I only recently ran across this article at Womanist Musings from back in September of 2012.

It's called "Annoying are the peacemakers, for they will call for our silence", and it's all so immensely quotable that you should just go ahead and read it.  I do like this bit:

Y’see, Peacemakers, every time you speak, what I tend to hear is “sit down and ( Read more... )

Amanda Marcotte writes a piece for RH Reality Check about the training manual she obtained from "pro-life" group Justice For All. Link here.

The link to the actual parts of the manual she scanned is here. It is one of the most disturbing things I've ever read in my life. I strongly, strongly recommend you read as much of it as you can stand to ( Read more... )

A lot of people are suggesting donating to Planned Parenthood in the wake of Dr. Tiller's assassination.

This is worthy, and I'm not saying don't donate to them. However, please, all of you, be advised that not all Planned Parenthoods provide abortion services. Many only provide referrals.

If your goal is to support abortion providers directly ( Read more... )

Wichita abortion provider Dr. George Tiller shot dead while walking into church.

White male suspect is at large, driving a powder-blue late 90's Ford Taurus with license plate 225-BAB. Details here.He had previously been shot and survived, his clinic burned down, his life and his medical practice threatened, and somehow he survived, only to be ( Read more... )

Shakesville: Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-Lifers' Choice for Women

I think y'all need to go read that, no matter which side of the choice line you stand on. That's the most insightful essay about choice I have read in a long time, and it's not even about abortion. It's about adoption. It's about things that nobody talks about. Namely, ( Read more... )

I've written about this six times before.The comment period for the proposed Health and Human Services rule closes on the 25th, so if you haven't written in yet, you need to do so now. No, I don't give a fuck how tired of politics you are. It's an email. It won't break your legs or render you impotent ( Read more... )

I'm really tired of making this post.

For all y'all who thought, "Well, I'll do something when it becomes official," it has become official, and it is time to get off your fucking ass:

The Bush administration officially proposes conscience rule for doctors who don't want to do their fucking jobs.This does not just apply to doctors -- surgeons, ( Read more... )

Original Poster: I'm tolerant of most opinions, but I just can't respect pro-lifers.

Me: Right there with you. But, then, why should I? They have no respect for me as a woman.

Random Person: Speaking as a pro-life woman over here - it's not that we have no respect for women. We just place a life, or potential for life, above comfort. Does that ( Read more... )

So, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt still doesn't want to acknowledge that denying women access to birth control and abortion based on "conscience" is a morally reprehensible act.

His first clarification was little better. He doesn't plan on redefining contraception as abortion, but he does plan on letting any dumbfuck with an ( Read more... )

I would like to remind all of you to write to the United States Department of Health and Human Services about the proposed reclassification of contraception as abortion.

I wrote about it here, and the proposal is here.

Planned Parenthood is also asking people to go comment on Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt's blog, and then come ( Read more... )