March 2012
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Pennsylvania Legislators Considering One Of The... →
Lawmakers in at least four states are considering legislation requiring women to view an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion, but the most extreme and far reaching bill may be in Pennsylvania, where technicians would be required to provide women with “personalized copies of the results.” Elizabeth Nash, policy analyst at the Guttmacher Institute, “explains“:
In addition to mandating the...
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California Legislature Seeks To Expand [People's]... →
While most states are considering measures that curtail women’s people’s access to abortion, in the state of California, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse midwives may soon be permitted to perform routine abortions in a woman’s person’s first trimester of pregnancy if a bill authored by state Sen. Christine Kehoe (D) passes in the Senate. Bill SB1501 would make...
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February 2012
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Sweden Drops Law Forcing Sterilization of Trans... →
02.29.12 - In a major reversal, this month the Swedish government announced plans to repeal an archaic law forcing transgender people to undergo sterilization before legally changing their gender. The announcement comes after several years of LGBT and human rights organizations around the world, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, putting pressure on the government to repeal the law and...
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2011: A Look Back →
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From the start, the 2011 legislative session was marked by animus and antagonism to women’s health, and the year quickly became an all-out assault on women’s rights. Even though legislators reject the vast majority of the hundreds of bills proposed each year, 2011 was extraordinarily alarming as more than 60 bills became—for now—laws restricting women’s access to reproductive health...
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The Contraception Controversy: A Comprehensive... →
[Though cis-centric, I think we can safely file this under “things that are absolutely brilliant.” At this point, anyone who asserts that contraception coverage is an infringement on religious liberty is both disingenuous and willfully ignorant. I highly recommend you go read the whole thing.]
The Obama Administration’s recently announced policy to require insurers to cover...
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The gay porn on the pro-life tag
propaganda-for-life:
dobbaaa:
Is making my life rn.
Keep on trollin’.
OH MY GOD.
I’m scared to check because I’m in public, but KEEP THIS GOING. PLEASE.
Be still my queer heart. There is so.much.cock, Becca.
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“Oh boy. Catholics are so hateful! I’m going to start spamming their tag with...”
– Troll (via agentsama)
Buddy, if you think gay dudes getting their good times on is offensive that’s your problem.
And I for one am done with ‘constructive dialogue’. Y’all are trying to control my body, I ain’t too interested in talking it out with you.
(via inflateablefilth)
THIS, Cydne. They...
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RECALL on another batch of birth control pills →
Glenmark Generics is issuing a nationwide recall of seven lots of birth control pills. The pills are labeled “norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets.”
Because of a packaging error, some of the pills were placed in the wrong order within the packs, according to a statement from the Food and Drug Administration. The packs contain three types of pills with varying levels of hormones,...
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Whooooooooooops! (from Shakesville) →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Once again, Melissa McEwan articulates how I feel better than I ever could:
On a related note, perhaps if the men who are leading the charge against reproductive freedom listened to women, they would know by now that: 1. Mandating transvaginal ultrasounds is rape, because a person with a uterus who cannot access a legal medical procedure without submitting hir...
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Women’s PAC formed following abortion legislation →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
A group of women has formed a new political action committee to recruit and support candidates to defeat elected officials who back the ultrasound and so-called personhood bills.
Women’s Strike Force, which boasts several former elected officials, formed after Virginia spent last week in national headlines for its attempt to require women to undergo mandatory...
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“The pro-choice movement opposes forced ultrasounds because they override the...”
– The ultrasound fallacy (via iamdrtiller)
Another excerpt:
In other words, by manufacturing a concern about women’s health and safety, the anti-choice movement defused middle-of-the-road critics and passed the first round of ultrasound laws and similar restrictions with relatively little fanfare,...
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stfuconservatives:
Regarding Catholic groups which pose as “women’s health” agencies.
anglophonic-blog:
ghouldilocks:
And, after visiting their website, I found out that by “abortion counseling,” they actually meant “we’re going to give you the ‘facts’ about abortion, shame you for even thinking that it could be an option, then we’ll keep feeding you bullshit until we feel...
