tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63877572354219931282024-03-10T23:22:20.106-04:00The AbortioneersPerspectives on abortion care from those of us who've been there. placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.comBlogger729125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-26919814514329855922014-01-27T06:51:00.001-05:002014-02-01T02:08:14.136-05:00updated: LOUISIANA IS ABOUT TO CLOSE ITS ABORTION CLINICS AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">EDIT 1/29/14: DATE AND ROOM CHANGE -- <u><b>the hearing is now TUESDAY, FEB 4 AT 1PM, Room 173.</b></u> Email fight4RJLA@gmail.com for info or to get more involved. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh, Lawd. I am online bright and early to share this news uncovered by some fellow abortioneers in Louisiana. It's scary and needs immediate attention, so please forgive this hasty reblog (from the folks at </span><a href="http://neworleansabortionfund.org/advocacy"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">New Orleans Abortion Fund</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">, with their permission) and <b>take action quickly</b>:</span><span style="color: purple;"> show up for the hearing on Wednesday, or write a letter/email for DHH by Tuesday -- see details in purple below.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">URGENT: Hearing on "backdoor abortion ban," new clinic regulations in Louisiana</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It may not be easy to get excited over 21 pages of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals regulations, but you'll want to hear about this! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Just before Thanksgiving, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) issued</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">new "emergency" regulations that overhauled the existing regulations on abortion clinics. These 21 pages of rules give DHH the authority to immediately shut down a clinic without opportunity for appeal, even for simple infractions.</span> <span style="color: black;">Clinics have stated that they would be unable to meet the burdensome and excessive requirements, and <b>this would lead to the closure of all five clinics in Louisiana. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">DHH's new regulations are another manifestation of the "TRAP" (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws that are sweeping the country. They represent an effective ban on abortion, especially for the low-income women that NOAF serves, who cannot afford to travel. Here are some examples of new provisions: </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Patients must have documented in their charts that hemoglobin and Rh factor lab tests were performed at least <b>30 days prior</b> to the abortion procedure. This means that some patients will risk being beyond the 20 week deadline in Louisiana (and earlier than that at most clinics) to have an abortion, and will add to the procedure costs for all patients, as they will have to wait an additional month. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Each clinic who is applying for a new license must submit a "certificate of need" to the State proving the need for their services. In many other circumstances, such as any change to the location or the ownership of an existing clinic, existing clinics must apply for a brand-new license and (re-)satisfy the certificate of need requirement. The subjective nature of these requirements <b>allows the State to severely restrict new licenses and will provide the State with a mechanism for refusing to allow existing clinics to renew their licenses to operate.</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is <b>no right to appeal deficiencies to any unbiased body outside of the Department of Health and Hospitals.</b> Therefore, every deficiency that a clinic is cited with will be allowed to stand, and those deficiencies are often later used to revoke a clinic’s license on the basis of being a “repeat” offender. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The new regulations require that all facilities have very specific square footage requirements that are far larger than any currently operating abortion facility. They would be prohibitively expensive to construct, and the requirements have no medical necessity. <b>If the regulations are allowed to go into effect, no clinic will be in compliance on the day the regulations are implemented</b>, and the State will have the ability to shut down every existing abortion clinic in the State. </span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">These regulations were originally enacted without public comment and with no clear indication of need. There will finally be a <b>hearing on Tuesday, February 4 at 1:00pm in Room 173 </b><b>of the Bienville Building, 628 North 4th Street in Baton Rouge</b>. The New Orleans Abortion Fund and members of allied organizations will be testifying and presenting written comments from advocates, providers, and women who have recently obtained abortions at affected clinics at the public hearing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">The people of Louisiana need your support!</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Please consider attending this hearing and/or submitting written comments. We have created <a href="http://media.virbcdn.com/files/82/085328eab641d6e4-talkingpoints.pdf">talking points</a> and a <a href="http://media.virbcdn.com/files/a8/ddd44b398b581741-sampleletter.pdf">sample letter</a></span> <span style="color: black;">[PDFs]. Feel free to copy and paste (and re-format if needed!), but please consider adding your personal thoughts.</span> </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hearing details: </span></i></b><br />
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 9:30am</i></b> - get there early; we are packing the place! </span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bienville Building, Room 118, 628 North 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you cannot attend the hearing, we can print and hand-deliver your written comments at the hearing -- you MUST include your full name and address. Email your letter to abortionfundnola@gmail.com by <u>Monday, February3 at 8:00pm CST</u>. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-66613993078704898242013-08-02T09:34:00.000-04:002013-08-02T09:34:00.705-04:00Abortioneers Summer Reading I dunno what y'all like to read with sunscreen on your nose and sandals on your feet. Me? I'm not a "Fifty Shades" kind of girl, so I usually stick to non-fiction and preferably something topical. But it can't be too dense (speak English at the beach!), it has to have good readability (I looove offset quotations), and it has to be something I care about (hint hint). <script type="text/javascript">
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If you <i>are</i> into reading about BDSM, I commend you all the same. But I've got something even juicier for those lazy summer afternoons:</div>
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You MUST swing by your local library/bookstore/kindle app and get your hands on <a href="http://www.sevenstories.com/tag/generation-roe/"><u>Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement</u>.</a> Author <a href="http://saraherdreich.com/about-the-author/">Sarah Erdreich</a> is a fellow writer, feminist, and activist who, like many of us, grew weary of the platitudes and talking points about abortion. So she took to the streets and interviewed some of the most prominent providers and activists in the movement (not to mention the Abortioneers!) to demystify abortion and bring important themes to the forefront. <u>Generation Roe</u> is honest, not to mention painstakingly researched. It's so refreshing to hear the story straight from those who live it, and also to read about their reactions to the project; so many women have never told their stories, have never been asked. This book is a priceless resource for providers, counselors, advocates, and anyone who needs to know that they're not dealing with anti-abortion craziness alone. </div>
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On top of that, Sarah's just a super cool person. From the first line ("I am not a Nazi.") I just knew we'd get along as we dove head-first into a journey through Abortionland, from the pre-Roe era until today. She explores personal stories from women who had abortions, legally and illegally; providers who risk their lives daily to provide the necessary service; and even devotes a full chapter to the treatment of abortion in the media (Chapter Four: (Mis)Representations of Reality). And she's even open-minded and brave enough to wander into the anti-choice crucible that is a protest on the National Mall. All to put together this amazing collection of stories for us. Brava, Sarah, Brava!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Oh yeah it also got stellar reviews, and not just from the feminist community either! </span></div>
