Pro-Life “Ethics”
Gotta love “pro-life” medical ethics: BUCHAREST (AFP) — A medical ethics panel in Romania refused Friday to grant an abortion to an 11-year-old who had allegedly been raped by her uncle, a hospital official said. “According to the penal code, after the 14th week of pregnancy, termination is only permissible if the mother’s life is [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten
The “my brain is so full of bar exam information that I can’t even think of a title for this FRT” edition. 1. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry 2. Redman – Smoke Buddah 3. Erykah Badu – Tyrone 4. Can-U – The Fire 5. The Pogues – Fairytale of New York 6. Beck – [...]
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Fetishizing Virginity
In Europe, a debate over Islam and virginity. Not shockingly, I think virginity fetishism is pretty ridiculous and misogynist. But when it’s deeply entrenched in your culture, I certainly can’t blame individual women for doing what they need to do and getting hymen-repair surgeries. I wish that women considering marrying — or already married to [...]
...read moreAnti-Choice Pharmacies Help to Increase the Abortion Rate
Thanks, Robert Semier of Chantilly, for refusing to do your job, for threating women’s health, and for upping the abortion rate! I know a lot of the other feminist blogs have already covered this one, but I’m finally getting around to it: “Pro-Life” pharmacies denying medical care to women around the country. You can guess [...]
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Criminal Penalties for Abortion Rejected Around the World
Article up at AlterNet today about views on abortion world-wide. A taste: When you live in a country where abortion rights remain a contentious issue in every election and anti-choice activists are emboldened enough to demonstrate against the birth control pill, there are a lot of reasons to be pessimistic about the future of reproductive [...]
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