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MORE GOOD NEWS TODAY!
the fetal pain, 20 week abortion ban that was without a doubt going to pass in Georgia is now dead. Ga is safe for one more year.
Are we totally sure? Because the most recent article I could find on the bill said it was stalled and you could read this optimistically as ‘dead’. But it seemed like House legislators weren’t ruling out trying to pass it before Thursday when the session is over…
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus, via bebinn)
Patterns…
It’s almost like they want fire and brimstone here on earth…
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
![keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
My good friend, @beardedstoner:
No sex ed. No birth control. Pregnant? No abortion. Have a kid? Stay home. No income? No assistance. #GOPplanforwomen
[NB: Of course, if the GOP get their way, it will affect more people than just cis women.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0wakeH9yd1qhb2nco1_1280.png)
My good friend, @beardedstoner:
No sex ed. No birth control. Pregnant? No abortion. Have a kid? Stay home. No income? No assistance. #GOPplanforwomen
[NB: Of course, if the GOP get their way, it will affect more people than just cis women.]
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
![keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
@grrlforfashion tweeted:
Call Gov Perry’s Opinion Hotline 1800-252-9600 tell him not to reject 35 mil in funds for WHP. #dontmesswithtxwomen #seeingred
DO IT!!!!!!
And please SIGNAL BOOST for the 130K poor Texans who will be denied reproductive health care starting tomorrow.
[NB: This denial of federal funds will hurt more people than just cis women.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ua0tncyl1qhb2nco1_1280.png)
@grrlforfashion tweeted:
Call Gov Perry’s Opinion Hotline 1800-252-9600 tell him not to reject 35 mil in funds for WHP. #dontmesswithtxwomen #seeingred
DO IT!!!!!!
And please SIGNAL BOOST for the 130K poor Texans who will be denied reproductive health care starting tomorrow.
[NB: This denial of federal funds will hurt more people than just cis women.]
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Reluctance to Print Doonesbury Will Only Make it More Visible
Several prominent newspapers chose not to publish a series of Doonesbury comics becasue they address forced ultrasound legislation. But in the new media world we live in, their decision not to publish the comic strips ensures they will be much more widely read.
And you can help!
Let’s make sure these are among the most seen Doonesbury comics ever.
Here’s a short link to use for this comic: http://bit.ly/yGkt65
Here’s a short link to use for this comic: http://bit.ly/AoliCI
Here is a list of the media outlets who refused to publish these comics. Take a couple moments to post the comic in their comment sections, Facebook pages and Twitter streams. You’ll have to “like” the media outlet on Facebook to post on their pages… a small price to pay for activism!
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The Athens Banner-Herald in Georgia refused to publish the comics because the editors “thought there was a real possibility that readers might confuse the topic of this week’s ‘Doonesbury’ with Georgia’s proposed abortion legislation.” Umm, all the more reason to discuss the issue in your paper!
You can post on their Facebook wall here, comment at their website here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @onlineathens
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The Oregonian refused to publish the comics because they “went over the line of good taste and humor.” Yeah, maybe, but only because forced ultrasounds and shaming of women goes over the line of good taste and humor.
You can post to the Oregonian’s Facebook page here, comment at their website here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @oregonian
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The SC Herald refused to publish the comics because the editors were “concerned about the graphic content.” How this excuse applies remains unclear.
You can post to the SC Herald’s Facebook page here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @RHHerald
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The CA Reporter refused to publish the comics because “[e]ditors believe [cartoonist Gary Trudeau] has expressed that opinion in a manner that skirts, if not crosses, the boundaries of good taste expected in a family newspaper.” Because good taste would obviously be to encourage anti-choice legislation, duh.
You can post to the CA Reporter’s Facebook page here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @vacareporter
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The UT Standard-Examiner refused to publish the comics because the ”language in the original strips was not appropriate for a comic that could be viewed by children.” Tell that to Rush Limbaugh. This is a political comic strip and “slut” is a political word, these days.
Tweet at the Standard-Examiner here: Tweet to @standardex
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The Press of Atlantic City refused to publish the comics because ”Texas abortion cartoons venture too far for the comics pages.” That’s really not an explanation.
You can post to the Press of Atlantic City’s Facebook page here.
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press refused to publish the comics in print because “[t]he editors have decided the commentary in some panels is inappropriate for the comics section in the newspaper.” Not this again - what’s the criteria for “appropriate” comics?!
You can post to the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ Facebook page here, comment at their website here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @PioneerPress
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The Tallahassee Democrat refused to publish the comics in print, and no one will say why. According to one reader, “Thus far, [there has been] no disclosure about its decision either in the paper or online.” After all, TD, you wouldn’t want to say the wrong thing.
