Why I Am Pro-Choice
Though Jill, who’s been on fire lately, has said pretty much all there needs to be said on this subject, I wanted to be sure to add my two cents. I’m pro-choice because my mother couldn’t exercise control over her reproductive system, and wound up bearing seven children between 1965 and 1974, the first of [...]
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...read moreEmbryonic Personhood – Blogging for Choice Part 5
Pro-lifers argue that life begins at conception and ends at natural death. They argue that a fertilized egg is just as human as a three-year-old child. They argue that embryonic stem cell research, which could cure all kinds of diseases and save million of lives, is immoral because embryos are just as human as you [...]
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Over at Bookslut, Eryn Loeb decries the anthology: In this stalled cultural climate of Britney Spears, Disney princesses and an embattled Miss USA (let’s just forget about Nancy Pelosi for a moment), there’s been an avalanche of anthologies encompassing nearly every issue and subgroup within feminism. Seal Press first published Listen Up: Voices from the [...]
...read moreBlogging for Choice, Part 4
Want more blogging for choice? An all-day Blogging for Choice multi-part marathon at Feministe isn’t enough for you? Then check out the rest of these Blog for Choice posts. Lots of amazing stuff. Nice work, pro-choicers.
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...read moreWhy I’m Pro-Choice – Blogging for Choice Part 2
I am pro-choice because I believe women’s lives matter. I am pro-choice because I think women themselves are the best people to decide when and if they get pregnant, give birth, and raise children. I am pro-choice because I believe that the right to control your own reproduction is a fundamental right, and is protected [...]
...read moreBlogging for Choice, Part 1
Happy Roe day! I’ll be putting up more pro-choice stuff throughout the day. To start, check out this history of abortion in Kansas. And props to Santa Cruz, which is now officially a pro-choice city. My official Blog for Choice post, telling readers why I’m pro-choice, will be up soon.
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