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By Lindsay Moore • 11 years ago

Health disparities are a human rights issue

Where can a line be drawn that determines what it means to health care providers in terms of ethics in modern society?  Savita Halappanavar was professional dentist, married to an engineer, and was happily expecting a child.  At 17 weeks along, while in Ireland, Savita started to miscarry her unborn child.  We have to keep in mind that Ireland is 80% Catholic and according to Catholic morals abortion is forbidden even if it means the mother’s life is being threatened.  Savita was denied the medical procedure she needed because the health care providers refused to go against their Catholic beliefs in order to save her life.  It does not take a doctor to know that even if Savita managed to deliver her unborn child, the child likely would not have survived at only 17 weeks.

The point I am attempting to make is that this situation with Savita is not a women’s rights issue, it is a human rights issue.  Transgender individuals suffer from health disparities all over the world.  People who do not fit into a numeral chart and may be considered obese is denied health care everyday.  Economic disparities in under developed countries is the cause of unnecessary deaths every day.  The people in rural areas living in poverty may not be able to get transportation to get to health care providers.  Refusal of care seems to be the norm to those who do not identify with the dominate religion, appropriate gender ...
By Lindsay Moore • 11 years ago

Get With The Program Missorui!!

Back in August Springfield Missouri created a city ordinance that would protect the Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities under the non-discrimination act in regards to employment and housing.  The response was expansive with over 300 people coming to city hall to voice their opinions.  One person stood out and I had to post this viral video.  If the feministing community has not watched this video yet, make it a point to take a few minutes and watch.  Since the ordinance generated so much feedback from citizens the ordinance was tabled and sent to a “task force” of counsel members for review.  The city was not even able to vote on the issue.  City counsel claimed that the city needed ...

Back in August Springfield Missouri created a city ordinance that would protect the Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities under the non-discrimination act in regards to employment and housing.  The response was expansive with over 300 people ...
By Lindsay Moore • 11 years ago

Miami University: Top Ten Ways to Get Away With Rape

A couple of weeks ago a flier was discovered in the men’s bathroom of a co-ed dorm that read: Top Ten ways to get away with rape.  The list was depicted as an educational tool teaching young men how to rape a woman and how to get away with it.  The flier describes in Rule # 1: “Put drugs in the woman’s drink therefore you won’t be remembered”, #4:  “If a woman’s window is unlocked sneak in and rape her to teach her not to do it again”, #7:  “Practice makes perfect, the more you rape, the better you get”, and last but surly not least #8: “If your afraid the girl will identify you slit her throat.”

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A couple of weeks ago a flier was discovered in the men’s bathroom of a co-ed dorm that read: Top Ten ways to get away with rape.  The list was depicted as an educational tool teaching young ...