You can post to the Tallahassee Democrat’s Facebook page here, comment on their website here or you can click this button to tweet at them: Tweet to @TDOnline
Wow. Great post.
SIGNAL BOOST!!!
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Silly me for thinking Patricia Heaton was gone for good
This is what a non-apology looks like [top to bottom, newest to oldest]:
@PatriciaHeaton tweeted some racist shit today:
Before you celebrate abortion Mr. President, you should go to this site: blackgenocide.org/black.html
So, if you are watching The Middle or re-runs of Raymond…stop.
I am a black woman.
I am your enemy if you seek to oppress me and mine.
I am dangerous as hell if you seek power through my oppression.
I am suspect if you fear someone who does not actively seek to be like you, to please you, or to give you strength through my submission.
I am something to be feared if you fear the empowerment of others.
I am - unbought, unbossed, and unashamed.
Reproductive justice didn’t happen to me.
Fighting for the right to determine whether to have children, to raise the children we have, and to raise our families in communities free of violence and oppression…all of that wasn’t done to black women.
All of that was and is done with black women, by black women for black women.
We are of this movement.
Always have been.
Always will be.
So reproductive justice didn’t happen to me.
I am reproductive justice.
Dead to me.
Love,
Rabble
This is totally not surprising. Patricia Heaton is like, honorary president of Ultra Fauxminist group “Feminists for Life”. It makes sense that she’d also buy into the racism of the supposed “black genocide” bullshit.
After Patricia Heaton’s twitter fail today I wanted to bring this back because I had left this in my “likes” and forgot to reblog it. I also wanted to add this powerful poem:
“Billboard Babylon” by Cherisse Scott
Black Children Are An Endangered Species?
Every 21 Minutes The Next Possible Leader Is Aborted?
The Most Unsafe Place For An African American Child Is In My Womb?
I Guess You Assumed You Could Say What You Wanted In Jesus’ Name
And I Would Let It Slide
Let It Ride Like You Rode A Ship And Talked Some Shit
To Bring Me To A Land That Wasn’t Mine
Told My King I’d Be Fine And That You’d Be Kind
But As The Story Goes 500 Years Later
And You Still Lying
You Wasn’t Trying To ‘Make Me Betta’
At Night Together We Conceived That Child
Forced Me To Breed That Child
More Stock To Tend More Crops For Your Hard Labor
Back Broke, Culture Choked
Vilifying Me ‘Cause I’m Trying To Survive
Blaming Me Of Committing Genocide?
I Just Been Trying To Live Inside America And This Dream
Trying To Keep Hope Alive While You Keep The Pope Alive
And The Pedophiles Who Would Rape That Same Child And Sweep It Under Rugs
Hail Mary’s And Hugs With Hues Of Red White And Blue
With Liberty And Justice For Only You
My Womb Produced All The Leaders You Constantly Kill
Every 21 Minutes A Black Child Is Faced With The Real Deal
On 58th & State
Swallowed The Blue Pill But The Matrix Is Hate, Racial Profiling, And Rape
Prayin’ For A Clean Slate After Bargains And Pleas
Endangered In A Land Of Thieves, But A Species?
Insensitivity At Its Best
Culturally Incompetent
Civil Unrest
Misinformed
Unworthy To Lead A Charge Then Charge Me With Murder!
Where Are You After Our Babies Are Born?
You Scorn, Jack Welfare & Health Reform
Sons And Daughters Mourned Over Caskets And Graves
But Not By My Hand
Ain’t Never Been My Plan To Kill The Next Black Man
Yet You Stand Blameless As If You Really Give A Damn
You Eating Filet Mignon, Baby Eating Spam
Food Deserts, Polluted Air
Shit Schools Setting Rules For Ritalin Ridden Babies
You Take A Time Out!
And Put Some Time In
Cause You Don’t Comprehend My Beginning Or My End
Covering My Roots Like Thieves Cover Tracks
One Nation Under God
Indivisible ‘Til We Visualized A Leader
Targeting Me Again As A Breeder
With His Picture To Mock Me
Billboards To Shock Me
This Ain’t Shit But The Next Plan To Block Me
But I See You…Pharisee.
Black Preachers Gon’ Wild
Crucifying Queens
Pimpin’ King James For Fame
In Jesus’ Name Pitting Blame
Like God Is Pleased
You The Disease In The Village That We Just…Can’t…Shake
But My Back Is Something You Just…Can’t…Break
Flexible Like The Willow
Bosom Soft Like A Pillow That Was Used To Nurse
Yo Foul Ass
If I Wasn’t Spiritual I’d Curse
Yo Foul Ass
But You Already Done
Til You Do Right By Me The Race Ain’t Run, The Spin Ain’t Spun
You Think You’ve Won But It’s Only Just Begun
Like A Sucka Punch When You Least Expect It
I’ll Be There
Leading A Healthy Life In Spite Of Your Hypocrisy
I’ll Be There
Raising A Healthy Family Rooted In Democracy
I’ll Be There
Doing What Black Women Have Always Had To Do In Spite Of You
Rebuke That Shit…
And Continue.
