February 2012
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Today’s Lady News: Virginia Kills “Fetal... →
thefrisky:
Virginia’s state Senate killed a “fetal personhood bill” which would have criminalized all abortions by declaring a fetus to be a human being at the moment of conception. Yesterday, Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell rescinded his intent to sign a “transvaginal ultrasound” bill, which would have required a woman seeking an abortion to be vaginally probed with an ultrasound, after it...
Va Gov. McDonnell balks at bill requiring... →
ipsadixit:
“Mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state,” said McDonnell, who had previously supported the legislation. “No person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state, without their consent, as a precondition to another medical procedure.”
Well done, sir, well done.
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Roe V World: Hundreds of Protesters Form Silent... →
dayglopsycho:
Virginia’s lawmakers have had an extremely busy month pissing all over the rights of women in the state. And today, when lawmakers made their way into or out of the capitol, they were greeted by over 1,000 protesters—
way to stand up for women’s rights!!
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Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally...
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Eastern Europe’s Conservative Crackdown on... →
whisperedinsecret:
Odd how the Republicans here in the United States have become rabid to attack contraception here. This in spite of the fact that contraception prevents abortions which the Republican right has been harping on for decades. I suppose it’s because the Republicans have an agenda which reflects GOP candidate Rick Santorum’s view that sex even within marriage should only be for...
The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion →
puckspoliticsandpussy:
When the anti-choice choose
that70shope asked: These falsely named personhood laws scare the living f out of me. Basically, what they're trying to do is make abortion illegal -- where this is going to have to go all the way up to the SCOTUS. A conservative leaning, SCOTUS. The same court that said corporations are people. I was born in the '70s so by the time I was old enough to care, Roe V. Wade was legal. You can trace the...
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Roe V World: Oklahoma Senate Passes Personhood... →
dayglopsycho:
Great news, fully realized, super advanced fetuses who are reading this: the Oklahoma Senate today overwhelmingly passed a law that defines a “person” as a human life that begins from the moment of conception.
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We’re filming our third interview on Sunday night! Hopefully the second one will be edited and posted soon.
More determined than ever to Never Go Back, especially considering recent events.
A woman almost died in an emergency room because... →
Stand Up For Women's Health: Weekly News Roundup →
standupforwomen:
Here are a few of the stories we’ve been paying attention to:
Local News:
Bike New York includes PPNYC as one of its official charities
National News:
Gonorrhea may soon join the list of untreatable diseases
State Senator Constance Johnson of Oklahoma City tacks ‘Every Sperm is…
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Virginia apparently has passed two very... →
prochoicegeneration:
I CAN’T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE MY OUTRAGE
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oops oh wait never mind!! komen foundation decides... →
princesssachiko:
inconsistent, wishy-washy fools!! i bet they appreciated the increased donations from pro-lifers that they got because of their temporary backing away from planned parenthood!!
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives…
the funny part is that they are funding PP, which does...
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Statement from Susan G. Komen reversing this... →
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Breaking: Two dozen Senators call on Komen to... →
The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to getsignificantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray.
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“If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90...”
– Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) over funding for Planned Parenthood. In actuality, 16% of what “Planned Parenthood does” is cancer screening, 35% is providing contraception, and only 3% are abortions. They also provide testing and treatment for STDs, pregnancy tests, adoption referrals, prenatal care, and...
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NARAL Pro-Choice News
damegreywulf:
News from NARAL Pro-Choice America.
States enact more than twice as many anti-choice measures in 2011 than 2010
NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC endorses 22 pro-choice congressional champs
Video: Nancy Keenan discusses Texas’ mandatory-ultrasound law on Fox
War on Women infographic is Mother Jones’ chart of the day
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*sigh*
dizzyfeminist:
Anyone else as tired of this anti-choice movement as I am? With the recent loss of funding for Planned Parenthood, I’ve just about had it. We should organize or something. Srsly. Calling all pro-choice people on tumblr. Time to get our shit fucking together. For all our sanity’s sake.