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Midwest abortioneers and others-- did you see this? This Ohio bill will require abortion providers to obtain hospital admitting privileges BUT ALSO specifically prohibit them from making such arrangements with any public hospital or even any doctor employed at one. Funnily enough, in the US the largest operator of non-public hospitals is...the Catholic Church. <br />
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Even before these new tighter restrictions are voted on, one Toledo clinic has just closed due to these issues and another is expected to do so soon. You can read more details at the <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/06/11/ohio_abortion_clinic_closes_its_doors_foreshadowing_state_budget_impact">Salon article</a>. <br />
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I've been thinking about this issue a lot since the admitting privileges strategy seems to be increasingly popular in the past 1-2 years (and alarmingly effective) in the quest to eliminate providers -- but this is the first state hospital requirement I've seen where state hospitals would be explicitly off-limits in your efforts to comply with the state's hospital requirement. That feels like some next-level, Vonnegut-Kafka-MontyPython type shit (cause I can't decide whether to laugh then cry, or cry then laugh).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Images from: <a href="http://cliff.tumblr.com/post/41492147/travors-weatherman-fail-fail-blog-man-ohio">The Notebook</a>, <a href="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=051709">Toothpaste for Dinner </a></i></span></div>
placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-45054194944527317732013-05-10T20:49:00.001-04:002013-06-13T07:15:46.608-04:00My heart needs a break from breaking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Have you been reading the news lately? I have, unfortunately. It feels as though current events have just been an unrelenting stream of examples of the horrors and cruelty that human beings are capable of inflicting on other human beings. Thanks, murderers and abusers and rapists and torturers, but <i>we don't need more examples. </i>We get it. You can stop now.<br />
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And in the last several hours I've done only two things: read about the latest awful case of kidnapping and almost-unspeakable abuse, the one in Cleveland, or stewed over it while unsuccessfully attempting to focus on other things. <br />
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But I'm here trying to write something because there's a part of me that's sure someone will ask. Or assume. How many hours or days til the half-witted comments hit, ones about how this is all because of the "culture of death" that abortion perpetuates? OR the ones asking why I "care" about this but "don't care" about the trial of Kermit Gosnell, a man who stands accused of killing babies and calling it abortion? <br />
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I ask because because it's so, so, so routine; these words have likely been uttered on several prominent anti-abortion blogs today. But I don't want to go find out.<br />
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Sometimes, despite being a super-famous internet celebrity (humble joke), and despite bearing the weighty mantle of spokesperson for ALL abortioneers and being asked for comments on ALL bad things that happen to babies or fetuses or embryos (angry joke), a person's got to have some time to themselves to deal with pain. <br />
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We often have stuff to say about things that show up in the news, but I'm not interested in being a ripped-from-the-headlines current events commentator. I just wanted to tell my truth, particularly in times when it wasn't represented elsewhere. But you're probably sickened and saddened too, and that's the truth for all of us. <br />
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placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-87964201678142777492013-02-19T23:08:00.001-05:002013-02-19T23:08:40.117-05:00Hypocrisy, Part DeuxSo R.E.K. can <a href="http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-74485838/">keep her baby</a> after all. <br />
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This article is about a teenager who is suing her parents because she says they are trying to force her to have an abortion. She says they are inflicting harassment upon her and will kick her out of the house if she keeps the pregnancy. Now, I am pro-choice. <b>Choice</b> being the key word. I think everyone should have the choice in what happens to their body and absolutely no one should be forced to have an abortion. That being said, the legal premise of this lawsuit confuses me. If she doesn't want an abortion, then she doesn't have one, right? If her parents are harassing her, then she should be taken out of the home. On top of that, she's being represented by a "Pro-Life" group, which makes me suspicious and think that they're taking advantage of this poor teenager who is obviously going through a lot of emotional turmoil right now.<br />
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The state of Mississippi has only one clinic, in Jackson, that only performs abortions until 16 weeks. If you didn't know, now you do. Sad, huh? Last year we had a victory in Mississippi defeating the personhood bill, but a new law, which requires the clinic to have hospital admitting privileges, has the clinic struggling to stay open. If they don't comply, and soon, the Jackson Women's Health Center could close for good. Definitely not smooth sailing in the Magnolia State.<br />
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Photographer Maisie Crow, on hearing the news, traveled to Jackson to <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/02/07/maisie_crow_documenting_mississippi_s_last_legal_abortion_clinic_photos.html">document the awesome work </a>that JWHC does for the pregnant folks of Mississippi. Have a look, and pray to keep JWHC open!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Happy birthday to legal abortion! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If abortion was a human it would be
considered *over the hill* by traditional celebratory standards. But abortion
is not a human and the road to justice is ongoing, if not endless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In fact, when the Abortioneers
started this blog a few years ago, we were wee warriors with fresh hearts and
brilliant dreams. Triumphs and defeats ebb and flow and every Abortioneer is
still toiling for justice. Albeit, recognizing and executing the work/life balance
that must transpire if one if to fight this fight until every last uterus is
liberated. In other words, even when we are silent and the posts are lagging,
the Abortioneers are Abortioneering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plus, we’re curious about you. What
are you doing today, 40 years past the monumental Supreme Court decision, to
celebrate legal abortion and/or to fight the good fight? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Please share…</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’d also like to share this
contribution to the ever-growing source of knowledge that is the
internet: </span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GPn-MjnSknM" width="420"></iframe></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Roe’s 40th, Physicians for
Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), has released the video <i>Voices of
Choice</i> online, in full, for the first time: <a href="http://www.prch.org/physicians-voices-voices-choice" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.prch.org/physicians-voices-voices-choice</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 25-minute documentary, produced
in 2003, provides firsthand accounts of the suffering before abortion was
legalized, from doctors and advocates who helped as many women as they could
obtain safe care before <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. Among those featured: Byllye Avery,
Dr. Curtis Boyd, Dr. Eugene Glick (1929-2010), Dr. Mildred Hanson, and Reverend
Howard Moody (1921-2012).</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Voices of Choice</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
also offers a look at where we were ten years ago, in 2003, through the eyes of
Dr. George Tiller (1941-2009) and others.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go
forward and be merry (in spite of everything)…</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>And the award for Best Shit-Eating Grin goes to....</i></span></div>
<br />said this thing: <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2012/10/19/joe_walsh_abortion_illinois_representative_says_no_abortion_expectations.html">There is no such thing as a medically necessary abortion, LOL. </a><br />
