posts tagged "abortion"

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Forcing a woman to wait three days and consult with some asshole trying to convince her not to abort will not change the fact that that woman does not want to have a child. Even if it changes her mind about terminating the pregnancy, it doesn’t change whatever circumstances brought her to an abortion clinic in the first place. She’ll still walk out just as devoid of choices, just as un- or underemployed, just as broke, just as in debt, just as uninsured, just as lacking daycare, just as unable to care for herself and/or her existing children, just as in need of medication that she can’t take while pregnant, just as enmeshed in an unhealthy or abusive relationship, just the same as she was when she walked in. She’ll just have been guilted into making sacrifices she doesn’t want to make, to honor someone else’s mistaken perceptions about her morality.

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Todd Akin thinks doctors perform abortions on women who aren’t actually pregnant

abaldwin360:

In a 2008 Speech, Todd Akin Said Doctors Give Abortions to Women ‘Who Are Not Actually Pregnant’.

It turns out that Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment might not be the most inaccurate and stupid statement of the Missouri Representative’s career. In a 2008 speech on the House floor, Rep. Akin said (emphasis mine):

“You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: Not following good sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things.”

“All of these things are common practice,” Akin continued, “but all of that information is available for America.”

Just think about that for a second. “Abortions to women who are not actually pregnant.” Absolutely mindboggling.

He also compared abortion to slavery.

“There will be a day - just as there is today, where people say, ‘Who would ever support slavery?’” Akin said. “In the future, there will be a day when men will say, ‘Who would have ever supported something so un-American as abortion?”

Really makes his “ladylike” comment seem not so bad, huh? Just a reminder, Todd Akin is the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, a candidate that “mainstream” Republicans are supporting.

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whatafuckinfamilypicture: This is powerful I am pro-life now

whatafuckinfamilypicture:

This is powerful I am pro-life now

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‎I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.

Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun (via timehasflewn)

holy shit i love this quote

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velvet-areola: look-at-that-bowtie: pro-choice-teddy-bear: [Image: Two teddy bears hugging.  Top text: Needing an abortion / Bottom text: does not make you irresponsible. \end transcription] It is ok to need an abortion. This is nice to hear.  Since I’ve been the main one telling myself I was so irresponsible.   Shit happens.  You learn a lesson.  You move on.   This meme. :3

velvet-areola:

look-at-that-bowtie:

pro-choice-teddy-bear:

[Image: Two teddy bears hugging.  Top text: Needing an abortion / Bottom text: does not make you irresponsible. \end transcription]

It is ok to need an abortion.

This is nice to hear.  Since I’ve been the main one telling myself I was so irresponsible.  

Shit happens.  You learn a lesson.  You move on.  

This meme. :3

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sigur-roskolnikov: one-angry-liberal: sonofbaldwin: The so-called “pro-life” movement’s philosophy. One of the best political cartoons that I’ve seen.  I saw another note on this post saying something to the effect that that’s not Romney holding the umbrella, it’s H. W. Bush. And this cartoon is still relevant. More than 20 years later.

sigur-roskolnikov:

one-angry-liberal:

sonofbaldwin:

The so-called “pro-life” movement’s philosophy.

One of the best political cartoons that I’ve seen. 

I saw another note on this post saying something to the effect that that’s not Romney holding the umbrella, it’s H. W. Bush.

And this cartoon is still relevant.

More than 20 years later.

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The President and the Democratic Party believe that women have a right to control their reproductive choices. Democrats support access to affordable family planning services, and President Obama and Democrats will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers. The Affordable Care Act ensures that women have access to contraception in their health insurance plans, and the President has respected the principle of religious liberty. Democrats support evidence-based and age-appropriate sex education.

Protecting A Woman’s Right to Choose. The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way. We also recognize that health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. We strongly and unequivocally support a woman’s decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of and access to programs that help women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including caring adoption programs.

2012 Democratic National Platform

Who are you voting for?

[NB: More people than just cis women need and want access to reproductive health care and abortion care.]

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Rachel Maddow shares a clip from an Al Jazeera documentary featuring an Ohio State Legislator who is advocating extreme anti-abortion legislation.

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When people can't get access to safe, legal abortions

fuckyeahfeminists:

This is what happens. In Texas, reproductive health providers told stories of women going to pharmacies across the border in Mexico, in search of a drug they hope will terminate unwanted pregnancies.

Mind you this isn’t even a feasible option for many people who cannot cross the border or don’t know someone who will do it for them. Imagine the people who CAN make it, but don’t have health insurance. This is just a sign of why we NEED abortions that are accessible - legally, geographically, AND financially. This is dangerous. And wrong.

And let’s be honest it isn’t a coincidence that this is happening in the state where Gov Perry allowed reproductive health care clinics for low income women to CLOSE.

invisiblelad: youmightbeaconservative: delacroix: Rebloggable, as requested. Ooooooh. Facts on facts on facts.  Scholastically owned.

invisiblelad:

youmightbeaconservative:

delacroix:

Rebloggable, as requested.

Ooooooh. Facts on facts on facts. 

Scholastically owned.

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moniquill:

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bedbugsbiting:

Someone stickerbombed (is that a word?) a Birthright bus ad with Planned Parenthood info. Ha!

This is great! 

…where can I get a pack of those stickers?

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Rag Dublin

Rag Dublin

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indigenousfeminist:

“Men’s indifference to learning about contraception and to taking any responsibility for it is a theme that emerges from many reports of projects that have attempted, and failed, to reach and educate men. One of the most successful programs of contraception education for men, a Planned Parenthood project in Chicago, abandoned its attempts to reach men over the age of twenty-five when it was found that these men simply would not participate, even when offered beer, sandwiches, free condoms—and “stag” movies. Instead, the project targeted a younger group, and as part of its research the project conducted a survey of over a thousand men aged fifteen to nineteen:

• These young men were asked whether they agreed with the statement “It’s okay to tell a girl you love her so that you can have sex with her.” Seven out of ten agreed that it’s okay.

• They were asked whether they agreed with the statement “A guy should use birth control whenever possible.” Eight out of ten disagreed and said a guy should not.

• And when asked, “If I got a girl pregnant, I would want her to have an abortion,” nearly nine out of ten said no, they would not want her to have an abortion. These teenage men agreed: Deception to obtain coital access is okay; male irresponsibility in contraception is okay; but abortion is not okay—“because it’s wrong.”

Largely because of attitudes such as these, one million teenage women—one tenth of all teenage women—become pregnant each year, and two thirds of their pregnancies are not wanted.”

—John Stoltenberg, Refusing to be a Man

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asiancatlady:

‘cause humans are at the risk of extinction, right?

I lol’ed

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