By Samhita • 19 years ago

They have made their point…

Now let’s let her rest. Just a quick update on the Schiavo case, her family has asked for protesters to chill. Also, Jeb Bush is saying that he can do no more, because he cannot violate a court order. This is after the Florida Supreme Court denied both his petitions: 1) To make Ms. Schiavo a ward of the state, and 2) to have her feeding tube reconnected. But clearly, this was not really about Terry Schiavo.
What do you think? Was this a political move and ultimately will this actually help good ole’ Jeby and Georgey?

Now let’s let her rest. Just a quick update on the Schiavo case, her family has asked for protesters to chill. Also, Jeb Bush is saying that he can do no more, because he ...
By Samhita • 19 years ago

India Under Pressure to Curb Sex Trafficking

As many of you know, sex trafficking has been an ongoing problem throughout much of the world. Recently, Asmita Women’s Publication Group conducted a study that found at least 17,000 Nepalese women forced into prostitution in four of India’s major cities.
In an effort to combat this, the US has demanded that India make dramatic changes in its attempts at curbing the trafficking of sex workers. If India fails to comply they will be subject to economic sanctions in June.
An article in Hindustan Times reads:
Ministry sources said US Ambassador to India David Mulford met Home Minister Shivraj Patil over a week ago and conveyed to him that under the US’s Victims of Trafficking and Violence ...

As many of you know, sex trafficking has been an ongoing problem throughout much of the world. Recently, Asmita Women’s Publication Group conducted a study that found at least 17,000 Nepalese women forced into prostitution ...
By Samhita • 19 years ago

Tsunami aftermath

An article on CNN reports that three times more women then men were killed by the tsunami on December 26th, 2004. As a result, there have been many reports of rape and forced marriage upon the female victims of the tsunami. The male to female ratio in Indonesia is currently 10-1 and it appears that 80% of the victims were women. A report done by Oxfam International, a British based charity, stated that the reason for the disproportionate number of victims was due to difficulty outrunning the waves or because they were at home and the men were out on the field.
The article states,
As a result, men now far outnumber women in crowded camps and scattered settlements ...

An article on CNN reports that three times more women then men were killed by the tsunami on December 26th, 2004. As a result, there have been many reports of rape and forced marriage upon the ...
By Samhita • 19 years ago

Another Scary Place to Live

South Dakota Governer Michael Rounds signed four intensely anti-abortion laws last week that will seriously restrict a women’s right to choose.
Ms Magazine reports, the four Bills include:
*The first requires doctors to inform women who seek an abortion that they will be terminating the life of “a whole, separate, unique, living human being” with which the woman has “an existing relationship.”
*[The second] law signed by Rounds would outlaw abortion in the state if the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose was no longer protected by the federal government.
*The third bill signed by the governor would require parental notification within 24 hours of a minor having an emergency abortion, unless ...

South Dakota Governer Michael Rounds signed four intensely anti-abortion laws last week that will seriously restrict a women’s right to choose.
Ms Magazine reports, the four Bills include:
*The first requires doctors to inform women who ...
By Samhita • 19 years ago

The Schiavo Case and the Right to Life-

The overly publicized case of Terri Schiavo has become the new face/case to truly highlight the extent to which right to life religious fundies will go to prove a point. We get the message(albeit wack), Ms. Schiavo should be granted the right to life, but at what cost. This woman has been suffering for fifteen years and for the purposes of some inequitable political agenda or the “culture of life,” must suffer more.
It is important to note that her parents have been spearheading this issue and as reported in the NYT yesterday,
[They] have been backed by an ad hoc coalition of Catholic and evangelical lobbyists, street organizers and legal advisers like the Rev. Frank Pavone, ...

The overly publicized case of Terri Schiavo has become the new face/case to truly highlight the extent to which right to life religious fundies will go to prove a point. We get the message(albeit wack), Ms. ...
By Vanessa • 19 years ago

I heart Fantasia


I recently heard American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino’s new song, “Baby Mama”, and was curious to find out what kind of press it was getting.
Barrino won the ridiculously popular karaoke contest last year, and felt it was appropriate to give single mothers — like herself — their own personal anthem in her new album, Free Yourself. Yet the song, while quickly climbing up the Billboard R&B chart, has (unsurprisingly) received more criticism than praise.
For example, this article in USA Today scrutinizes the song. The author gives numerous statistics on single-parent households as her proof, claiming that the media shouldn’t be portraying a woman’s “poor choice” as a “badge of honor.” (In the song, ...


I recently heard American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino’s new song, “Baby Mama”, and was curious to find out what kind of press it was getting.
Barrino won the ridiculously popular karaoke contest last year, and ...
By Vanessa • 19 years ago

Bush’s Shit List O’ Nominees

You must check out this awesome analysis by Legal Momentum of George Bush’s potential Supreme Court nominees. The introduction of the report, “The Future of the Supreme Court”, was written by president Kathy Rodgers, who gets the reader pumped before the good stuff:
“We need a massive public awareness effort to build the grassroots support to defeat ideologically motivated nominees. Our fundamental rights are at stake. We must be as determined as the opposition. But together, we can do it.”
Word.

You must check out this awesome analysis by Legal Momentum of George Bush’s potential Supreme Court nominees. The introduction of the report, “The Future of the Supreme Court”, was written by president Kathy Rodgers, who ...
By Vanessa • 19 years ago

Gotta Love Jersey

While the FDA stalls on making a decision of whether emergency contraception should be made available without a prescription, New Jersey has joined the short but increasing list of states that require hospitals to offer EC to rape victims. Good job, Jers!
The five other states — New York, California, Washington, New Mexico and Illinois — have had the requirement for all hospitals to, at the very least, offer information about EC and tell them where they can obtain it, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription). Colorado has just passed a similar bill as well, but needs to be signed by the governor.
The Department of Justice has actually been getting quite a lot of shit for ...

While the FDA stalls on making a decision of whether emergency contraception should be made available without a prescription, New Jersey has joined the short but increasing list of states that require hospitals to offer EC to ...

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