Choice: It’s None of Your Business
It’s that age. I have one friend who is hosting her baby shower. I have another friend who is waiting at an abortion clinic. Another friend—of the friend who is having a baby—just bought a pink blanket with baby elephants on it for the baby shower. I’ve been sending my other friend funny text messages [...]
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The New York Times has a beautiful article about perinatal hospice programs, where parents of newborns who are fated to die (or who are stillborn) can give birth, get support and hopefully find some peace. Read the whole thing, but be forewarned that it’s heartbreaking. The fact that these programs exist as one choice for [...]
...read moreWhy I Am Pro-Choice
Well. After my cobloggers’ superlative contributions, I’m not sure I really have much to offer. I was brought up to believe in personal sovereignty. My mother has always been horrified by the idea of anyone dictating another woman’s reproductive decisions, even though she would not consider abortion for herself. Forced pregnancy, as far as she [...]
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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 [...]
...read moreWhy, Thank You, Dr. Falafel
Amanda passes on this item from Media Matters. There’s even audio! On the October 11 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed that it “is never the case” that a “mother’s life is in danger” during the course of a pregnancy. Guess Lauren was just being a hypochondriac, then.
...read moreWhat Roe Should Have Said
Professor Lemieux is working on a series of posts discussing Jack Balkin’s book, What Roe Should Have Said. This is Scott’s area of expertise, so he really knows his stuff. Part I, in which he discusses Canada’s landmark abortion case, R v. Morgentaler, in which, Scott argues, the Supreme Court of Canada did a better [...]
...read moreBrick Wall
I’m supposed to be having a leisurely day at school entering grades and finishing up my work, but woke up puking (no pregnancy jokes — not funny), feeling sick and crappy again for the bazillionth time this semester. Just called back by my MT and she is, understandably, irritated. Stop that snow day, I can’t [...]
...read moreTrying to Get Reproductive Health Care on Medicaid
It’s not that easy. Shelea Mayo, 16, was embarrassed when her mother sat Shelea and her then boyfriend down one afternoon and gave them “the talk” about relationships and responsibility. Beverly Mayo admits her children sometimes try to cut her off, interjecting with “TMI,” for too much information, when the conversation is getting too personal [...]
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