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End the Global Gag Rule for Good!
A few days ago JanieBelle wrote about the Senate vote that would end the global gag rule if it isn't vetoed. A veto is a very real possibility, though. And before the President even has a chance to...
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Verizon to its customers: NARAL 2 CNTRVSL 4 U
The New York Times reports this morning that Verizon has rejected a proposal by Naral Pro-Choice America to use its network for sending text messages to people who sign up for them. Other cell phone...
View ArticleScreening: "I Had an Abortion" (2005, 55 minutes)
$5 SuggestedWith Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy RichardsRoe v. Wade is 35 years old this month. We'll be celebrating, agitating, and planning for the future by screening Gillian Aldrich's "I Had an...
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Access denied: A different kind of de facto segregation
It's interesting that "Blog for Choice" day falls right after Martin Luther King Jr's holiday. It has me thinking about intersections and parallels of civil rights issues. For those who've studied...
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What the Coat Hanger Means
One of the problems with politics is how words and images can slip from being portrayals of people's lives into trite cliché so easily that you can't even remember when the line was crossed. For...
View ArticleBlog for Choice Day 2009!
Today is January 22, the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade which made abortion bans unconstitutional, and which has been marked for the last three years by "Blog for Choice" day. The Blog for Choice folks...
View ArticleGlobal Gag Rule Gone ...
... for now. While I'm thrilled and celebrating I recognize that this is like a ping-pong match we play with women's lives every presidential election cycle. The rule was first initiated under Reagan...
View ArticleMicrobiology and Abortion
RU-486, or mifepristone, was approved for use in 2000 in the US, for medical abortions.Shortly there after, something weird started happening. A handful of women who used RU-486 were dying from sepsis,...
View ArticleQ: When is an abortion not an abortion?
A: When it is a selective reductionI don't imagine this post is going to make me popular.Today's New York Times has an article about the very painful choices faced by prospective parents who make use...
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Focus on the ... Super Bowl?
It seems to me that Super Bowl Controversy is a sport unto itself. This year the controversy centers on an anti-abortion ad by Focus On The Family. The ad features football star Tim Tebow and his...
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