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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Category Archives: Abortion & reproductive rights
Even For Pro-Lifers, Banning Abortion Makes No Sense
In comments on that thread on Dawn’s blog, “Butterfingers” wrote: The bottom line is that abortion is as old as mankind. There has never been a period in human history when abortions were not performed. There has not been a … Continue reading
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The NY Times writer is a jerk; his clients not necessarily so
I’ve lost count of how many posts and comments I’ve read about that New York Times article. I’ve been by turns fascinated and amused by individual stories, shocked by the level of vitriol and misunderstanding, intrigued by the various side-tracks … Continue reading
Over The Counter Plan B Indefinitely Postponed – FDA Director of Women's Health Resigns
This little bit of news is met by me with both approval and sadness. It seems that FDA official, Susan Wood, director of FDA’s Office of Women’s Health has resigned after the FDA decision on Friday to postpone the decision to make Plan B an over the counter drug indefinitely. Continue reading
Fetal Pain Researchers Failed to Disclose Abortion Affiliations
This past Wednesday, JAMA published a review of research into fetal pain. The researchers concluded that fetuses are not physically capable of feeling pain until sometime after the 28th week. (No surprise there – you can’t feel pain if you … Continue reading
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"The true legacy of Margaret Sanger"-Ms.
One of the cover stories of Ms. Magazine this past summer dealt with the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and what is all at stake for women’s reproductive rights in this country, and the changing Supreme Court. And with … Continue reading
A letter from your body
Amanda Marcotte fisks an offering from Not a Desperate Housewife that veers between the risible and the disturbing – a letter to a young woman from her vagina. Although the notion of a literate vagina invites mockery, it strikes me … Continue reading
Lady Madonna, baby at your breast…
This is an edited version of an essay that first appeared on The Iron-On Line Although my baby’s still a few months away from eating anything other than amniotic fluid, my midwife has already asked whether I’ve decided how I’m … Continue reading
The rabble-rousing-theoconservative "Justice Sunday II"
This past Sunday, well known or infamous–which ever suits you–fundamentalist Christian leaders, neocon-Congressional Republicans, and other ideologues who long for the “good ole days” when religious, moral supremacist dogma and government were in bed together (also found within the history … Continue reading
Katha Pollitt on Feminists For Life
From Katha Pollitt’s current Nation column (and via Tennessee Guerilla Women): It is indeed feminist to say no woman should have to abort a wanted child to stay in school or have a career–FFL’s line is thus an advance on … Continue reading
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NARAL pulls ad and there's some other crap
NARAL Pro-Choice America has decided to pull its anti-Roberts ad due to all of the “controversy” (oh spare me–rolls eyes), which unfortunately with all of the reactionary shrilling over the ad, even by pro-choicers and liberals, has distracted just about … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215