Archive for the ‘ Reproductive Rights ’ Category

Sometimes I get reminded as to why I’m a feminist…

And by sometimes, I mean quite often. A 9 year old girl had to have an abortion because she was raped by her stepfather. You think this would be an open and shut case. She’s 9. She was raped. She’s too tiny to carry a fetus. (actually 2, as she had twins). But nooo. But Marcio Miranda, [ READ MORE ]

Limitless Abortions

(See more from J. Kirkintilloch at Sorepoints.com)  In Canada there has been a cold war on abortion ever since the 1988 Morgentaler verdict, where Canadian Supreme Court struck down law limiting a woman’s access to abortion. Prior to that, there was limited medically-approved access. Since then, there has been no limitations put on women seeking abortions. [ READ MORE ]

Rosemary’s Feminism

This post by Marc at Punkass is wicked. I never thought I’d actually find a reason to tell people that I had seen Rosemary’s Baby for the first time 2 years ago - but yeah, I saw it, and I’m fuckin’ stoked that I’ve actually found someone else who saw so much in it in [ READ MORE ]

Tonights linkage

Seriously now - you’ve all got to have one hell of a laugh at this article. Hey ladies - don’t be fat because that’s unattractive, but also - don’t run because you’ll get all saggy and your tits wont be as hot! Shuuut up. "The end result is likely to be hurt and saggy instead [ READ MORE ]

Screw Monday Love

There isn’t much worth loving, so lets do some "the world is fucked up"… shall we? Via Feministing I learned that Nicaragua has eliminated all exceptions for abortions. Some opponents to the law had hoped Mr. Bolaños, a conservative, would not sign the bill because it did not include the stiffer sentences he had wanted for women who [ READ MORE ]

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