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He was laughed out of Abortionland. Perhaps more importantly, he was laughed out of the 8th district of the state of Illinois. Tammy Duckworth, FTW!<br />
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And not a moment too soon. Consider Ireland, where you can't get an abortion to save your life (LITERALLY). This story is blowing up all over, about a woman who was <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/ireland-abortion-scrutiny-death">denied a life-saving abortion</a> while suffering a miscarriage and septicemia. Because Ireland is a life-loving country, they made her wait until the fetus died naturally, by which time her infection had wreaked havoc on her body and, soon after, killed her. <br />
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I don't really have much to say. I am completely heartbroken and ENRAGED over this, but the only thing we can do is keep whack-jobs like Walsh and Akin and King out of office. We did a fairly good job last week, and hopefully we can continue to set a global example. Not that I think the US is exemplary in securing the right to choose, but I gotta say: thank goodness I'm not in Ireland. <br />
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Y'all, I am SO RELIEVED. <a href="http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2012/11/plea-from-my-nerves-on-election-day.html">My nerves</a> thank you. Stupid Akin and Mourdock lost their stupid races, and so did stupid Romney. We get to keep expanded health insurance coverage (no pre-existing condition exclusions for me or Desembarazarme!) and copay-free contraception (my neighbor is looking into IUDs as we speak!), we sent many of the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4562349490015&set=a.1090634659314.16253.1029911301">frightening rape apologists</a> home, and we don't have to fear uber-conservatives being appointed to the Supreme Court in the next four years (the Arizona 18-week ban is rising through the appeals process right now, eek!).<br />
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Note I'm breathing a sigh of relief, not whooping for joy. To me this election represents a pause in the current onslaught -- a shutting-down (ha) of the presumption that anti-choice and anti-justice ideas have momentum -- but not progress in itself. Last night's votes did bring unexpected joy: we got to see several states protect marriage equality (Maine Maryland Minnesota Washington), one state elect the first openly-gay US senator ever (Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin), and one state elect an all-woman Congressional delegation for the first time ever (New Hampshire). But when it comes to the overall status of reproductive justice, I'm still feeling tentative.<br />
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We haven't accomplished progress in one night, but maybe now we can forget about those clowns and their circus and get back to work. I don't want to get TOO excited (GOP-controlled House of Representatives) but maybe Obama really will push for some serious advances now, like progressives have hoped all along, feeling so frustrated. Maybe we'll find a way to expand health insurance to ALL people, maybe EC will be available over-the-counter for everyone (and regular oral contraceptive pills too, please!), maybe provider "conscience" will be taken seriously and will also protect those who conscientiously DO provide, and maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe we can combine all our strength and push someone to do something about the Hyde Amendment (update: hey look, <a href="http://abortiongang.org/2012/11/moving-forward-repealing-hyde/">Abortion Gang explains</a>!). <br />
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It's time, right?<br />
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Now...does anyone want to email Barack? <br />
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Otherwise I'm just gonna copy/paste this blog post that I just spitballed, and you'll have the embarrassment of being represented by an email written with way too many parenthetical expressions and words in all-caps. The clock is ticking!<br />
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xoxoxoxoxoxo, <br />
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Please vote, y'all. This brown woman's knuckles are turning white from the tension. <br />
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I don't even know if anyone DOESN'T vote because everyone on my facebook feed is already showing off their poll sticker and I'm feeling like a lazy ass for not having gotten to my station yet. (I'm heading there now!) But just in case anyone reading this was like "well, I dunno, maybe I won't bother this year because it's raining and the line is three hours long and I'm sure my district won't be swung one way or another by my vote," I'm writing this to implore you, do it anyway. <br />
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I was going to say, do it for me, but really won't you do it for us all? <br />
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Vote for the candidates and amendments and propositions and initiatives least likely to wreak havoc upon us -- upon our reproductive rights, of course, but not just that: also our access to health services, our ability to afford survival, our attempts to keep our families together and well-fed and well-educated and safe, and the respect we need from society to make our own choices in peace. <br />
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2011 and 2012 have been rough on this front; the years leading up to an election usually are. It would be easy to dismiss our politicians' hundreds of anti-choice bills of 2011 as transparent distractions from their daunting mandate to fix the economy...except for the actual damage these policies would do (or have started doing) to individuals, families and society. So we have had to play defense, and it sucks. How many times did we find ourselves "celebrating" with the chorus, "Hooray, we made a horrible bill slightly less horrible before it became law." <br />
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We're as tired of living on the defensive as you are. And the day after the election (or whenever the vote-counting dust settles) we'll be back, up and at 'em and energized to push forward for something positive. <br />
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Until then, please go to the polls and cast your vote to minimize today's potential damage. placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-25355689060652265042012-10-31T13:36:00.000-04:002012-11-03T22:12:46.246-04:00BOO!I enjoy Halloween. The kiddies, candy, the costumes (especially the punny and ironic ones). I like pumpkins, crisp Autumn leaves, and the occasional scare. I usually get a good laugh and reciprocate when the instigator least expects it.<br />
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But some things are too scary for me. When the first Paranormal Activity came out, on Halloween, I saw it and didn't sleep for days. Scares are fun when they're innocent, but when they mess with your mind it's simply not enjoyable. So I'm really not excited about the scares resulting from threats to abortion access. Read this story from HuffPo, about a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anu-kumar/abortion-undue-burden_b_1989934.html">woman in Idaho arrested for attempting a DIY abortion</a>, and try not to react like this:<br />
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<i>Welcome back to Rebecca, a fellow abortioneer who’s agreed to spin us a MOTA (mates of the abortioneers) romance for the ages. You can go back <a href="http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2012/09/guest-post-abortion-love-story.html">here</a> to read about how they first had "the A-word talk." When you're done with that, read on below for Chapter II, which in my head I've unofficially but fondly titled <b>"My Husband Sleeps With One Eye Open."</b></i><br />
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At first, C didn't really "get" the security factor at work. You know: the protesters. He's European and from a secular country; <i>and</i> he'd lived overseas for years. He wasn't aware abortion was such a contentious issue in the USA because it wasn't in his country. <i>(I also think that because he’s a guy, he probably didn’t pay much attention.) </i><br />
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He was surprised to see all the protesters we'd get sometimes and how they'd harass clients. We were lucky at our clinic -- we didn't have TONS of protesters like many others did -- but he was still shocked to see them. <br />
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When we had more than the usual number of crazies out, I didn't like leaving my car at work. The protesters were taking pictures of our license plates; my car was registered to my home address. (I know, I know. Not smart!) I didn’t <i>exactly </i>feel like getting followed. I lived alone in a smallish city and my car was fairly easy to identify. <br />
