion debate has been situated. Interestingly enough, the climate seems to be quite the opposite in South Korea. Unlike in the United States, where doctors have been threatened daily and even killed for [...]
The news of a health care bill making its way through the house yesterday turned out to be a giant failure. Yes, the bill includes a public option. The bill encompasses a plethora of other much-needed benefits as well, however; the religious right, along with a slue of spineless democrats, managed to push through the [...]
I picked up this wonderful book the other day at the library called Choices. I fell in love with it right away as it is emblazoned with a pregnancy test on the cover. It is a collection of true stories about the kinds of choices women make, or should be able to make, concerning reproduction [...]
As Kristen reported last week, the Statistical Reporting of Abortions Act, (passed in Oklahoma last spring) is being challenged in court on the grounds that it covers more than one subject and, thus, is a violation of the state constitution. Since Kristin already did such a great job summarizing the bill, I won’t bore you [...]
I recently tried to tackle Cynthia Gorney’s book Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars. I will admit that I had quite a bit of trouble getting through it.
The book is an account of the early years of the abortion struggle and the doctors, nurses, clergy and other persons involved in greasing [...]
Phyllis Schlafy on the ERA: Feminism is Scary, Ya’ll! – Think Progress
Obama Won’t Protect Reproductive Rights – Feministing
Senate Votes to Restore Abstinence-Only Funding – AP
Michael Moore Tells Obama “Don’t Desert the Liberals” – ABC News
I could certainly see myself identifying as pro-life, but never in the way that the current movement defines itself. The problem is that life and choice are not at opposing ends of the spectrum, and considering that the debate is about choice, and not about life, I will happily take the moniker of pro-choice.
The weird [...]
There are exceptions, of course–factions of the anti-choice movement that are also anti-war, anti-military. But by and large, the same people that have no problem with overturning Roe, or with making sure that abortions are not funded by federal tax dollars, or with protesting at abortion clinics, or with limiting abortion in any way they can, do, by golly, Support Our Troops.
The notion behind surgically removing hysteria from women has EVERYTHING to do with the NJ case. The decision to remove VM’s child from her care was made based on her refusal to undergo a c-section and on her “erratic” behavior during the labor process. It also has everything to do with abortion and reproductive choice. I’ll get to that part shortly, I promise.
