All Abortion, All the Time
I know it probably feels like Feministe has turned into abortion-blog. I’m getting tired of writing about it, too — and as soon as wingnut legislators quit attacking the rights of the uterati, I’ll stop. So here’s your daily dose of repro rights links:
...read moreFew Protections for Pregnant Prisoners
Zuzu touched on this a few days ago, but the mistreatment of female prisoners certainly deserves another look. Pregnant inmates are routinely shackled, even during childbirth. Forty-one states and the federal prison system allow the shackling of pregnant prisoners, and 23 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons shackle women during childbirth. Some prisoners have [...]
...read moreTo every liberal and moderate who has ever said, “Well, it wouldn’t be so bad if they nominated McCain…”
Consider this. John McCain may love the environment, but apparently he doesn’t consider women worthy of basic human rights. He’s no moderate. List of people to whom we should all be mailing wire hangers and knitting needles: John McCain Mitt Romney George Allen Bill Napoli Every politician in South Dakota who voted for this ban [...]
...read moreBad News x2
The governor of South Dakota signs the abortion ban into law. And the Supreme Court allows the federal government to coerce universities into allowing discriminatory military recruiters on campus.
...read moreGeorgia to women: Being on your mind wasn’t enough; now we’d like to be in your womb, too
Georgia puts women at risk through its abortion policies. Though it doesn’t go whole-hog and ban the procedure like South Dakota, it chips away at it substantially. The Georgia senate just passed three bills which require any pregnant woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound that she is required to pay for; allow pharmacists [...]
...read moreIt’s All About the Babies (and by “Babies” I mean “Unfertilized Eggs”)
You know how pro-choicers are always talking about that “control” thing, and asserting that the anti-choice movement isn’t about saving babies as much as it’s about telling women what they can and cannot do with their reproductive functions? And you know how anti-choicers will argue that it’s not about control, it really is about little [...]
...read moreParental Notification/Consent Barely Affects Abortion Rate
No big surprise here.
...read moreTime to Declare War
I’m with MzNicky: There is a War on Women, and we will fight back. But what if fighting back means not fucking?
...read moreSaturday Repro Rights Blogging
1. A victory for anti-choice protestors in the Supreme Court. Now, this is obviously a major disappointment for the pro-choice movement. Any clinic worker or escort has seen how frightening these protestors can be. And indeed, anti-choice extremists have taken a physical toll: Among other acts, in the past year there has been an attempted [...]
...read moreNaming, Shaming, Abortion and Cultural Relativism
Jeff opens up an incredibly interesting topic on this article about shaming Indian women into giving birth, because otherwise they might abort their female fetuses. First, I’ll focus a little bit on the article itself, and then get to the questions Jeff poses. The basic premise of the article is that this guy goes to [...]
...read moreLimiting Birth Control – Even at Planned Parenthood
I love Planned Parenthood. I’ve volunteered with them, I’ve worked with their campus outreach groups, and I’ve used their services. I know that they’re a godsend for many women — they certainly have been for me. And while the Planned Parenthood mission is to provide affordable healthcare to all women who need it, local financial [...]
...read morePaying to Overturn Roe
Well this is interesting. A campaign to push the legislation through the U.S. court system up to the Supreme Court where South Dakotans can lead the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, will cost over $1 million. South Dakota doesn’t have that kind of money. So Rounds is studying ways of accepting into the state [...]
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