Category Archives: Abortion & reproductive rights

Thoughts on Political Speech in the wake of Arizona

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Myca

There are just a few thoughts I have about all of this that I wanted to share. First, Sarah Palin. As Xeni Jardin says, “I try to avoid blogging about Sarah Palin, for the same reasons I’ve tried to avoid … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Anti-Semitism, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Media criticism, Whatever | 41 Comments

ACLU: Catholic Hospitals Have Been Refusing To Provide Reproductive Health Care

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Ampersand

From the Washington Post: The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday asked federal health officials to ensure that Catholic hospitals provide emergency reproductive care to pregnant women, saying the refusal by religiously affiliated hospitals to provide abortion and other services … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, crossposted on TADA | 71 Comments

Not With a Bang

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

So if you missed it, Pete “Zeeboid” Arnold has admitted what I told you last week: that the birthornot.com website is a hoax: A Minnesota man who put up a website asking people to help him and his wife decide … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 9 Comments

Anti-Choice Trolling Fail

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

So let’s say that I was a part of a couple, and one of us was pregnant. ((Probably not me.)) And let’s say we were ambivalent about having a child for one reason or another. Let’s say we were, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 14 Comments

Two Articles, One About Abortion and One About Women, Gender, Sexuality and Medicine

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

First, from The New York Times, The New Abortion Providers: [After Roe vs. Wade,] the clinics also truly came to stand alone. In 1973, hospitals made up 80 percent of the country’s abortion facilities. By 1981, however, clinics outnumbered hospitals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Gender and the Body | 21 Comments

Him, Al Franken

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

I have been disappointed by politicians far more often than I care to admit. From Bill Clinton to Jesse Ventura to even George W. Bush — who managed to do far worse than my meager expectations to him — candidates … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 24 Comments

Fugivitis on Judicial Bypass and Notification Laws; Real Intent of Both: To Prevent Needed Abortion Access

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Mandolin

To start, a summary: Harriet Jacobs (pseudonymous, if you’re not well-acquainted enough with slave narratives to tell) at Fugivitis has put up a pair of posts. The first is My new job, and the second is Another post about parental … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights | 4 Comments

Matthew 19:18

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

Bearing false witness is a sin. But not, evidently, when you have a chance to moralize. It turns out that, based on her own words, Pam Tebow’s life was never in jeopardy at all during her pregnancy. The reporting comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Sports | 4 Comments

Exodus 20:16

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

As you know, Tim Tebow — Florida Gators quarterback and the 2010 version of Eric Crouch — is going to star in a Super Bowl ad with his mom, in support of Focus on the Family. In the ad, Tebow … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Sports | 26 Comments