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Early on in our relationship, the clinic was experiencing one of those big protester days, so I asked C picked me up from work so my car wasn't left in our car park all day. As we approached my vehicle, he dropped the car keys. I noticed he took a fraction of a second longer picking up the keys than I thought he would, and that made me a little twitchy. I wasn't sure why. <br />
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Later, when I was ranting about protesters, C told me he was concerned about my safety. And then he admitted he had dropped the car keys <b>purposefully </b>. <br />
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Why? With his diverse background, including a military history and working in war-torn countries, he had learned certain skills. It was a trick they used in some of the places he'd been: they'd drop the keys, bend down to get them, and steal a glance under the car to see if there was a bomb. <br />
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A car bomb? I was a bit shocked. My first thought was, <i>"That’s not necessary! Nothing like that would happen here!"</i> Yet it was instinctual for him to check.<br />
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He explained how surreal it was for him to be so immediately, intimately, acutely impacted by my work: <b>all because of protesters</b>. Part of me was like, "Yeah, well, welcome to our world." <br />
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His reaction had been jarring, though. I usually didn't tell family/friends about protester activity or security threats. I didn't want to worry them. Really, I didn't want to deal with their worries on top of mine. They would've told me to quit. This was the first time I saw how security issues at the clinic directly affected someone I cared for. I wonder whether all abortioneers experience that, and how. <br />
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Throughout the years, C was vocal about his security concerns. Because of his experience, he didn't think my clinic always took those risks seriously enough. He’d often say he'd do things differently, or thought things like a better alarm system would be a smart move. <br />
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He criticized the clinic when they stopped having guards on clinic days, especially when protester activity increased. We lived in the Pacific Northwest where it's pretty normal to carry handguns. The clinic guards regularly pulled guns and knives off guys.<br />
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It was hard for me to listen without feeling defensive and thinking he wasn't critical, <i>really</i>, underneath it all, about abortion, about my job, about work that I loved. <br />
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I now understand that wasn't the case: he was just genuinely worried sometimes. Which is a shame. It's a shame we have to work in conditions, in the United States, where our family worries about us because of some crazies. Have you had similar experiences? placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-22788290276349755822012-10-05T10:40:00.005-04:002012-10-05T10:45:36.783-04:00EXTRA, EXTRA!<div style="color: purple; text-align: center;">
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anti-antihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09963034892813934944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-50303991874864382512012-09-27T09:46:00.000-04:002012-09-27T17:49:24.725-04:00Guest Post: An Abortion Love Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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I can’t remember how I first told him I worked at an abortion clinic. We met online, which was sort-of new territory 10 years ago. I had this rule that I wouldn’t meet anyone in person unless they were pro-choice. We’d talk online and on the phone, I’d gauge how liberal they were, ask lots of leading questions, then pop the big one: “are you pro-choice?” <br />
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Even if a guy told me he was pro-choice, I’d still wonder how pro-choice he was. Wonder if he was pro-choice enough to handle me working at a clinic. So I’m sure C and I had an initial discussion about abortion, but I doubt I immediately told him I worked at the clinic. <br />
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Isn't it strange that I don't remember the first time I mentioned my abortion work to my husband? I must've told him very soon after meeting him, though, because he came home with me the first day we met...and I had clinic the following day! Ha. <br />
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Here’s something interesting. I just asked C if he remembered when I “outed” myself to him about working in a clinic. He doesn’t. He thinks that tells a lot about his feelings/thoughts about abortion: it wasn’t a big deal to him, he just admired the work. <br />
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He also wants me to point out that he wasn’t exactly a typical guy <i>(that’s for sure!)</i>. He’s not American, and he had been doing overseas development work in emergency situations. So he was aware of the consequences of unsafe abortion in developing countries. Providing safe abortion, from his perspective, was a no-brainer. He remembers we did discuss my interest in women’s global rights and health, so that all tied in to the big abortion reveal convo…Which wasn’t a big deal after all. <br />
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So, C was traveling around the USA when we met. He had been on the Afghan/Pakistan border during 9/11 and got a <i><b>little</b></i> burned out from doing aid work. He wanted to be in a country with smooth pavement, clean water, and good food. Within a week of arriving in the States, he was hanging out at my house. <br />
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One evening, I came home from a long day at clinic, feeling exhausted. It was one of those days where you felt emotionally drained afterwards. Well, more than usual. We were having protester issues, to complicate matters. I couldn’t wait to open my apartment door, get a huge mug of tea, and fill up the bathtub. This was my ritual: soak in the bath for ages, read a book, then make phone calls from the tub and talk. I lived alone and it's how I relaxed after work, decompressed from work. How I tried to leave work at work. <br />
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So that’s exactly what I did. I didn’t stop to hang out, say hello, or have a chat with C. Just went straight into the bathroom to run the bath. C didn’t know me well enough to realize this was my usual routine. And <i>I</i> didn’t realize it needed explaining! <br />
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C was left wondering if he had upset me, had overstayed his welcome – if I was sick of him being around. It made him very uncomfortable and he asked if I wanted him to leave! <br />
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That wasn’t the case at all, of course. But I realized I had to communicate about my needs, about how I had to take care of myself, especially after a really stressful clinic day. Obviously this work can be very stressful at times. I had to learn to become aware of my ways of taking care of myself and how they might impact my partner. That was new for me, and a first step in the gradual intertwining of our lives. </div>placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-66102548779212283892012-09-19T13:30:00.001-04:002012-09-20T05:29:45.493-04:00Army of One<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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blowing around the last few years, the public has started to take notice of the
plight of enlisted women in the armed forces. Entrenched in a nearly all-male
environment, women have been victims of discrimination and violence since they
were first allowed to serve during WWII. Women have not been allowed to fight
in combat with men; they do not receive coverage for abortion under military
health plans, nor can they receive abortion services in military health
facilities. Most egregiously, they are frequent targets of sexual<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>violence by officers and fellow enlistees. I
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rarely taken seriously, assuming a complaint is made in the first place. Most
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for being raped. It sounds like something that might happen somewhere far away,
like the woman from Morocco who<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/15/suicide-moroccan-girl-16-forced-to-marry-rapist-sparks-outrage/"> killed herself after being forced to marry her rapist</a>. But nope. This is happening right here at home. It would surprise me,
