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The *best* arguments of anti-choicers, put in one place so people can laugh at them
At RH Reality Check yesterday, I wrote, “One of the more frustrating aspects of dealing with anti-choices is their tendency to lean on arguments that are so shoddy that they’d be laughed out of a junior high school debate tournament.” And, as if the universe was trying to prove me…
Fury of Turkey’s women as PM likens abortion to murder
Some 300 women are to protest to the Turkish governmentTuesday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked fury among women’s rights advocates by likening abortion to murder. Activists have expressed outrage at the premier’s remarks, branding him a “woman’s enemy.” The representatives from women’s associations will meet Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Sahin, who has…
Minnesota’s anti-abortion bill opens up a new front in the War On Women
Anti-abortion groups — who have long-considered medical, or pill abortions, to be one of the biggest threats to their movement’s demonization of abortion and the women who seek them — quietly opened a new front in state legislatures recently to de facto restrict or eliminate access to the less expensive,…
It’s not just contraception and abortion; it’s even the prom
When the Catholic Church and organizations are trying to exert influence over our laws, making abortion and contraception harder to access, they tend to portray their religious teachings against contraception as if they have nothing to do with misogyny. Instead, it’s talked about as if it were one of those…
The War On Women is just a siege you just didn’t notice until now
Parental notification. Waiting periods. Mandatory ultrasounds. Zoning laws specifying closet size. Databases listing identifying data about women who seek abortions. The slow erosion of a woman’s right to choose and gain access to her choice has been going on for years, just under the radar of the mainstream media, because…
AZ GOP lawmaker wants women ‘to watch an abortion’ before having one
Despite Arizona’s recent spate of bills that would reduce women’s access to abortion and contraception, a Republican lawmaker wants her state to go even further. According to The Arizona Republic, State Rep. Terri Proud colorfully replied to one of her constituents in an email asking her thoughts on House Bill…
Georgia senate panel approves ‘fetal pain’ anti-abortion bill
A Georgia state senate committee has voted in favor of a so-called “fetal pain” bill, a measure that would narrow the legal window during which women can legally obtain an abortion by six weeks. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, House Bill 954 would “tighten medical exemptions for terminating pregnancies and…
Kansas Republicans look to profit off abortion taxes
Lawmakers in Kansas will consider next week a sweeping anti-abortion bill that would, among other things, levy sales taxes on any and all abortion procedures, related healthcare expenses and any company that might do business with an abortion provider — a proposal that could bring millions into state coffers, or…
Anti-abortion initiatives inch forward in southern U.S.
Initiatives by social conservatives to limit abortion inched forward in three southern US states this week, contributing to one of the most emotionally-charged debates in US politics. In Florida, the House of Representatives voted 78-33 in favor of imposing a 24-hour waiting period on women seeking an abortion and requiring…
Perry’s abortion ‘transformation’: No exceptions for rape or incest
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday declared that had undergone a “transformation” and no longer supported abortion in cases of rape or incest. During a campaign event in Iowa, Full Faith Christian Center pastor Joshua Verwers noted that Perry used to believe that abortion was acceptable for victims of…
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