Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 1, 2024A new cartoon for May Day! This has been an incredible year for unions in the USA - may next year be even better. Unions Have Always Done The Impossible! #PoliCartoon #Union #LaborDay2024 #MayDay2024 #May1st #UBI #LivingWage
- Untitled April 30, 2024People on reddit are fighting about a cartoon I did about why the US health care system sucks and I am enjoying this too too much. https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1ch0l0r/why_us_health_care_is_such_a_terrible_system/?sort=old
- Untitled April 30, 2024I just posted a new cartoon! It's patreon supporters only for now, but in a week or so I'll make it public. :-) https://www.patreon.com/posts/deus-ex-machina-103359912?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
- Untitled April 30, 2024Nothing against Brian, who of course needs and should make a living. But I'm increasingly frustrated by the Substackization of blogging/news writing. To read Brian's work I have to subscribe, which at the lowest price level is $75 a year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled April 30, 2024Cartoonists and illustrators: Watch out for this scam (it's been going around for a while, but I only heard about it recently). Person emails you wanting to commission a bunch of illustrations to go with a presentation. Pretty high offer. At the end, they mention they want to pay you by check.
- Untitled April 29, 2024Why U.S. Health Care Is Such A Terrible System #PoliCartoon
- Untitled May 1, 2024
Category Archives: \”Partial Birth\” Abortion
About the Late-Term abortion ban in 1997
There’s a little debate going on between Avedon Carol and Kevin Drum in Pandagon’s comments section. I can’t resist commenting on Kevin’s last, so very wrong paragraph. In 1997, liberal extremists fought to prevent passage of a [partial birth abortion … Continue reading
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Real women who have had "partial birth" abortions
Continuing to quote from John Swomley’s March 1988 Humanist article. Mr. Swomley’s article gives something you don’t see too often – real-life examples of women who have had “partial birth” abortions, who would be either forbidden from having abortions at … Continue reading
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FAQ: Why are D&X abortions needed?
This post, bending “fair usage” to the limit, quotes extensively from a Humanist article that is not (so far as I can tell) available online. It’s from the March 1998 issue, and written by John M. Swomley, professor emeritus of … Continue reading
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"Partial-birth" abortion ban passes senate.
Unsurprisingly, the “partial-birth abortion ban” passed the Senate 64-33. I’ve blogged some about this bill earlier this week, and I plan another post or two on the subject this weekend. In the meanwhile, a few links you can check out: … Continue reading
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Republicans: Protect the fetus, oppose pre-natal care.
As the debate over the bogus “partial-birth” abortion ban goes on in the Senate, it’s instructive to look at the things the Republicans in the Senate have rejected this week. They rejected an act to ban abortions post-viability. Their objection? … Continue reading
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What does the "Partial-Birth abortion ban" actually ban?
WARNING! This post contains clinical descriptions of some abortion procedures. Some folks, understandably, find that sort of thing disturbing to read. Don’t read the rest of this post unless you think you can deal… If you just want the “key … Continue reading
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The politics of "partial-birth abortion" bans
So the Senate is banning partial-birth abortion again. But opponents of the ban say it is about abortion politics, not about a true effort to limit late-term abortions. “The phrase so-called ‘partial-birth abortion’ does not describe a recognized medical procedure. … Continue reading
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