Pope speaks out on fertility treatments
No surprise here. The current Italian law is incredibly restrictive; it “bans donations of sperm and eggs, defines life as beginning at conception, and allows fertility treatment only to married heterosexual couples.” It ramins to be seen how the Italian people will react to this move. One thing that has always been interesting about Italy [...]
...read moreParental consent in California
Alley Rat has a powerful post on her experience with an underage friend who got a safe, legal abortion in California — something that may not be an option for many girls there if the state passes its parental consent law. Alley makes an important point when she writes that girls almost always tell at [...]
...read moreHypocrisy in the Culture Wars
Neil of the nTrain has two great posts up about stem cells and gays/women in the military. Neil (who has a great, sarcastic writing style) points out that, although he his in favor of stem cell research, “those that object to the use of federally funded research that involved the dissection of these embryos cannot [...]
...read moreAt least they’re good for something
Right-wing wackos posing as journalists is nothing new, and their antics usually fall somewhere in between vaguely irritating and just plain offensive. But every once in a while, they do something kinda funny. Jeff Gannon pal Les Kingsolving — who somehow has a permanent seat in the White House press corps — typically throws long-winded [...]
...read moreListening to women about abortion
Jennifer Baumgardner writes a fabulous piece in the Fairfield Weekly about a seldom-discussed topic in pro-choice circles: the emotional aftermath of abortion. While I’m frequently disgusted at the right’s attempts to paint abortion as a choice that inevitably involves emotional scarring, depression, and so-called “post-abortive syndrome” (which isn’t recognized by any reputable psychological association), I [...]
...read moreVirginity or death!
Good lord I love Katha Pollitt. This column is about a week old, but check it out if you haven’t already. She writes about the religious right’s opposition to an HPV vaccine that could save the lives of thousands of women, and help prevent cervical cancer in even more. I remember when people rolled their [...]
...read moreSCOTUS to Hear Abortion Case
Via SCOTUSblog: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a long-unsettled issue of abortion law: the standard to be used in judging the constitutionality of a restriction on a women’s right to end a pregnancy. The question is whether such a restriction is to be upheld if there is any circumstance in which it [...]
...read moreKnow your enemy
I read anti-choice blogs, websites and op/eds often. Why? Not just to get mad, but because I think you have to really understand what you’re up against before you can properly counter it. One thing I always find interesting about the anti-choice movement is their relative success in convincing the general public that stopping abortion [...]
...read moreThe Right To Refuse Denies The Right To Choose
Ryan sent me an article from NUVO, an Indianapolis-based free magazine that covers local and national news. “The Conscience Clause” is a powerful testament to the backwardness of religiosity in legal and medical institutions. As her youngest, a 13-month-old with fluffy blond hair and bright blue eyes, teeters near her mother’s shins, Annie sighs heavily, [...]
...read moreState Halts Teen’s Choice. Again.
Trish Wilson points out that I was right. A Florida state appeal was made within hours after the ruling. A 13-year-old Palm Beach County foster child at the center of a legal battle over her right to end an unwanted pregnancy got permission from a judge Monday to get an abortion — but was thwarted [...]
...read moreThe Battle Over Birth Control
Notice that the fight over women’s health has lurched from a strict focus on abortion to an ever-increasing attack on contraceptives. Does the pill prevent pregnancy or terminate it? Conservative Christians in my town hand out flyers at the county fair declaring that all forms of birth control are abortive in nature. They are sure [...]
...read moreWho Wants To Bet On An Appeal?
L.G. has gotten her wishes: A circuit court judge in Florida has ruled that a pregnant teenager in state custody can get an abortion over the state’s objections, a lawyer involved in the case said Monday night. The lawyer, Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, said the judge, Ronald [...]
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