I have nearly 200 tiny babies in my uterus right now.
A warning to all uterus-havers who are on hormonal birth control: That uterus of yours is absolutely filled with tiny dead babies. Lots and lots of little babies. You’re basically a microbaby graveyard, says conservative radio host Kevin Swanson, a.k.a. That Snoring Guy In The Back Of Sophomore Biology Class, or alternately That Guy Not In Biology Class Because He Was Biblically Homeschooled and now promotes godly homeschooling and a Biblical worldview, and that’s just medical science.
...read moreThe idea that “life begins at conception” is a Biblical view younger than the Happy Meal
In fact, it’s really only been considered Biblically “true” since 1979 — before that, Evangelicals held widely varying positions, and even some of the most vocal “life begins at conception” voices today didn’t think that zygote life was the equivalent of born-human life in the 1960s and 70s. But political necessities change, and with them Bible interpretations. Read that whole piece; it’s fascinating. Also worth considering the role played by the new Right, and the need to replace full-throated support for segregation with other issues that could rally racist whites, particularly in the South.
...read moreWhat Pro-Choice Looks Like
Radical doulas. Reproductive choice also encompasses the right to give birth in the setting that is best for you. As radical doula Miriam Perez writes: Beyond all of this, what the birthing rights movement addresses is the narrowing scope of women’s choices about how they give birth. Hospitals and doctors have increasingly specific requirements and [...]
...read moreSomeone get this man a newpaper, or at least an Us Weekly
I know Robert Novak isn’t exactly “hip,” but I didn’t think it was possible for someone to be so thoroughly disconnected from reality. His column this week is about a movie called Bella, in which a pregnant woman decides to – wait for it – give birth. This, Novak says, “offers hope for the beleaguered [...]
...read moreSpeaking of Panty-Sniffing
Digby has a post up about a NOW program on the forced-birth movement in South Dakota that features the very insane Leslee Unruh, who is not only spearheading the effort to ban abortion in South Dakota, she’s pushing for abstinence-only sex education in the state. And Unruh, of course, is one of the “abortion for [...]
...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 moreBeijing Seizes “Barefoot Lawyer”
Chen Guancheng, a 34-year-old blind peasant who has become a rather unlikely hero in the rural Chinese legal system, was seized in Beijing for daring to promote reproductive choice in China. He was in the process of filing a class-action lawsuit to challenge China’s restrictive population-control abuses in rural areas, and was gaining national attention. [...]
...read moreClean Up Your Desktop!
And you thought my usual round-ups were big? Ha! Some of these links may be considered vintage, as they have been waiting for me to write on them since before my pilgrimage to Graceland. Consider it my duty to spread the intellectual wealth. Feminism Pinko Feminist Hellcat breaks from the blogging big boys and others [...]
...read moreWhat You Should Be Reading Since I’m Not Writing
The regular computer is again broken and typing on this laptop must be equivalent to the seventh circle of hell. To top it off, my ADD is in full swing. I’ve been a napping fool and don’t have the usual tiredness to keep me somewhere near attentive, and just found myself sitting in front of [...]
...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 [...]
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