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Komen for the Cure stopping funding of Planned... →
onlyincontext:
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, a top breast cancer fundraising organization, has decided to STOP giving money to Planned Parenthood. The money was not for abortion, but for breast-health measures.
I don’t like to get SUPER political, but this is unacceptable and putting women’s lives at risk. Please share this and get people angry. I’m pissed as hell.
January 2012
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from The Worst of Times, © 1993 by Patricia G....
poopballs:
Paula’s story [tw: abortion]
The soon-to-be ex-wife of a brand-new doctor, I had an illegal abortion in 1963. I had just finished putting my husband through medical school, and we were trying to have another child. Our son Jeff was not quite two years old. I guess my husband had an agenda I didn’t know about, since three months after graduation he left me for a blond nurse he had met...
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A senator in Virginia tries to change sexist laws →
triplefndareya:
They are trying to pass a bill in Virginia that would require all women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound (although they wouldn’t have to see/hear it) to determine gestational age and then wait 2-24 hours before having the abortion.
This seemed unfair to Senator Howell, who then proposed an amendment that would require men to undergo a digital rectal exam and cardiac...
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Abortion safer than giving birth →
Researchers found that women were about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth to a live baby than to die from complications of an abortion.
Experts say the findings, though not unexpected, contradict some state laws that suggest abortions are high-risk procedures.
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“When it comes to the thorny issue of abortion, a woman’s life IS the point. It’s...”
– Clementine Ford: GIVE ME BACK MY WOMB | TheHoopla
My friend Clem wrote this excellent piece about abortion rights and the anti-choice brigade.
(via clambistro)
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Victory for a Woman’s Right to Know →
thepontificater:
Expectant mothers and their unborn babies won an important victory in federal court yesterday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rebuffed a challenge to the Texas sonogram bill, a new law that, among other things, requires abortionists, before doing an abortion, to take and display to the mother a sonogram of the unborn baby and to let the expectant mother...
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Wanna share your story?
Obviously, this can be a sensitive subject but if you’re willing to share, we’d like to have your stories on our Tumblr!
Go here: http://nevergobackproject.tumblr.com/submit to share your story.
Text, videos, photos…we want to hear from you! Please note that anti-choice submissions will NOT be accepted!
Again, thank you so much for following and reblogging and continuing to...
No person has a human right to my uterus without...
What is This?: Things I have seen today and why... →
dobbaaa:
I don’t know about you guys, but statements that are labeled as “facts” that aren’t facts in the first place piss me off.
And uh, heads up: Rant time! (And I’ve only been up for 20 minutes!)
BONUS: I HAVE PICTURES.
I know people hate abortion. Anti-choicers hate abortion. Pro-choicers aren’t…
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Just wanted to post and say hello and welcome and THANK YOU to new followers and to the people who have been reblogging these posts. Please continue to spread the word about this project! We should have our own videos up soon!
The pro-choice tag is filled with anti-choice rhetoric, so let’s do our part to reverse that disturbing trend
We will NEVER GO BACK!!
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WatchThe 1 in 3 campaign - Alex’s story
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WatchThe 1 in 3 Campaign - Elle’s Story
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Randall Terry, anti-abortion activist, has... →
prochoicegeneration:
Link is to the CNN article.
Trying to get this out and about for people who might be affected and don’t want their family and friends to be subjected to the ads.
Here is the list of cities if you don’t want to read the article:
Targeted markets
Randall Terry says he will be airing campaign ads featuring graphic abortion images in the following 13 markets, as of...
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So what is this "Never Go Back" project, anyway?
Before 1973, people who needed abortions went to great lengths to obtain this very necessary medical procedure.
The anti-choice rhetoric in this country is centered around lies, half-truths, and slut-shaming. Anti-choice legislators want to tell women and others with uteruses what we can and cannot do with our bodies. Legal and safe access for abortion is necessary. We cannot go back to the...
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Watch1 in 3 campaign - Harriet’s Story, Part 2
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Watch1 in 3 campaign - Deb’s Story