Yesterday I read an article that indicated that by altering the legislation in Mississippi, lawmakers basically made it impossible for women to get an abortion there. (Article is hereThe laws being brought into being to restrict access or make abortions as difficult as possible in the US scare me, to be honest. :( If it keeps going this way... ( Read more... )

I'm sure most of you have heard of this already, but there is an awesome short story making the rounds: ILU-486. It is well written and bleak and powerful and makes you think - it put me near crying, if I'm honest. Maybe because it hits a little bit too close to home when I am thinking about the goings on in the US.

So yes, go and read.

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Because he's a believer. He's intelligent, methodical and devout in his belief that killing River is the right thing to do.
- Inara, Serenity

That is why people like the man who killed Dr. George Tiller scare me. Because there is nothing scarier than a person who devoutly, completely believes that they are doing the right thing. That sort of ( Read more... )

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You know, I had read about McCain's "health of the mother", but I hadn't watched the video. I read people's thoughts on it, heard their infuriation and thought that I understood ( Read more... )