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The Problem with PRENDA: Reproductive Justice and Women of Color

I have been hearing murmurings to the effect of “I’m prochoice, but race and sex selection is morally repugnant.” So, I thought I’d address that concern briefly. The Republicans have tried very hard to make this issue about “black genocide” or the sort of sex selection that occurs in countries…

Race/Sex Selection Abortion: PRENDA’s Proof Problem and Operation Spite Babies [Correction]

CORRECTION: THE HOUSE FAILED TO PASS THE BILL.***   Today, the House passed PRENDA (H.R. 3541, pithily called the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act), and Trent Franks is very pleased with himself, indeed. Sigh. In March 2011, I wrote about PRENDA when Arizona  passed its version of…

Rep. Barbara Lee calls PRENDA ‘shock and awe’ in ‘war on women’

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) blasted the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) on Wednesday, comparing it to the “shock and awe” military strategy used at the beginning of the Iraq war. “Supporters of this bill claim that the legislation would combat sex-selective abortions,” she said on the House floor. “Here we go…