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All posts tagged "Civil Disobedience"

Why "civil disobedience" isn't the answer in this case

Why "civil disobedience" isn't the answer in this case

This post by an anonymous doctor suggesting "civil disobedience" from doctors in response to mandatory ultrasound laws is making the rounds, mainly being forwarded by people who are rightfully outraged by these laws, but---and I hate to say this---don't really understand the issue very well. Both actual abortion providers (using their actual names) and I tried very hard in comments to explain that this post is just missing the point, but alas, we were basically ignored. There's no indication that the doctor who wrote the post is an abortion provider, and in fact good reason to think he/she is not, and so it seems more than a little condescending to act like you have all the answers for solving the abortion crisis that the right is inducing with these laws. If you're a doctor and you really want to fight back against the right on abortion, why not start by providing abortion? Sure, that would mean that anonymity for your political views is stripped from you, but if you're going to scold others to break the law and put themselves in danger, the least you can do is set a good example by being public and providing abortion. 

Nonviolence, Nonviolence

Nonviolence, Nonviolence

imageYou remember when Gandhi fought against the British occupation of India through a systematic program of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience? Of course you do, you got the Facebook invite.