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I first learned about this phenomenon a few years ago watching <a href="http://www.thecoathangerproject.com/">The Coathanger Project</a>, in which a former soldier told her story of being dishonorably discharged for having sex and then attempting an abortion. More recently, I watched <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Finvisiblewarmovie.com%2F&ei=j_tZUPDwMpGy8AT6noH4BQ&usg=AFQjCNGMLdKe8hdCB8IjJPagI3HbgY36Xg&sig2=0fO_K4YIhuFSPZ4jWX0YtQ">The Invisible War,</a> a documentary about women enlistees (and some men) who were raped, even drugged and
beaten, and received no help from those in charge. They were slut-shamed,
victim-blamed, or plain told to suck it up. When a group of victims brought a
lawsuit against the military for mistreatment of them and their cases, it was
dismissed on the grounds that sexual assault is an occupational hazard of being
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If you haven’t seen the film, DO. I can’t remember the last
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interested in draining yourself emotionally it’ll do the trick. One issue that
wasn’t addressed in the film was the what happened to those who became pregnant
as a result of rape (which can happen!). As we know, you can’t get an abortion
with military funds or in military facilities, so I’m sure those people have
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You, know, there’s some good stuff
coming out on the music scene about abortion right now. Good timing. Necessary
timing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, there’s still a need for
timing in all this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But, while we’re still fighting all
this misogyny that I ranted about </span><a href="http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2012/08/dear-america-its-time-to-grow-up.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A previously unreleased Michael
Jackson song, The Abortion Papers, has been discovered. You can read about it </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/abortion-fame-and-bad-listening-to-michael-jacksons-unreleased-demos/262242/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here in the Atlantic</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love what MJ had
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"I have to do it in a way so I
don't offend girls who have gotten abortions or bring back guilt trips so it
has to be done carefully....I have to really think about it."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">side note: did you just read that in
MJ's voice? Oh, good. I'm not the only one! Whew! Moving on...</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love that he realized abortion can
be complicated. That the reasons surrounding the decision to choose abortion
are often complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love him for
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can hear a little snippet of
the song on </span><a href="http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/michael-jackson-michael-jackson-song-groove-aka-abortion-papers-snippet-video-cIe-YUREX1I-14996-1.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">snippet</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A quirky, fun, and danceable song
“Won’t Go Back” has gone viral onYouTube. Haven’t seen it yet? Oh, please
check it out<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pYXL9HATfSQ" width="560"></iframe> It will really put
you in a good mood. I promise. WE LOVE THEM!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But one of the <b>most beautiful</b>
songs I’ve heard on abortion is from Digable Planet. <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WCgCu9zCOIQ" width="420"></iframe> Nothing else
needs to be said. They said it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
encouraging. It’s empowering. It tells women that no matter the choice they
make, feel pride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be proud. It’s
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It needs to be played over and over
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The lyrics, the lyrics, the lyrics. </span><a href="http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/digable-planets-lyrics/femme-fatale-lyrics.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And...these guys need to get back together and TOUR THIS SONG. FOR
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Digable Planet: hear us? Please,
please, please re-release this song. <b>Before</b> the elections. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All this made me think about the
need for an abortion playlist. I found only a few lists out there on the
subject. I came up with one <a href="http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2011/07/appointment-reminders-and-abortion.html">here over a year ago</a> - but it was a playlist I hoped clients would play for themselves. Sarah, a blogger on Feminists for Choice, came up with a</span><a href="http://feministsforchoice.com/abortion-in-music.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> great list</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the things you're gonna
notice is a lot of these songs are not current. We're talking the 70's, the
80's, the 90's. And we're STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS SHIT. These songs are
relevant NOW. And that...is just <b><i>wrong</i></b>. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Here’s a list of others with
links to YouTube videos:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG9rsTV9eAo"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mouthwash</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
Kate Nash</span></li>
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by country singer Kinky Friedman</span></li>
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Anna Nalick</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7SO67RydKc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Free to Decide</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
The Cranberries</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f924PJcXL2I"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tiptoe</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Ani
DiFranco (antipicate/tiptoe mix: great video! please wait til the end
where she does her spoken word bit. it's amazing.)</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnUQwE0YhZo"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When Under Ether</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
PJ Harvey You may not know of PJ Harvey: I don't think she's too
popular in the US yet; but this song is clearly about an abortion + it's
powerful. Lyrics </span><a href="http://www.lyricstime.com/pj-harvey-when-under-ether-lyrics.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnyKK3BtuRA"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Red Ragtop</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Tim
McGraw <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">*it’s neither really
pro-choice or anti-choice, but I put it here b/c it’s good the country
music scene has at least two songs that aren’t anti abortion.* Also
- this is an acoustic video by the songwriter, Jason White. It's
beautiful.</i></span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=16787"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nine Month Blues</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, by Peggy Seeger *sadly, no YouTube video, but you can
listen to a bit of it at the link*</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://lyrics.wikia.com/Peggy_Seeger:Judge%27s_Chair"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Judge’s Chair</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Peggy Seeger *about a girl who can't get a judicial
bypass. No YouTube video, but you can check out the lyrics at the link.*</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjXoYqYE2U"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Get Your Gunn</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
Marilyn Manson</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo11; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://lyrics.wikia.com/Mudhoney:F.D.K._%28Fearless_Doctor_Killers%29"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, by Mudhoney Please check out a </span><a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Eptn/mudhoney/articles/19950421sv.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">piece of an interview</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> w/ Mudhoney before you write off this song. (Last two
sentences.) The song is sarcastic. The title is sarcastic. Lyrics at the
title link.</span></li>
