The Republican party is doing nauseatingly frightening things to women's rights in the US right now, including restricting access to abortion and to the places where people can get contraception and safer sex advice.

Specifically, there's this fuckery being legally forced on women (and their doctors) in Texas.


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From an ABC news article Giddings honoured to be next Tas premier

Lara Giddings is set to become the first female Tasmanian premier, after David Bartlett announced he was standing down ( Read more... )

(Note: this is being composed stream-of-consciousness and on the fly, so will very likely be refined, updated and edited as time goes on ( Read more... )

A paraphrased radio ad I heard today ( Read more... )

To all the women who have come before and fought for my right to vote, work, have control over my own body, have recourse against those who violate me, to move freely, to choose whether to have children or not, to choose the gender of my partner and follow my dreams; I humbly thank you.

-- mynxii's friend's FB status

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(via M) Laws restricting access to medical services are laws restricting access to medical services. They are not laws creating family talks, better worlds, or moral teenagers. They are laws creating restrictions to medical services, which people do not seek unless they need them. Laws creating restrictions to medical services are laws creating ( Read more... )

Excellent points made about the original trial here.

Given the fabulous discussions last night on homebirth etc, I figured this was a good time to repost this:

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Made of awesome.