On vivalafeminista: New York Magazine has an amazing feature this week and the title says it all: 26 women sharing their abortion stories. Honestly, they are heartbreaking to read because of the wall of shame… Read More
A strawman argument if ever I saw one (on RHRealityCheck): Anti-choice comparisons between slavery and abortion are nothing new. It is a canard so common that whenever I see it, my eye starts… Read More
twitter: @bpas1968′s ad today in @IrishTimes to remind Irish gov. that forcing women to travel abroad for abortion is #nowaytotreatwomen bpas’s site: bpas.org
Well, Friday feminist roundups got held up again. It’s been too busy at work. But, we are well into the start of term now, I am almost on top of things, and I… Read More
I fell behind so today’s roundup had to come in two installments. Here’s the first and below is the second. (Also, Monday feminist roundups are going to be posted on Fridays from now on.) On… Read More
It’s been another busy week so I’ve not been keeping up as I should. Here, though, are some headlines: – Home Office hounding this severely ill woman to prove their toughness on “health… Read More
Hugely important progress. It’s not enough (see below re. rape cases for example) but it is a start I thought I’d never see. Irish parliamentarians passed a groundbreaking law early on Thursday allowing… Read More
Reblogged from UK Women & Politics Specialist Group:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u544PhJdIRw&w=620&h=379] Record for women in cabinet The Australian (Subscription required) “It is good to see more women being promoted into cabinet and the ministry and indeed… Read More
On alternet: The Republican Party continues to hack away at reproductive rights around the country–and Ohio is the latest place to be targeted by anti-abortion forces. Governor John Kasich signed the state budget… Read More
Or, even, an international problem. We (UK) take a lot of of our lead on reproductive rights from the US. bitchmagazine: Today, thousands of Texans are crowding their state capitol, protesting Governor Rick… Read More
In the last five years, 127 women have been put on trial for abortion in Mexico. When Laura, a 22-year-old woman from Puebla, went to the emergency room because she was hemorrhaging, she… Read More
On commentisfree: It’s raining here, softly but firmly, and Wendy Davis is filibustering in Texas. She’s speaking in a low, quiet voice in the other tab, talking about admitting privileges, standing quietly as… Read More
On rhrealitycheck: With all the moaning and wailing at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets about the supposed unfairness about the phrase “war on women,” you’d think conservative politicians would try to… Read More
Reblogged from The Secular Society: Enda Kenny says anti-abortion activists in his predominantly Roman Catholic country are inundating his office with threatening packages and letters condemning him as a baby-killer, some written in… Read More
On sluggerotoole: There are some interesting twists in the abortion debate in the Republic. As Michael Kelly of the Irish Catholic newspaper noted yesterday Armagh’s new-boy-to-be Eamonn Martin has been clear in ways… Read More
- Bust discusses some of the science behind arousal during rape. It does not equal consent, by the way. Here’s some of the science: sexual arousal is housed in the autonomic nervous system… Read More
“What you see in our Second Wave feminists is a focus against the Church, and the Church’s control of women’s bodies and minds,” she said. “That meant specifically targeting reproductive justice issues. …… Read More
On alternet: Across the U.S., religious healthcare corporations are absorbing once secular and independent hospitals and in the process imposing religious restrictions that pit standard medical practice against theology. Recently, a woman was traveling across… Read More
This week’s (particularly sarcastic) feminist round-up. – Here are some new, women-created comics that are worth looking into (bitchmagazine). – Also from bitchmagazine, there’s a petition to the Pope about the 22-year-old in… Read More
Reblogged from The Cedar Lounge Revolution: This from Slate has an interesting visualisation of the situation across the planet. From Slate: On Wednesday, the highest court in El Salvador denied an abortion to… Read More