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by Born Against. Hardcore lyrics </span><a href="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/born+against/mary+child_20264177.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo13; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD0djqbR04I"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will the Fetus Be Aborted</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
by Jello Biarfa (Dead Presidents) and Mojo Nixon. Lyrics </span><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/biafra-jello/will-the-fetus-be-aborted-lyrics/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo14; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What it’s Like</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
by Everlast</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo15; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ud7XOEg1s"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mandy Goes to Med School</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
by the Dresden Dolls</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo16; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oasis,</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by
Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls *she's been ridiculed for writing music
in such a 'happy beat' way about a rape that caused a pregnancy which was
terminated. But, come on. Sarcasm. Hello! Also, the lyrics
are not all happy-go-lucky. Please, please, please, please read this </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-palmer/on-abortion-rape-and-humo_b_166782.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AWESOME article</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> she wrote for the Huffington Post about her song.</span></li>
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Dead Kennedys</span></li>
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serious. We need you. </span></div>
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<br />
Misogyny in this country is staring straight at us. Looking us in the eyes and slapping us across the face. It doesn't care there's an audience. It doesn't care that generations of women who have fought for reproductive freedom have just watched. It doesn't care that this 13 year old was raped by her step-father and is now pregnant. The misogyny in our country is THAT blatant. THAT rampant. That disgusting.<br />
<br />
When you're slapped so hard, with such force, it's shocking. The magnitude of disregard for women is strong enough that I feel stung every time I read. Every time I turn on the TV. There's always a new slant. A new way to get us on our knees. <br />
<br />
But misogyny forgets that we are strong. Misogyny thinks of himself with such ferocity, that it doesn't notice the rumbling in the once quiet audience. Women are starting to speak out. <br />
<br />
Maybe they began to feel safer to do so after <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/aug/2/obama-women-bloggers-i-wont-give-any-ground-aborti/">Obama promised women at the national BlogHer conference that he would not "give ground" on abortion.</a> Maybe quiet women are realizing just how loud the hate is. <br />
<br />
Whatever has prompted it, women are using their voices. <br />
<br />
I read a beautifully written post <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/BbeQZ">here</a> from a woman who had been raped at 17. The blogger shared this private information with her community, and was shaking in her boots doing it. <br />
<br />
Another blogger bravely wrote her abortion story <a href="http://rockymountainjewess.blogspot.com/2012/08/talking-about-abortion.html?showComment=1346261690907#c4860185498613994842">here</a>.<br />
<br />
I'm in awe of women being prompted to talk about their experiences. And I know our abortioneer community is grateful. Not to mention many other American women. <br />
<br />
Women have the right to be outraged. At least one in three of us will have an abortion. That's a lot of us. So, lots of women should be outraged, really. <br />
<br />
Women blogging on abortion is a good thing. It's a terrible thing that all the insensitive and flat-out-jaw-droppingly-stupid things politicians have been saying has occurred. For some, it's like being raped all over again. <br />
<br />
No matter how you put it, all this hate being spewed is a violation. It crosses the line so far that you can't even SEE that line anymore. <br />
<br />
That is jarring. And it's making some of us talk. But they're so scared. So worried about being judged. And they're worried because we live in a society that shuts women up. <br />
<br />
This society makes us think we can't use our voice, lest we are shunned and bad and wrong and selfish or a whore or had it coming to us. Or worse: that our bodies can shut off what we had coming to us. <br />
<br />
Our society needs to change.<br />
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Our society needs to <i>grow the fuck up</i> and starting showing its humanity.<br />
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<br />
<br />
Oh, there's soooo much shit going on out there right now, isn't there? Are you getting depressed about it all? I sure as fuck am. <br />
<br />
What the HELL is going on in this country, huh? <br />
<br />
Well, if you're anything like me, you need a laugh. Especially now. Especially because there are so many damned idiotic politicians making stupid assed comments. (And worse, believing them.)<br />
<br />
Because we love you and you're our biggest fan, we want you to take a minute and relax. Yes, that's it. Take a deep breath. Take a moment for yourself. <br />
<br />
Relaxed?<br />
<br />
Good.<br />
<br />
Now. Let's have a little laugh.<br />
<br />
This is my favorite. Every time I buy Prego, I think of this:<br />
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I used this one back in January, but January was a loonnnnnnng time ago. So here it is again.<br />
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Feel better? At least a little? <br />
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OK, GOOD!<br />
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Try to have a good day, all ye fellow Abortioneers. <br />
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We love you. (It's true!!)<br />
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Give yourself a BIG pat on your back. You deserve it. You're AWESOME!<br />
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Now. <br />
GO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT!<br />
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I remember back in 2008 when some reporter dared to ask Sarah Palin if she was a feminist. I'm pretty sure she said yes, and came up with some jibber-jabber about how just because she's anti-choice doesn't means she's anti-woman, and how the Republican party can actually become the Party for Women.* I think around the same time, John McCain's heavily made-up daughter made a similar plea for women to look to the Republicans to fulfill all their womanly needs and desires. For a while it had seemed, for better or for worse (and likely for the worse), that Republicans wanted to reach out to women and improve their lives. Yes we (Republi)Can!<br />
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Fast forward four years, and I can't believe my freaking ears with all this hateful, anti-woman speak being tossed around. And I find it hard to believe that Todd Akin, Steve King, and others are simply so bad at politics that they can't control their verbal diarrhea. I think these people REALLY BELIEVE the nonsense they're promulgating, and it frightens me. I'm scared to think that if I were raped and went to my local congressman he might tell me one of the following: a) I wasn't "legitimately" or "forcibly" raped; b) I can't have an abortion in the event that I become pregnant; c) but don't worry, because when a woman is raped her body has mechanisms to "<a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php">shut that whole thing down</a>". Maybe I could at least take my story to King, who has never heard of a person getting pregnant through rape, because he's "<a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php">open to discussion</a>" about that kind of thing. WHAT'S TO DISCUSS?!?!?!</div>
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So, I remain thoroughly unconvinced that the Repubs are a party in any way responsive to the needs of women. When you try to tell someone about one of the most serious issues affecting women since the beginning of time, and they <b>don't believe you</b>, then we're dealing with some serious troublemakers. I can't believe any woman would be a Republican after this. All kinds of women get raped, regardless of political affiliation. I hope the women on the right are doing something about this, because the men sure seem not to give a damn who does what to you. I can't believe they're driving me to this point, but I'm starting to wish these neanderthals would face assault. Maybe not "legitimate rape", but just a good fondle would drive the point home of how horrible it is, even without having to deal with the whole pregnancy thing. </div>