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Unsurprisingly, female voters like Romney more...
shortformblog:
1% margin by which Mitt Romney won the male vote tonight in Michigan
5% margin by which Romney won the female vote source
» Why? Well, these statements in opposition to placing female soldiers on the front lines of battle may have had something to do with it. Or maybe it’s his opposition to abortion, or his opposition to contraception. Santorum may be aware of this deficit he...
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Anonymous asked:...
propaganda-for-life:
How else is a starving atheist to eat?
Killing teh babiez is the only reason starving atheists procreate with starving artists, right? Right?
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Want to see a conservative, woman-hating fuckwad... →
stfuconservatives:
“A Georgetown co-ed told Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex that they’re going broke, so you and I should pay for their birth control,” whines a grown man who doesn’t want to pay for icky lady things.
He goes on to slut-shame every single woman at Georgetown, without mentioning the idea that maybe some men are involved...
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Virginia Senate approves bill requiring ultrasound... →
stfuconservatives:
Sigh. They got rid of the extra-invasive transvaginal ultrasound part, but you still have to get a (medically unnecessary) ultrasound before an abortion. Virginia: NOT for lovers.
-Jess
I just love how they’ve branded this bill as a “watered-down” version. Going from fringe-extreme to mainstream-extreme is still extreme. The thought of mandated ultrasounds...
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A Word Does Not a Mandate Make
amaditalks:
As an uproar was sounded across the nation over “transvaginal” and ultrasounds performed in that fashion, we are now getting reports that mandated transvaginal ultrasounds are no longer a part of mandatory ultrasound before abortion bills in Alabama and potentially Virginia.
Be wary.
So long as the bills still mandate either: - a detailed description of the anatomy of the...
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McDonnell: TSA Pat Downs Are ‘Invasive,’ But... →
In November of 2010, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) joined the public outcry against the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) security precautions in airports by describing body scans and mandatory pat downs as crossing “the line” in regard “to people’s concerns about privacy” and “beneath the dignity” of air travelers. But just two months later, the anti-abortion McDonnell had no problem...
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[TW trivializing DV] Conservative Blogger... →
President Obama’s policy to ensure that women have access to insurance coverage for birth control has garnered support from Catholic hospitals, Catholic universities, Catholic Charities USA, other religious leaders, and Catholic voters. Ignoring this widespread support, right-wing media have claimed that Obama is engaged in a “war on religion” because of this policy.
Now a...
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Short story: ILU-486 →
princess-whitelaw:
Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.
A really interesting, terrifying, moving, and fairly quick read.
WE LOVE YOU. EVERY PART OF YOU BELONGS TO YOU.
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“A 21 year old woman and her mother drove three hours to come to their...”
– Physician, Washington State from “The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion”
Oh goodness. There’s a lot of “WTF” moments in this article. A ton.
(via maidofastolat)
This is a very important article to read, I highly recommend it.
(via prochoicegeneration)
It's no wonder @youarenotyou left tumblr
litemagic:
prolongedeyecontact:
It’s absolutely exhausting and disheartening watching people who claim to care about racism, sexism, classism, cissexism, and heterosexism vehemently cling to ableism as a valid mode of expression; especially for expressing anger, insults or call-outs.
Justify it, trivialize it, flaunt it all you want. But you don’t understand oppression or intersectionality,...
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It's no wonder @youarenotyou left tumblr
It’s absolutely exhausting and disheartening watching people who claim to care about racism, sexism, classism, cissexism, and heterosexism vehemently cling to ableism as a valid mode of expression; especially for expressing anger, insults or call-outs.
Justify it, trivialize it, flaunt it all you want. But you don’t understand oppression or intersectionality, and you have no place in...
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“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
“People complain that people keep dragging ‘side issues’ into ‘their movement’ and they don’t understand that these issues are the movement. Because a movement that commits oppression in the name of liberation is not a good movement, to put it...
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follow Take Root conference via twitter →
ok4rj:
several folks from OK4RJ are live-tweeting the panels and adding valuable commentary. let’s get heard.
I wish I was there :(
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[TW slurs] A Friendly Reminder: Don't Call Out...
anarchicaccordant:
averyterrible:
anarchicaccordant:
octopole:
litemagic:
prolongedeyecontact:
Yes, the GOP political candidates are racist, sexist, classist, ableist, heterosexist, and cissexist bigots. Absolutely. But let’s not call them out by saying they’re “idiots”, “batshit crazy”, “delusional”, “lame”, “stupid”, “retarded”, etc.
