I have decided on my resolutions for 2013, or more accurately, one overarching resolution: Git 'er done. All the things that need to be renovated, all the places that need to be picked up, all the stuff that needs to be gone through, all the organizing. Git 'er done, so that I can head into 2014 with a clear slate and the ability to find my shit ( Read more... )

By refusing to comply with a federal law allowing women to choose their own providers of basic wellness care health services (one of those providers being Planned Parenthood), Texas has lost federal funds and denied some 70,000 women of the funded services ( Read more... )

I was going to just write a rant about my personal experience when a Planned Parenthood-enabled mammogram told me I didn't have breast cancer. Then I was going to put a link to a beautifully succinct message from the Komen boards from a woman whose breast cancer was discovered via a Planned Parenthood prescribed mammogram ( Read more... )

Sorry to ruin your morning, but there's a really appalling article about the consequences of mandating that Life At All Costs Is Good coming out of Nebraska this morningNebraska passed a "fetal pain" law, meaning that no abortions could be done past the time activists determine that the fetus could feel pain. There was an exception for health of ( Read more... )

South Dakota has shelved the bill allowing "justifiable homicide" in defense of a fetus.

In its place, the SD House just passed a bill mandating that women must consult with anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers before getting an abortion.. There do not appear to be any exceptions, so if that fetus is dying or killing you, you'd still have to ( Read more... )

Have you ever noticed when it comes to anti-abortion legislation and activism, it's phrased with lots of heartfelt appeals to "family" and "innocent life" but take a look at the actual *result.* Especially with the two latest go-rounds hitting the news. No matter how much discussion there is of babies and innocence, the actual point of the ( Read more... )

I got a hit on Google news today about a Chicago hospital offering to stop 2nd timester abortions mid-procedure (as in women who start an abortion elsewhere can come in during the day-long stage where the cervix is being chemically opened and the hospital will try to stop it ( Read more... )

I've been ignoring the individual news stories, but there's been such a perfect storm of anti-choice, anti-woman actions building that I thought it was time I mentioned them in passing. The actual legislative outcome of most of this is as yet unknown ( Read more... )

I'm about to link to an article from Montana, so before people say "that doesn't affect you," yes, I know this isn't my state or even my coast. But link I shall, because I think we're seeing the opening of a new set of anti-abortion tactics.

The new GOP-led state legislature has unveiled eight new abortion-related bills they want drafted. These ( Read more... )

Two new laws were passed into Oklahoma law over the Governor's veto.

The first, called the "informed consent" law, requires all women coming in for an abortion to undergo an ultrasound with the screen turned towards them and listen to a detailed description of the developmental stage of the fetus. Although there are reports of clinic patients ( Read more... )