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*<i>Now that I think about it, SP did charge women for their rape kits in Alaska, right? </i></div>
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anti-antihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09963034892813934944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-51602488249912181852012-08-16T11:00:00.000-04:002012-08-16T11:00:03.866-04:00Sex Selection <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZy8gu4JNLMi16unNF2FNn9f64rfMdh3jSoVQ-WAK5m08YtgxmSyPmwYzqPrA5-m4UhIOHAgF9tCnBfKy4be91scrZr_sKdNwj9UBqvFkLsKonvvSi3VCDG10Py1ECP8_PLU9gAUf2Pps/s1600/18_week_fetus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="307" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZy8gu4JNLMi16unNF2FNn9f64rfMdh3jSoVQ-WAK5m08YtgxmSyPmwYzqPrA5-m4UhIOHAgF9tCnBfKy4be91scrZr_sKdNwj9UBqvFkLsKonvvSi3VCDG10Py1ECP8_PLU9gAUf2Pps/s400/18_week_fetus.jpg" /></a></div>Are there ever times you feel a little – uncomfortable – with a woman’s reason for having an abortion? We’re not all Saints of Non-judgment, though some of us may strive to be. (Err…maybe some of us don’t…)<br />
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Last week, a recent immigrant from an Asian country (I won’t say which) came to our clinic for an abortion. I was the abortion counselor that day. She was in her second trimester and wanted to know if we could figure out the sex of the fetus. This isn’t a completely strange question, but I don’t get asked that often. <br />
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Because she was less than 18 weeks and because we don’t perform diagnostic ultrasounds, I explained we wouldn’t be able to identify the sex. I let her know that usually diagnostic ultrasounds to determine the sex are done between 18-22 weeks and that if she had a physician/midwife, she could schedule an ultrasound with them at that time (as it is standard practice). <br />
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She wasn’t willing to wait at least another month to have an abortion. You know the drill: she’d have to travel out of state; the cost would be much higher; she’d have to spend time away from home; someone would have to watch her small daughter while she left the area (and explain why she needed a babysitter); and her husband would have to get a lot of time off work. <br />
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We don’t ask patients <i>why</i> they want to have an abortion. Really, it’s <i>none</i> of our business. Still, lots of women offer their reasons when we ask if they’re sure of their decision, if they have support, etc. <br />
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The woman from last week calmly offered she didn’t want to have a girl.<br />
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Look, I’m about as pro-choice as they come. As long as it is a patient’s own decision to have an abortion, I’m cool with it regardless of the circumstances or gestation. I’ll admit though, it took me a slight second to register what the patient was telling me. My brain hitched. <br />
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I nodded at her and she explained herself, though she didn’t owe me <i>any</i> explanation at all. <br />
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In her country (like in many), girls do not have as many opportunities as boys and are considered a burden. She and her family plan to go back to their country soon and they wouldn’t be able to afford another girl (it costs a lot of money to have girls marry/dowries). <br />
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There’s been some national controversy about this (like, in May); even the pro-choicers didn’t want to really talk about sex selection abortion occurring. The reality is, though: it does. It’s not very common in our country, and I’ve never heard anyone – except someone who is from an Asian country – even mention it, at work. And I’ve been doing abortion work a long time. <br />
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The concept seems very foreign to us; but, is it really? Globally, there is underlying sexism that drives the devaluation of women. It happens here, too. Please, how many people have raised their hands saying women in this country don’t deserve to be paid equally to men? (Rolling eyes.) <br />
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It was a good reminder for me that we’re here to support women, in whatever it is they want, and trust that they know what they need for themselves, even if we may not understand it. We don’t need to understand. We just need to be there.<br />
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If you haven’t heard yet, Mitt Romney has selected his running mate: Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan. He is a great choice - if you’re wealthy, white, and male. Otherwise, fuggettahhbouttit.<br />
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Let’s review some key facts about Paul Ryan as they relate to his views on women.<br />
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<li>He co-sponsored a bill, the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/12/3759153/a-look-at-where-paul-ryan-stands.html">Sanctity of Human Life Act</a>, which defined a fertilized egg has a human being. If this horrible piece of legislation passed, it would criminalize most forms of birth control, including the pill and in vitro fertilization. </li>
<li>He supports <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/five-issues-where-mitt-romney-and-paul-ryan-differ/2012/08/12/8000db2e-e49e-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html">banning all abortions for everyone.</a> No exceptions for any woman or situation. Doesn't matter if the mother will die, if the mother is 13 and was raped by her father, if the fetus has terrible anomalies would only live a few painful minutes. He doesn't care.</li>
<li>He voted for the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/protect-life-act-anti-abortion-bill_n_1005937.html?">Protect Life Act,</a> which would allow hospitals to deny abortion care to women who would die otherwise. </li>
<li>He voted to ban federal health coverage from including abortion. </li>
<li>He <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-paul-ryans-stance">supported</a> the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act, which would allow employers to question women about what birth control they use and why, and to deny them coverage for birth control if they feel like.</li>
<li>He <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm/">voted</a> to provide funding to health care providers who do NOT provide information about abortion.</li>
<li>He has expressed <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-s-extreme-abortion-views.html">support</a> for states to prosecute women who have abortions as well as the physicians who provide the abortions. </li>
<li>He voted <a href="http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/08/11/Meet-Paul-Ryan-Getting-to-know-Romneys-running-mate/1331344664868/">against</a> family planning information in US aid abroad. </li>
<li>Like Romney, he wants to <a href="http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/02/18/6080756-house-passes-measure-stripping-planned-parenthood-funding?ocid=twitter">defund</a> Planned Parenthood, which as we all know, is an important place for women and men to seek STD testing/treatment, breast, cervical, and testicular cancer screenings, birth control, etc.</li>
<li>He voted <a href="http://inagist.com/all/234378995020492800/">against</a> the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. So basically he doesn’t believe women deserve equal pay for equal work. </li>
<li>He authored a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-budget-proposal_n_1767123.html">budget</a> that would dismantle many government assistance programs, like food stamps, which women and children <a href="http://emilyslist.org/blog/breaking-mitt-romney-chooses-paul-ryan-vp">disproportionately</a> rely on.</li>
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But really, I should just let him speak for <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/paul-ryan-gop-must-continue-fighting-right-life">himself</a>:</div>
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unavoidable, and I’m never going to not vote pro-life.”</span></blockquote>
!!! Okay then. Since there's no "trucing" on women's rights issues, the only thing that we can hope for is that Ryan's extreme views will turn off moderate Republicans, independents, and all women everywhere. (Besides the fact he is completely unsupportive of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-on-gay-rights-h_n_1767450.html">gays</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/vp-ryana-nightmare-for-th_b_1768142.html">minorities</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/opinion/paul-ryans-cramped-vision.html">students</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/11/opinion/brazile-romney-ryan/index.html">seniors</a>, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/12/what-paul-ryans-budget-actually-cuts-and-by-how-much/">environment</a>, etc.)<br />
