A few links in honor of my new default icon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100406/-V-A-G-I-N-A-Vagina-Say-it-Loud-Say-it-Proud
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100365/-Does-the-female-form-make-you-uncomfortable-Mr-Lebowski
http://www.thenation.com/blog/168429/vagina-vagina-vagina
It’s understandable-after all, it’s difficult not to get carried away in the absurdity of grown men having fainting spells over the v-word. But as eye-roll inducing as this incident may be, it’s also deadly serious. The legislation at the center of this debate-which has passed in the Michigan House-is being called the most restrictive anti-choice bill in the country. It bans all abortions after twenty weeks-even in cases of rape, incest and threats to a woman’s health. Women who have fetuses that will not survive birth would be required to carry them to term anyway. The bill also mandates regulations designed to make it near impossible for rural women to obtain abortions or for clinics to operate.
Despite the way in which this bill will run amok in women’s lives, homes and health, we’re expected to stay quiet. And it wasn’t just Brown who was silenced-women who had to terminate wanted pregnancies after twenty weeks because of severe fetal abnormalities were blocked from testifying in Michigan. It’s not just happening in one state, either. After all, who could forget the all-male panel on birth control?
and for some artistic perspective...Judy Chicago...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100365/-Does-the-female-form-make-you-uncomfortable-Mr-Lebowski
http://www.thenation.com/blog/168429/vagina-vagina-vagina
It’s understandable-after all, it’s difficult not to get carried away in the absurdity of grown men having fainting spells over the v-word. But as eye-roll inducing as this incident may be, it’s also deadly serious. The legislation at the center of this debate-which has passed in the Michigan House-is being called the most restrictive anti-choice bill in the country. It bans all abortions after twenty weeks-even in cases of rape, incest and threats to a woman’s health. Women who have fetuses that will not survive birth would be required to carry them to term anyway. The bill also mandates regulations designed to make it near impossible for rural women to obtain abortions or for clinics to operate.
Despite the way in which this bill will run amok in women’s lives, homes and health, we’re expected to stay quiet. And it wasn’t just Brown who was silenced-women who had to terminate wanted pregnancies after twenty weeks because of severe fetal abnormalities were blocked from testifying in Michigan. It’s not just happening in one state, either. After all, who could forget the all-male panel on birth control?
and for some artistic perspective...Judy Chicago...