Legislation to remove abortion from the Crimes Act in Victoria (abortion will still be regulated under the Health Act) has provoked hours of debate in the upper house of the Victorian State Parliament leading up to a conscience vote. The… Read More ›
reproductive justice
The right to an informed choice, free of all and any coercion, in the personal decision of whether a woman will or will not proceed with pregnancy and childbirth.
Punishing the poor
More fuckwittery from the Bush administration regarding reproductive health aid to Africa. In some parts of Africa, a woman now has a 1-in-10 risk of dying in childbirth. The idea that U.S. policy may increase that toll is infuriating. via… Read More ›
Nuance for Dummies
The wingnuts continue to wag fingers at feminists for not supporting Gov. Palin’s election campaign. The way these loopers misrepresent feminist positions would be comical if it wasn’t so agenda driven. Jim Quinn (paraphrased): feminists simply can’t stand that Palin… Read More ›
13 000 babies hospitalised from melamine in infant formula
Reuters: “I thought it would be better for his growth to have milk powder,” Zhang said, cradling her gently cooing son outside the headquarters of China’s Sanlu Group, now at the centre of a scandal about toxic milk powder. “I’ll… Read More ›
A US Vet Asks: “When do I get to be one of the American people?”
We have a new Guest Hoyden today! Please join me in welcoming her. Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she… Read More ›
Quick hit: Here we go again
Author: Mindy is a regular commentor around Australian blogs and a contributor to the eclectic For Battle! group blog. What will amount to a public enquiry into abortion in Australia is likely to be approved by Federal Parliament today. Story… Read More ›
California Dairy Industry Tries to Trademark “Got Breastmilk?”
The California Milk Processor Board (also known as the CMPB or the California Fluid Milk Processor Advisory Board), home of the “Got Milk?” cow’s milk advertising campaign, is a collection of companies marketing cow’s milk and infant formula products in… Read More ›
US Republican Party feud against UN conventions for the rights of women and children
Shakesville has a post up pointing to the official GOP policy platform site, http://www.gopplatform2008.com. The Republican Party platform includes the following: We strongly support the long-held policy of the Republican Party known as the “Mexico City policy,” which prohibits federal… Read More ›
Guy Barnett pushing another punitive bill amendment on abortion
LABOR MPs will get a conscience vote on a controversial push to scrap Medicare funding for abortions in Australia for women who are more than 14 weeks pregnant. [link] The ALP’s national executive committee has confirmed it will recommend that… Read More ›
Expressing milk? Call the cops!
I can barely see through my anger and disgust right now. I’m going to let the story speak for itself. “Express delivery furore” The mother of a five-month-old baby was followed and questioned by police and security guards after she… Read More ›
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