Let’s not call out racist women by calling them...
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[TW slurs] A Friendly Reminder: Don't Call Out...
Yes, the GOP political candidates are racist, sexist, classist, ableist, heterosexist, and cissexist bigots. Absolutely. But let’s not call them out by saying they’re “idiots”, “batshit crazy”, “delusional”, “lame”, “stupid”, “retarded”, etc.
Let’s not call out racist women by calling them “dumb...
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“I’ve noticed that everyone that is for abortion has already been born.”
– Ronald Reagan (via theonlyantidote)
Down the bottle, everyone!
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Capital Words is probably the coolest...
Capital Words is a project by the Sunlight Foundation that allows you to see graphical data on the words our legislators are using. It shows data from 1996-2012 and breaks it down by party, which states are using it most often, what legislators are using it most often, and where in the congressional record it can be found. You can also compare the usage of two words. Just for fun I thought...
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SANTORUM’S OBSESSION: AS SENATOR, HE MENTIONED... →
According to the Sunlight Foundation, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum uttered the word “abortion” 1,014 times during his Senate terms between 1996 and 2007, accounting for 12.2 percent of all Senate mentions. Some of his other favorite words included partial-birth, fetus, and womb. During his Senate tenure, Santorum advocated for a number of bills restricting women’s health rights,...
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Rick Santorum: Americans With ‘Special Needs’... →
Rick and Karen Santorum claimed that fears about how the Affordable Care Act would affect their youngest daughter’s medical condition inspired them to embark on their campaign for the presidency and suggested that the law would ration care to sicker or disabled Americans. “What did it for me was Obamacare,” Karen said in explaining her support for Rick’s decision to pursue the White House on Glenn...
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Why The Republican AG’s Anti-Birth Control... →
Republicans oppose the new rule ensuring that women’s insurance will cover birth control, so they’ve now done what Republicans seem to do whenever they disagree with President Obama — sue:
Seven states sued the Obama administration Thursday over its requirement that employers cover contraception in workers’ health plans.
The lawsuit, led by Nebraska’s attorney general, contends that the...
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“Woodstock is the great American orgy. This is who the Democratic Party has...”
– Rick Santorum.
The democrats are a massive homosexual orgy?
Interesting.
(via anticapitalist)
Does Santorum know that Woodstock is a town in New York state? It’s a pretty quiet town, actually, so this quote is just so funny. (via afunnyfeminist)
I’m pretty sure my sex life is way more exciting...
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“The way for the creative community (and indeed, the entire world) to address...”
– Why Tom and Lorenzo are through with Glee
(via captain-sonic)
This is so true. It’s important to remember that it doesn’t always “get better” if you’re not wealthy, white, cis, male, or able-bodied/neurotypical. It’s not just the victims, bullies, or society as...
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UPDATED: It's Always A Conspiracy: Contraception...
At the January 7 ABC/Yahoo News Republican presidential debate, moderator George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney if he shared Rick Santorum’s belief “that states have the right to ban contraception.” Romney mildly rebuked Stephanopoulos for the “unusual topic that you’re raising,” and said no, he does not share that belief.
From that one question a bizarrely...
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WatchLimbaugh Revives Bogus Attack That Obama Supports “Infanticide”
Right-wing media are turning to an old discredited smear to attack President Obama, reviving the bogus claim that while serving in the Illinois State Senate, Obama “voted for infanticide,” as Rush Limbaugh put it. Limbaugh went on to claim on his radio show today that “Barack Obama voted to allow babies...
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Texas just cut funding for the reproductive health... →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
ereyes312:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Reproductive rights are being dismantled at an alarming rate here in Texas. Can Amy Poehler do a segment about that on SNL? Can Jon Stewart do one on the Daily Show? Can we get some national media coverage of this? PLEASE!
Unless some last-minute agreement is...
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keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
dansolomon:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Anonymous asked you:
5 years ago I had an abortion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to the abortion, the doctor administered a transvaginal ultrasound. She told me that it was to confirm that I was indeed pregnant and that to confirm that an abortion was necessary (eg the fetus had not naturally dislodged). She also...
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