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Aug 22, 2008,10:40 AM

Some Pro-Choice Internet Activism! (from Carly's Blog)

So, many of you probably get NARAL or NOW email alerts or something to that extent, but basically what's going down right now is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing some regulations that aim to give health care professionals the right to refuse women abortion or abortion-referall services. Now for those of you unaware, abortion is legal in the U.S. and is considered a legitimate medical option for women who are pregnant and don't wish to be.

The ACLU has a press release that really taps into how I feel about this:

For years, federal law has carefully balanced protections for individual religious liberty and patients' access to reproductive health care. The proposed regulations appear to take patients' health needs out of the equation.
At a time when more and more Americans are either uninsured or struggling with the soaring costs of health care, the federal government should be expanding, not hampering access to important health services.

click here for a quick and easy form letter to fill out and send to your legislators that states that you are against the regulations! Internet activism: soooo easy!

(this post was originally on Carly's personal blog, a farmhouse year.)

Labels: abortion, politics

Apr 16, 2008,11:30 PM

This is not our idea of pro-choice!

You know, I used to really like Damon Wayans, mostly because there's always been a soft spot in my heart reserved for movies like Major Payne, right alongside Mrs. Doubtfire and Houseguest. Unfortunately, I am seriously reconsidering that after having seen this video, part of his new comedy project WayoutTV.

It is really appalling, not just the content itself, but the fact that he and, judging by the comments left on youtube, a lot of other men think that it's hilarious. Yeah, especially since there aren't any accounts of physical violence against pregnant women as a means to terminate an unwanted (by the father) pregnancy. Oh fuck me, there are! Like a ton!

Approximately 17 percent of pregnant women report having been battered, and the results include miscarriages, stillbirths and a two to four times greater likelihood of bearing a low birth weight baby. http://www.now.org/issues/violence/stats.html

So a big fuck you, Mr. Wayans, and an even bigger one to the real "Abortion Men"...

(h/t to http://feministing.com/archives/009007.html)

Labels: abortion, violence, women