I bring you four snippets of good news on reproductive rights, two from the USA, one from Ireland, and one from Mexico. People are fighting for women’s rights, and in some places they’re hanging on — just. I think 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.
“I’ve never known what happened to that woman.”
Good Enough Mum narrates her journey from being pro-life in her youth to be pro-choice today. She tells the story of a woman she saw in her final year of medical school. The woman was carrying an anencephalic fetus, and… Read More ›
Parenting While Female: “It’s Not About You”
I’ve been contemplating this post: The Male Gaze… falls upon a Nursing Mother…. by Morgan Gallagher. I think there’s an important truth in there, something feminists find themselves saying over and over and over again: “It’s not about you.” Breastfeeding… Read More ›
Heffernan: Non-incubators are non-people
From today’s Australian comes this story: Liberal[1] Senator and colossal asshat Bill Heffernan says he stands by comments that Labor Deputy Leader Julia Gillard is not qualified to lead the country because she is deliberately “barren”. […] “If you’re a… Read More ›
It’s only hurting women
Austin, TX. Shorter World Media: For some reason, terrorism doesn’t count if it’s directed against women and their health care providers. From zuzu.
Righteous Rant of the Month
Ilyka’s been a tad busy, and not had much time for blogging this month. She’s been paying attention though, and is not best impressed.
GetUp! Voices for Transparency
From GetUp! , regarding their campaign to ensure that deceptive “pregnancy counselling” services are legally required to be honest up-front about their anti-abortion stance: When GetUp! and Reproductive Choice Australia began this campaign last year, nearly 20,000 of you signed… Read More ›
Personal and political motherhood
Benazir Bhutto writes of being the first ever elected national leader to give birth while in office. Her pregnancies became political capital. And yet another female minister has stepped out of Cabinet to the back bench in order to spend… Read More ›
Sometimes the Onion really can do satire
Area Pagan Dreading Big Family Vernal Equinox Celebration Actress’ Abortion Written Into TV Show h/t Lightcastle, who linked to the first article
Not so appropriate to call them machines – ya think?
Reproduced in full from Japan Times:Yanagisawa calls women ‘birth-giving machines’ MATSUE, Shimane Pref. (Kyodo) Health minister Hakuo Yanagisawa referred to women as “birth-giving machines” in a speech Saturday on welfare and health care. Addressing prefectural assembly members of the Liberal… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 