Reproductive Rights
January 2012: Stand Up for Abortion and Birth Control
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Join us in Washington DC
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Stand up for Abortion and Birth Control
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Nearly 90% of U.S. counties have no abortion provider.
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2011 saw the greatest number of restrictions passed at the state level – parental notification laws, mandatory waiting periods, gestational bans, etc. – restricting this access even further.
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Doctors who provide abortions are hunted, terrorized and killed.
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And the stigma and shame cast on women who get abortions is greater than ever.
Disappointed Doesn’t Cut It Anymore: A Mother’s Rebuttal of President Obama’s Plan B Politics
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by Kate Stewart
Disappointed doesn’t cut it anymore.
Disappointed, angry, dismayed -- these are only some of the emotions I am feeling this afternoon after hearing President Obama's poor excuse for restricting access to Plan B One Step.
I am also scared. Scared about the health of my daughters.
As the mother of two daughters, just like President Obama, I try to use "common sense" as much as possible. But, also like President Obama, I am not a doctor; I am not a scientist. I use my own judgment when it comes to things I am confident I can handle -- a case of the sniffles, a little cold.
Mississippi “Personhood” Amendment Defeated
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From the Feminist Majority
In an exciting and important victory for women’s rights advocates,
The Feminist Majority Foundation Campus Choices organizers were on the ground in
Mississippi Votes No on Initiative 26, but Zygote-Rights Zealots Press On
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...efforts to grant eggs, embryos and fetuses entirely independent constitutional status would [deny] pregnant women their rights to life, liberty and medical-decision making. |
Even in Mississippi—a Bible belt state with only one abortion clinic—58 percent of voters rejected Ballot Initiative 26, the so-called Personhood Amendment that would have granted zygotes the same rights as the women who carry them.
Sponsored by the Colorado-based evangelical Christian group Personhood USA, and modeled after a provision that failed in Colorado twice, Initiative 26 would have outlawed abortion in Mississippi, even in cases of rape, incest, domestic violence and life-threatening pregnancy. In addition, this change in the state’s constitution would have criminalized in-vitro fertilization and birth control methods including the IUD.
A Woman Hating Assault: The Christian Fascists’ “Personhood” Campaign
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Defending Abortion Doctor Carhart and the Lives of Women
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This article originally appeared as correspondence on the Revolution website
Abortion Doctor Leroy Carhart is a Hero—Operation Rescue Wants Him Dead
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Why YOU should be in Maryland
July 31—August 7
A determining focal point in the battle for abortion rights and the lives of women begins July 31 in Germantown, MD. One of the most courageous and prominent abortion providers in the country is being targeted by one of the most hateful, fascistic, anti-woman groups in the country. Anyone who cares about the future for women needs to be there or find a way to support those who will be.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart is a hero. He provides abortions. As simple as that may sound—and as simple as that ought to be—this means that every day for more than two decades he has risked his life for the lives of women. He's been threatened. He's been stalked. His family has been harassed—even receiving calls "informing" them of his murder. Once, his farm was burned to the ground.
But that is not all.
A Wave of Attacks… An Urgent Threat to Abortion Rights
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This coordinated assault on the state and federal levels serves as a legal counterpart to the deadly terror directed at abortion providers, such as the murder of Dr. George Tiller in a Wichita, Kansas church in May 2009. |
From Revolution newspaper:
A wave of extremely dangerous, utterly heartless, and profoundly anti-woman legislation swept through state legislatures this spring and early summer. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 512 laws limiting abortion were proposed in 49 states in the first three months of 2011. The New York Times reported that, by late May, 64 anti-abortion laws had been passed, 30 in April alone, in what the Times called “a campaign [that is] the largest in history.”
With the ascendancy of the Republican Party and its “Tea Party” component in many state legislatures, and with the Democrats either assisting outright or offering objections that in no essential way challenge the onslaught, these laws are a poisonous brew concocted from a combination of modern technology and the patriarchal, oppressive ideology that is a cornerstone of Christian Fascism.
Summer Celebration of Choice
- Category: Reproductive Rights
By Debra Sweet
Momentum is building for a beautiful gathering of abortion rights supporters in Germantown, MD (near Washington, DC) July 31-August 7!
The National Organization for Women had its annual conference June 23-25 in Tampa, Florida. There, the members passed a resolution of support for both the Summer Celebration of Choice and the Summer of Trust. Thank you to the inspiring leaders and the dedicated members of NOW, and we hope to see you all in Germantown this summer!
Get involved, spread the word, and make your plans to attend now!
Dr. George Tiller Interviewed, 2001
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May 31, 2011, marks the second anniversary of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita Kansas. Never Again!