abortion

Anti-Choice DHHS Rule Finalized

by Cara December 19, 2008

At Feministe (where I originally intended on posting this until that jerk Jill beat me to it with a really good post), I’ve been relentlessly updating you on the proposed DHHS rule that aims to limit the availability of abortion and contraception by protecting anti-choice employees of Title X funded institutions from “discrimination” based on [...]

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I Laughed; I Cried

by Cara December 10, 2008

From the NY Times Letters, Why Is Abortion Still a Political Issue? To the Editor: For some people, abortion is a nonnegotiable issue. A nation that runs out of people cannot perform the activities of a sophisticated society. We have a shortage of primary care doctors. There are other skilled-worker shortages. You cannot kill the [...]

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SD Anti-Choicers are Sad that Women Still Have Rights

by Cara November 24, 2008

*Sniffles* I was at Planned Parenthood seven different times. I also was at the Campaign for Healthy Families’ place three times, where a young lady from Black Sheep Coffee shop brought me a cup of its great coffee on a cool day. She was a real sweetheart. But all our efforts failed. The good people [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Downright Ugly

by Cara November 5, 2008

The Good President Obama.  Of course. The Democrats now have 56 seats in the Senate. Four seats are still undecided, according to CNN, but it looks like they’re all going to go Republican.  Our best shot to pick up one last seat is Al Franken in Minnesota — who, with supposedly 100% of the vote [...]

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Democrats Still Backing Anti-Choice Candidates

by Cara October 31, 2008

A few days ago the NY Times published an article about the unusually high number of anti-choice candidates the Democratic Party is running this election year: In fact, Mr. Bright is one of a dozen anti-abortion Democratic challengers the party has recruited to run for the House this year and has aggressively supported with millions [...]

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More Ballot Updates: No on Prop 4

by Cara October 28, 2008

Yesterday I provided an update on anti-choice ballot initiative Measure 11 in South Dakota — today it’s time for an update on anti-choice ballot initiative Prop 4 in California. Prop 4, a piece of legislation which will appear on the ballot for the third time in four years, would instate a parental notification requirement for [...]

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It’s Crunch Time in South Dakota

by Cara October 27, 2008

The good news is that a new South Dakota poll on Initiated Measure 11, the proposed abortion ban, shows the public is opposing the ballot initiative. The bad news is that we’re only ahead by a hair: On behalf of Daily Kos, Research 2000 conducted a South Dakota Poll about Initiated Measure 11 from October [...]

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John McCain: Openly Scoffing at Your Health

by Cara October 16, 2008

I believe that I speak for many American women when I say in response to last night’s debate (video below) that I do not want Senator McCain’s brand of “compassion,” and I sure as hell do not want his kind of “help.”  I do not need him to help me have the “courage” to let [...]

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Palin Attacks Obama’s Record on Abortion

by Cara October 13, 2008

Apparently realizing that the whole racist “Barack Obama is a big meanie American-hating terrorist, and oh probably a Muslim too (oh no!)” line of attack was losing them more points than it was winning them — and you know, inciting hate-based violence — the McCain/Palin campaign has seemingly switched tactics again. On Saturday, Palin started [...]

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On Those Supposed “Rape Exceptions”

by Cara October 6, 2008

Trigger Warning Last Sunday morning when I was in South Dakota we received the Argus Leader newspaper, which contained this article detailing the proposed abortion ban and laying out the “pros” and “cons” of the bill based on what each side has been saying.  It was way too much for my blood pressure to deal [...]

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