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Paul Ryan: I do not like him.Mr. Banana Grabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15206235648661265663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-1788945077714486962012-08-02T03:39:00.000-04:002012-08-02T03:41:25.026-04:00First Impressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIwhyQcxM2SIWxmn88BS6ZbhSsuBwq8FQvm0jIIDf4GDNJnx4r_GIEJj71yj_w_CFYqqLS-HvxG2OKox7P4W2Bj1RboN3kCCGZq8lEvBp4UqOBQwJ1Z9IyjjEpNnEpWgZuibyD381_ek/s1600/220465344229436821_7hRefx5L_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIwhyQcxM2SIWxmn88BS6ZbhSsuBwq8FQvm0jIIDf4GDNJnx4r_GIEJj71yj_w_CFYqqLS-HvxG2OKox7P4W2Bj1RboN3kCCGZq8lEvBp4UqOBQwJ1Z9IyjjEpNnEpWgZuibyD381_ek/s400/220465344229436821_7hRefx5L_f.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Can someone please come up with a "Tripadvisor" for abortion clinics? Who wouldn't want to rate their clinic experience? It would be cool, in an ideal world, if women felt safe enough to "rate" their experience. <a href="http://www.abortioncarenetwork.org/considering-abortion/choosing-a-quality-clinic">(Check out Abortion Care Network's Advice on choosing a clinic.)</a><br />
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- Were the staff friendly on the phone and in person? <br />
- Was the doctor warm? <br />
- Was it efficient and informative? <br />
- Was it in a good location? <br />
- Was the clinic clean? <br />
- How was the website?<br />
- What did you like and dislike? <br />
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First impressions count. They count when your clients call your clinic or your abortion fund. They are listening for something. Anything. Any detection that the person on the other end of the phone might judge them. She's trying to decide if you're the right place for her.<br />
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Abortion is riddled with stigma. People think of back alley abortions and dirty instruments. If your clinic is in a bad neighborhood, needs a paint job, and your staff aren't warm and professional (maybe they answer their phone too quickly and sound apathetic), it just adds to the nasty abortion stigma. On the other hand, if you have a modern, clean facility out-of-reach from hassling protesters, affordable prices, and kind staff, you're rockin' it. Right?<br />
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Women don't share their abortion experiences, but it would make a difference, I think, for women to weigh-in and provide online referrals. I use all sorts of websites like Yelp! that help me determine whether I want to go to a certain restaurant or not. Do I want someone's opinion on the abortion clinic they went to? Yes, please. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-decided-idUS305023075620120731">AZ Abortion Law to Take Effect After Judge's Ruling</a></b><br />
Mon, Jul 30 2012, Reuters<br />
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Arizona's law banning abortions after 20 weeks will go forward, says U.S. District Judge James Teilborg. <br />
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The law is a change from the current system in Arizona. Under the previous law, abortions were permitted up until viability which occurs around 24 weeks. Starting Thursday, abortions after 20 weeks will not be allowed unless there is a medical emergency. <br />
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Judge Teilborg was asked to stop enforcement of a new Arizona law passed by the legislature. He declined to do so by ruling that the law is acceptable under the Constitution. <br />
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Arizona is not the first state to ban abortions around 20 weeks but it's still a tricky decision, legally speaking, for a state to ban abortions before viability. <b>The Judge acknowledged that the Supreme Court has blocked states from implementing outright bans on abortion before viability as an unfair burden [but he says that] the Arizona law is acceptable in part because it doesn't impose much of a burden on a pregnant woman. <br />
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His reasoning is that there is relatively little time between 20 weeks and the 22-24 weeks when viability occurs,</b>[1][2] according to Arizona Daily Star. <br />
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Part of the burden on women in pre-viability abortions is that they may not know of fetal abnormalities before that time. The evidence presented to Judge Teilborg indicated that there are few conditions that would be diagnosed after 20 weeks that could not have been diagnosed earlier.[3] As a result, banning abortions after 20 weeks would not significantly increase the burden on the woman.[4]<br />
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He did note that if a unique circumstance arose where fetal abnormality was diagnosed after the first 20 weeks, it would be appropriate to challenge Arizona's abortion law.[5][6] But until that actually happens, the typical situation will dictate the constitutionality of the law. <br />
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To uphold a restriction on abortion, the state must also show a legitimate reason for the new restriction. Teilborg was convinced that the state's respect for life[7] and concern for preventing fetal pain[8] was a sufficient concern to justify the law, reports Arizona Daily Star. <br />
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Arizona's new abortion law is not the first of its kind, although it may be the first law banning abortions after 20 weeks to be challenged in federal court, reports Reuters. The plaintiffs had not filed an appeal as of Monday. </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[2] (Also, how is 4 weeks just a "little time" to be cutting off? Is it really? What did he base this on? Has he experienced a crisis pregnancy before? I'm honestly curious what makes a person decide this rather than something else. Because for every person talking about banning later abortions who calls 4 weeks "relatively little time" [as in, "I don't really understand your life, but a couple weeks' less time is not a big deal, just get to the clinic earlier"], there's another person talking about banning later abortions who calls 4 weeks "plenty of time" to find out you're pregnant, decide what you're going to do, and seek out the necessary care [as in, "I don't really understand reproductive biology, but you're already 8 weeks pregnant, what took you 8 whole weeks to get an abortion?"]. Somehow, they're both wrong.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[3] I don't know what evidence this refers to, as there is plenty of time past 20 weeks for plenty of fetal development to go wrong, and it does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[4] Few conditions are undetectable before 20 weeks, and "as a result" it wouldn't be burdensome to ban abortion after 20 weeks? Wow, <a href="http://blog.ansirh.org/2012/07/habits-of-the-prochoice-movement/">so many people are erased</a> in that one little phrase. Including women who are seeking later abortions for reasons other than fetal anomaly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[5] Sad but true. Assuming this ruling isn't overturned, the last hope for people needing abortion care in Arizona is for an already-pregnant person to be adversely affected by this ban and have the means to bring their specific case to court. Of course, as in Roe v. Wade, the individual adversely affected will be well past their pregnancy by the time of the court's decision -- which sometimes results in a judge saying that the claimant is no longer affected and thus no longer has standing! Isn't this the original meaning of "Catch 22"? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[6] But also, why is it that the only person hypothesized to have standing as an adversely-affected party is a woman whose pregnancy was diagnosed with a fetal anomaly after 20 weeks? What about <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/08/01/an-open-letter-to-rachel-maddow-stop-calling-opposition-to-rape-and-incest-aborti">those who face other kinds of situations and obstacles</a> in obtaining their abortion care before 20 weeks (see footnote [3])? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[7] Not WOMEN'S lives, silly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[8] We don't know when a fetus is capable of experiencing pain, but it's definitely not at 20 weeks. In fact, it's not anytime before 27 weeks and it may be even later. This is the general consensus of embryologists, neonatologists, neurologists and other people knowledgeable about the development of the nervous system. </span></div>placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.com0