Category Archives: Abortion & reproductive rights

Pro-Lifers Don’t Give A Damn About Fetuses. They Only Care About Coercing Women.

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Ampersand

I’ve been debating abortion over at Ethics Alarms. Here’s one of my comments (the person I’m quoting and replying to is “Texxagg04”): Sure the anti-abortion crowd can oppose [free birth control], because the anti-abortion crowd doesn’t feel the government’s or … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 282 Comments

Free Birth Control In Belgium

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Ampersand

This is what the world’s lowest abortion rate ((Or very close to the worlds lowest, depending on what year you look at and how you measure.)) looks like. 20120921 Free birthcontrol – Images by Sander de Wilde And yes, free … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 30 Comments

Postscript Regarding Employers Trying To Use Health Insurance To Force Their Beliefs on Employees

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Ampersand

Back in March, I argued that employers don’t have any moral right to prevent workers from using employer-provided insurance to buy birth control, any more than employers have the right to prevent workers from using employer-provided paychecks to buy birth … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Supreme Court Issues | 68 Comments

A quick thought on Todd Akin

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Julie

Although, really, a quick thought is far more than this guy deserves. I wish people got this much attention for saying something really smart (which isn’t to say that we shouldn’t take notice when people with power believe this shit). … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 41 Comments

Blogging My Summer Classes: Changing Times and Words You’re Not Supposed to Say

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

My wife and I went last night to a farewell gathering for one of her cousins, who is moving with her husband to California. We were at Bar 13 in Manhattan, a place I havent been to since I gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Education, Race, racism and related issues | 3 Comments

On “After-Birth Abortion” and the “woman? what woman?” argument

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Ampersand

Academics Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva have been getting headlines (and, horribly, death threats) for publishing a paper arguing that infanticide is morally identical to abortion and so should be allowed. I read about the paper via Jack at Ethics … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, crossposted on TADA | 55 Comments

A Short Story for Today

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jeff Fecke

If you have not yet had the opportunity to read Amanda Ching’s marvelous dystopian short story “ILU-486,” you need to clear ten minutes and do so. Now. A brief excerpt: Rachel Saunders had three kids and two bedrooms. Both boys … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Fiction | 11 Comments

Abortion, Parenting, and the Government

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Grace Annam

Last year I read a piece written by a woman who worked in a court system in her state. It was an eye-opener for me, because it laid out in detail how apparently small single requirements could in fact be … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sex | 56 Comments

Plan B Restrictions Mainly Restrict Grown-Up Women

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Ampersand

The Obama administration has chosen to keep the status quo on Plan B, overruling the FDA’s science-based decision. This means that girls 16 and younger will continue to need a prescription from a doctor to buy Plan B, while girls … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, crossposted on TADA | 28 Comments

Cain in Vain

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

There’s a reason that people almost never make the jump from the private sector to major elected office. For all the blather about career politicians, politics is a skill, and an incredibly difficult one. The ability to craft one’s message, … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Elections and politics | 3 Comments