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An Endangered What Now?...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 02 10th, 2010 | 16 Comments
Anti-abortion groups Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation have partnered to erect 65 billboards like this one across Georgia, and plan to put up 15 more. The billboard features a black baby’s face and copy that reads “Black children are an endangered species.” Their website...
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You keep using that word. I do not think...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 10 7th, 2009 | 43 Comments
When I imagine a selfish person, I picture someone who cheats, or steals, or behaves in some other way that benefits herself at the expense of others. So why, I wonder, is “selfish” so frequently used as a weapon against child-free women? Not procreating doesn’t hurt anyone, especially...
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Unsolicited Advice Strikes Again!...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 09 23rd, 2009 | 42 Comments
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any person in possession of a uterus must be in want of unsolicted commentary* about her uterus. This is especially true when your uterus is in gestation mode and total strangers feel compelled to discuss its contents with you. Now, my own personal uterus has...
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They really do see us as baby factories....

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 09 3rd, 2009 | 19 Comments
Now hand her over. Via Gimli_36 @ Flickr. I knew Crisis Pregnancy Centers were bad, but I didn’t know they were this bad. Here’s the deal: Girl (or woman) gets pregnant, girl turns to “Crisis Pregnancy Center” for help, CPC pressures her to a.) continue the pregnancy and b.)...
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Do You Have Your Permission Slip?...

Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Thoughts on 07 30th, 2009 | 22 Comments
A reader tipped us off to this story, about an Ohio State Representative, John Adams (a Republican), who has introduced a bill that would require women to get the consent of the father before having an abortion. Now, as Becky Sharper pointed out to me, this would not stand up to a court challenge, being...
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Warning: Not Having A C-Section Is Child...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 07 29th, 2009 | 37 Comments
Recently I’ve been caterwauling rather loudly about the medical establishment and its seemingly endless need to dictate to women what we should and shouldn’t do with our uteri. Now the judiciary’s teamed up with them, as described in the latest post from from Lisa Belkin’s excellent...
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Reproductive Rights Matter At Every Age...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 07 17th, 2009 | 76 Comments
There was much discussion this week of the death of Maria del Carmen Brousada, who three years ago gave birth to twins at the age of 66. News of her death–and the fact that her two children were left without a mother–was carried in nearly every major newspaper and news service. Ms. Brousada’s...
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Keep Your Morals Off My Pill...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 07 8th, 2009 | 29 Comments
In yesterday’s Health section of the New York Times is a very informative article entitled Weighing the Health Benefits of Birth Control. Despite the title and the solid information it contains, however, it’s not about the pros and cons of taking BCPs, it’s about how the Pill’s...
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“Stop the Slavery of Babies!”...

Posted by PhDork in Thoughts on 07 2nd, 2009 | 22 Comments
I'm still not sure how you get these in utero. Via Mushroom and Rooster @ Flickr. That would be a quote taken from a comment to this article, from a blog at US News and World Report.  It was too good not to share.  If you’re brave, you’ll also find racist fearmongering about the rise...
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“Choice” is Not the Opposite...

Posted by PhDork in Thoughts on 06 22nd, 2009 | 21 Comments
Via Jeremy Brooks @ Flickr. I didn’t read it until a little while ago, but Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for a Free Choice, has written an op-ed piece for Salon entitled “Can we ever say a woman can’t choose?”, which appeared online yesterday.   I read it...
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You Might As Well Ask The Pope....

Posted by PhDork in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 06 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments
"OMG it DOES show on your face!" Via Joe Gatling @ Flickr. I’ve already noted my opposition to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. That makes me sound like I’m all for unplanned pregnancy, but no. NCPTUP should probably change their name to “National...
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That’s Quite the Glass House You&#...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Solo Flying, Thoughts on 06 1st, 2009 | 40 Comments
Every once in awhile something happens in the United States that reminds me I’m not from here.  Yesterday, it was Dr. George Tiller’s death.  It’s funny, I am a feminist, and now a pseudonymous feminist blogger, but abortion rights has always seemed somewhat at a remove to me, likely...
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