Tag Archives: Reproductive Justice
Notes from a bitch…pondering political expectations…
TweetI want Missouri Governor Nixon to veto the new birth control refusal bill SB 749. Religious liberty is not threatened by the HHS rule on insurance coverage of birth control without co-pay, but the rights of Missouri workers sure as hell are under attack by this bill that would allow any employer to refuse coverage [...]
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House to vote tomorrow on discriminatory PRENDA bill
TweetAs Shark likes to say, “Nothing says JOBS like a race-baiting woman hating fetal sovereignty bill!” Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), legislation that would ban abortion performed based on the fetus’ sex. The law would require doctors to report any person seeking an abortion to the authorities [...]
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Must-read long read: Arizona’s pro-life paradox
TweetAt The American Prospect, Judith Lewis Mernit has a long and very important article about the contradiction of restricting access to abortion while cutting funding for special needs children in Arizona. Arizona recently banned abortion after 18 weeks, which means there will be more babies born with chromosomal abnormalities – special needs kids. At the [...]
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Quick Hit: Toxic workplaces in the reproductive health, rights, and justice fields
TweetSteph Herold has a brave and necessary piece at The Abortion Gang today about the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement’s dirty secret: we’re full of organizations that are toxic places to work. A co-worker once told me that in her 10+ years of working in the reproductive health field, her peers in other movements [...]
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A thank you note for Todd Akin