No you may not decide for you
The anti-abortion phalanx in Ireland is shouting louder than ever, according to the BBC. The groups taking part – Youth Defence, Pro Life Ireland and the Catholic organisation, the Iona Institute –...
View ArticleDon’t look behind the curtain
I’ve been arguing with someone on Atheist Ireland’s Facebook page, on a thread I started with a post about the ACLU/Means lawsuit against the bishops. My arguee has been claiming Savita Halappanavar’s...
View ArticleDoctors in such circumstances
There’s the New York Times editorial on the Michigan case for instance. That takes it for granted. The suit was brought on behalf of a Michigan woman, Tamesha Means, who says she was subjected to...
View ArticleYour life is not your own
Spain has passed a new anti-abortion law to replace current legislation permitting the procedure without restrictions until the 14th week. Justice minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón said on Friday that...
View ArticleWeekends and holidays are not “days”
The NY Times reports, to the surprise of no one who has been paying attention, that all these new anti-abortion measures passed by states have made abortion much harder to get. Well they would,...
View ArticleFighting for something we thought we had won
Thousands of people got together in Madrid today to voice their opposition to government plans to take away abortion rights. Under pressure from the Catholic Church, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s...
View ArticleAbandoned by all medical staff
Why is it a problem when medical personnel are allowed to refuse to perform abortions because of their “sincere religious beliefs”? Well one reason – though only one – is cases like one that happened...
View ArticleA woman’s request for abortion cannot be treated as a lottery
In better news, however – on March 7 the Council of Europe’s Committee of Social Rights ruled that conscientious objection cannot stand in the way of women receiving the reproductive healthcare...
View ArticleA chance to air their nostalgia
Emily Bazelon at Slate takes a look at some of the more…eccentric far-right arguments in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood briefs against the Obamacare rule that employers must provide contraception...
View ArticleActual people with personalities, characters, wishes
A striking thing that Gilliel said in a comment on Greta’s post Having a Reasonable Debate About Abortion yesterday: And here’s another thing that’s been driving my blood pressure up and I will bold...
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Nowhere to hide
Catherine Briggs of LifeSiteNews (yes, the anti-abortion site) seems to have missed the point of a certain fundraising campaign by a wide margin. In the world of social media, instant news has become a...
View ArticleShe did not have enough money to travel north
So let’s check in with the ACLU on the subject of religious interference with access to birth control. There’s Texas for instance… Yesterday a federal appeals court upheld a Texas law that has left...
View ArticleWhat would the neighbors say?
One from the Center for Reproductive Rights: A Dallas hospital has chosen to discriminate against two good doctors rather than protect women’s health. Two weeks ago, the hospital revoked the doctors’...
View ArticleA police officer, not a doctor, by her bed
In El Salvador, a nightmare I can’t even read about without quaking with fury. Cristina Quintanilla was 18 years old in October 2004 when, seven months pregnant with her second child, she collapsed in...
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This is not that
Dear oh dear – if you’re going to disagree, disagree with the actual claim, not a different one. That applies to sub-claims as well as the chief claim. Someone called Rand Paul Fanbase (not a promising...
View ArticleAlways look on the baby side of rape
A West Virginia Republican wants to make sure everyone is aware of the upside to rape. Yes, of course, it’s unpleasant and horrid, but on the other hand, you can get a child out of it. What a payoff!...
View ArticleThey just flat out pay for them
Quoting a public post by Josh Spokes on Facebook: Give the gift of a life determined by the person who lives it—fund an abortion today. The National Network of Abortion Funds pays for women to have...
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