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus, via prochoicegeneration)
Patricia Heaton is a Coward
Patricia Heaton, star of ABC’s The Middle, high-tailed it off of Twitter recently, presumably because she could not defend the nasty and misogynistic insults that she lobbed at Sandra Fluke. She also encouraged her “Tweatons” to lob at Ms. Fluke.
Unfortunately for her, in connection with one of my posts on Oink-Gate, I took a screenshot of her Twitter stream. Here it is:
Sorry, Patricia. You can run away from your words, but you cannot hide from them. The Internet is forever.
Her vileness knows no bounds. First, her ignorant and racist tweets to President Obama and now this? Never again will I ever watch her tv shows. It amazes me that people can be this misinformed and vile, but here she is, living proof.
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
![[#ProChoice? What will you say when #God asks you why you advocated killing children created in His image? #ProLife #tcot]
My answer:
God,](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0175fS9Z71r3bzxoo1_1280.png)
[#ProChoice? What will you say when #God asks you why you advocated killing children created in His image? #ProLife #tcot]
My answer:
God,
follow Take Root conference via twitter
several folks from OK4RJ are live-tweeting the panels and adding valuable commentary. let’s get heard.
I wish I was there :(
When you have 40 percent of kids being born out of wedlock, and among certain ethnic groups the vast majority being born out of wedlock, you ask yourself, how are we going to have a society in the future? Because these kids are raised in poverty in many cases, they’re in abusive settings. The likelihood of them being able to finish high school or college drops dramatically in single-family homes. And we haven’t been willing to talk about this.
—
Mitt Romney, at Wednesday’s CNN debate in Arizona.
Hey, you know what prevents unwanted pregnancy? This.
Love the insinuation that poverty IS child abuse. And the racism. That throwaway remark is quite possibly one of the worst things to come out of last night’s debate.
I could say more, but Elon James White said it much better than I ever could:
I salute you, sir.
(via cognitivedissonance)
Elon James - consistently one of the few reasons I consider returning to Twitter (via angryfuckingliberal)
Mittens R-Money, no. Just no.
(via stfuconservatives)
If you are on Twitter, let’s make some noise to get some national media on Texas
I love Tumblr but I just don’t know how to use it mobilize.
But I know Twitter.
And so I’m starting there.
If you are on Twitter and you’d like to see more national media coverage about what is going on in Texas, let’s let the right people know:
@upwithchris (hashtag #uppers)
@mhpshow (hashtag #nerdland)
I’m hashtagging my tweets with #TXreprohealth.
Always, if you can fit it, #prochoice, #fem2, #p2.
Some links you can provide:
- From Austin Chronicle: Perhaps the clearest explanation of the destruction of Texas’ Women’s Health Program (and health care for 130K Texans)
- From Texas Tribune: Denial of medicaid funds to repro health simply to punish PP will cost 130,000 people health care
- From Texas Tribune: In TX and VA, Sonogram Bills Got Different Reactions
- From The American Prospect: Where was Outrage over Texas’s Sonogram Law?
- From Hay Ladies: Texas Has Transvaginal Ultrasounds even though ruled unconstitutional
Feel free to steal this sample tweet:
.@maddow, please cover the dismantling of #reprorights in TX: 1) transvaginal ultrasounds and 2) this: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-health-resources/abortion-texas/suehs-signs-rule-banning-abortion-affiliates/ #TXreprohealth
I know there are other states suffering right now, especially South Dakota and Oklahoma. I want to fight all the fights. But for me, this one is personal.
If you have other twitter accounts, hashtag ideas, any kind of ideas on how to mobilize the national media, I would love to have them.
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus, via stfuprolife)
![keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
@beardedstoner:
Little known fact: holding a thin mint between your knees = homemade abortion.
Anti-choice conservative SCIENCE.
[partly in response to this]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr176OoUw1qhb2nco1_500.png)
Little known fact: holding a thin mint between your knees = homemade abortion.
Anti-choice conservative SCIENCE.
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Hey everyone!
This valentine to Congress is part of a new campaign to let politicians know that we are serious about birth control. Print it out, sign it, and upload the picture to Facebook or Twitter with the hash tag: #BC4US . Let them know we mean business!
