They make me tear up.

The Last Abortion Doctor

"For thirty-six years, Warren Hern has been one of the few doctors in America to specialize in late abortions. George Tiller was another. And when Dr. Tiller was murdered that Sunday in church, Warren Hern became the only one left."

It is my view that we are dealing with a fascist movement. It's a ( Read more... )

The question is not, “When does life begin?” but, “Who is best prepared to make the decision to transmit life to a new generation: the individual or the state?”

In this matter, the individual woman is more competent than any government. -- Dr. Warren Hern, Dr. George Tiller's Political Assassination Results of Rabid Anti-Abortion HarassmentSo much ( Read more... )

First I learned that Dr. Tiller's clinic would not reopen...

And now I've learned that a fellow doctor and friend is stepping in to take Dr. Tiller's place and provide late term abortions in Kansas.

A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, but ( Read more... )

Dr. Tiller's Clinic Will Remain Closed

Guh.

But that doesn’t change the loss, and that loss is huge. The nation has now not only lost one of its bravest, most compassionate abortion providers. It has also lost one of only three clinics that performed life-saving and therapeutic abortions this late. (Please note: dozens of clinics perform ( Read more... )

In the Name of God - David Rovics ( Read more... )

Found via Feministing.

I am Dr. Tiller

This website was created as both a memorial to the lifework of Dr. George Tiller and as a living testimony to the courageous lives of abortion providers.

This is for the fuckwads who think women are frivolous, vain creatures who get later term abortions at the drop of a hat:

A heart breaking choice.

There is a section called "Kansas Stories." When our heartbreak is compounded by unreasonable laws, traveling to Kansas is sometimes our only option.And ( Read more... )

Flash pieces.

It's a slow work day. (Thank the Gods.)

I think I can get these both finished tonight, unless something pops up.

And then, I waffle between trying to finish a few more close-to-baked short stories or ignoring them in favor of trying to draft a chapter or two of WaFD.

~*~

There's an Editorial in the New York Times that does ( Read more... )

Pro-gun control liberals don’t show up at gun shows and hector attendees. (And if your response is, “Damn right they don’t, because they’d get shot,” you’re proving my point.) Fundamentalists don’t have to worry about fleets of bike-riding hippies showing up at the entrance to their church every Sunday, telling them that their God is false. ( Read more... )