Pro-Choice Nun Volunteers as Escort
You read that right–a nun is a clinic escort volunteer. News comes from weird sources and this time is no exception. In a recent Google Alert on the topic of “gender discrimination,” I found that there is a nun who volunteers her time as a clinic escort because she perceives choice to be a gender [...]
The Resurgence of the Pullout Method
Oh this story makes me so angry. In the wake of abstienence only sex education and purity pledges comes another casualty to common sense and good birth control: the pullout method is back.
That’s right, folks. That method that your parents unsuccessfully used when they concieved you is the biggest thing since sliced bread yet again. [...]
Conscience Rule On My Mind and Soon To Be Off the Table
Remember back in December when George W. Bush left us that little parting gift inaptly called the “Conscience Rule?” Remember how he just dropped that like a turd in the toilet of a house on the day of closing without flushing or even spraying? Remember that? Yeah, I do, too.
So guess what? Obama’s set to [...]
Why 40 Days for Life Will Inevitably Fail
Today marks the first day of a Christian initiative called “40 Days for Life.” Basically this is a forty day period where vehemently Anti-Choice Christians go out and pray, hold vigils and raise money for their anti-choice ways. I’m usually alerted to this by signs and crosses in front of a local church representing “children” [...]
Blogging for Choice: Roe at 36 is Fabulous, Ready and Relevant
Today is the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade which recognized the right to privacy inherent in the Constitution and allowed for women to truly engage in reproductive choice. Every year I mark the occasion by thinking about the many women who suffered and died in the dark days [...]
When Faith Goes Too Far: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom for Human Trafficking Victims
The fight against human trafficking is an important one. In fact, it’s a fight that often goes unnoticed or unreported. But as was (and still is for a few more days) common under the Bush Administration, the fight against the illegal activity was not carried out by a government agency, but a religious group–the U.S. [...]
Damned If You Do, Damned if You Deliver
In the neverending war on women’s rights, one of the things that often allows misogyny to continue, is the place women have in the reproductive process. Unlike men, women are given the responsibility of carrying and birthing the child. In that vein, many feminsts have worked for years to secure rights to certain maternity laws, [...]
Vatican Says The Pill Has Made Men Sterile
Apparently the Vatican failed to note the ever-growing population on Earth when they started making claims about the so-called detrimental effects of oral birth control, otherwise known affectionately as “The Pill.” On Saturday, the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reported that the Pill is hurting the “environment” and male fertility:
The pill “has for some years [...]
Bush Plays Grinch To American Women–The New “Conscience” Regulations
Yesterday, the Bush Administration gave a parting gift to all women in America, the same way it brought the welcome wagon right after his innauguration. Sorry ladies, pharmacists will control your medical decisions from now on.
The Bush Administration approved sweeping measures yesterday which allow health care professionals to claim “conscience” when it comes to reproductive [...]
Italian Women 1, Vatican 0–RU-486 Will Soon Be Available in Italy
Next month, Italian women will have another option for abortion–RU-486. This is after years of bitter feuds with the Vatican over its experimental use in Italy. The Vatican opposes for obvious reasons–they’re anti-choice:
javier Lozano Barragan, the Holy See’s health minister, said “The Catholic Church understands the personal drama of a young woman who is pregnant [...]
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