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Are federally subsidized pap smears really worth shutting down the government?
Keep your laws off of our bodies. Is that not clear enough? Should I say it louder?
What is it about male lawmakers and their insistence that they know what’s best for women to the extent that they’re willing to shut down the entire government of the United States over the issue?
Our country is on the verge of having our government close for business, and now word comes that it’s about subsidized Pap smears. Does that mean that there’s someone, or a group of people, who are pro-cancer? Really?
State bills targeting abortion rights are rapdily increasing.
Restrictions on abortions are getting a lot of attention in the government lately. In fact, in over 30 states, there is legislature currently being proposed to restrict and/or limit abortions right now. In some cases, the proposed bills are being passed swiftly.
This past February, the House of Representatives also passed a measure that would bring an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
It beckons the question of whether the Supreme Court would ever overturn Roe vs. Wade after it has been in effect for nearly 40 years.
This past week, Idaho’s Legislature approved a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. That ban came right on the heels of a bill in South Dakota which now mandates a three-day waiting period for abortions. It also requires women seeking abortions to undergo counseling at a pregnancy help center.
Anti abortion group 'Always Life' is using President Obama's image in their latest campaign.
The Texas-based anti-abortion group, Always Life is once again stirring up controversy and proliferating racial hatred. Their recent plans to install 30 billboards across the South Side of Chicago to draw attention to their claim that a disproportionate number of black women seek abortions, was met with opposition from anti-abortion campaigners.
Known for their over-the-top ads (back in February, they paid for a NYC billboard that displayed a picture of a little African-American girl and stated, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”), their most recent ads contain President Obama. The billboard has a picture of Obama’s face next to the words “Every 21 minutes our next possible leader is aborted.” It also encourages women to visit an anti-abortion website, thatsabortion.com.
South Dakota has signed into law a bill requiring women to visit a “pregnancy center” before seeking an abortion. These pregnancy centers are designed to persuade women to carry their pregnancies to term instead of ending them.
Though pregnancy centers have been around for years, South Dakota has just become the first state to require women to take this step. The bill also establishes a three-day waiting period between when a woman first sees a doctor about an abortion and when the procedure can be carried out. This is the country’s longest waiting period.
This law easily passed South Dakota’s heavily Republican dominated legislature.
Little Anissa is just six years old.
The anti-abortion ad featuring a little African-American girl that states, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb,” was taken down after public outcry.
The billboard, paid for by the anti-abortion group Life Always was pulled down Thursday night by the Lamar Advertising Company, but the bad feelings surrounding it are still growing, particularly by the mother of the girl featured in the ad.
New Jersey mom Tricia Fraser is outraged that her 6-year-old daughter, Anissa, was included in the ad. She says that when she took her daughter to a modeling agency over two years ago, she was told the photos taken might be used for stock photos but she had no idea that they would ever be used for anything so offensive.
This anti abortion billboard is set to stay for three weeks.
A billboard aimed to push the anti-abortion movement is disturbing many people, particularly African Americans.
Set in the middle of New York City’s popular Soho, it displays a picture of a little African-American girl and states, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”
The billboard was paid for by the anti-abortion group Life Always, and it hangs a short half-mile from a Planned Parenthood.
According to the Huffington Post, Life Always Board Member Pastor Stephen Broden explains his reasoning behind the billboard: “During Black History Month, we celebrate our history, but our future is in jeopardy as a genocidal plot is carried out through abortion.”
Another Life Board member, Rev. Derek McCoy agrees that the billboard does push the envelope, “We do think we’ve gone too far, and we do think it’s over the edge,” he said. “But the city’s abortion rates have crossed the mark and are over the top.
Social conservatives gain ground in Congress
This weekend, The New York Times pointed out that the House of Representatives gained 45 opponents of abortion rights in the midterm elections this year — and that could have implications for women and family planning down the road.
According to the Times, the newly chosen chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Republican Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, is as anti-choice as they come — he was the top pick of the National Right to Life Committee for the position. Now he has jurisdiction over private health insurance, Medicaid, much of Medicare, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health.
Gulp. Here’s what this could mean for access to abortion: Continue reading »
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