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    Melissa Harris-Perry’s Panel looks at Elizabeth Smart’s recent comments on abstinence-only sex education and whether the policy is effective.

    WATCH IT HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_MA_mrow8

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    You could qualify for FREE birth control (what better way to celebrate National Women’s Health Week?). Find out here and spread the word to your lady friends.

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    “Sadly, real or perceived controversy keeps schools from providing young people with the information and skills they need to become sexually healthy adults. Just like other topics taught in school, sexuality education should be developmentally appropriate, sequential and complete.

    Irrational fear – the cultural belief that teaching young people about sex will cause them to have sex – keeps administrators and educators from doing what they know is best: providing young people with developmentally appropriate, sequential and honest sex education. Never mind that 30 years of public health research

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    Transgender women are the fastest growing population of the HIV-positive.  The National Institutes of Health came out with a report, noting that almost a third of transgender Americans have HIV.  Trans women of color specifically are at a greater risk than their white sisters.  Through a survey, it was found that 56% of black trans women have HIV.  The 2009 study from NIH also noted that many transgender women may not even know their HIV status.  With an alarming statistic like this, we have to wonder what’s causing it.…

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    Tennessee state lawmakers decided to pass a resolution this week.  Before I tell you what the resolution was, let me give you a quick background on how Tennesee deals with its social issues.  The bills that have been introduced in this state include: school prayer, fines on students who have saggy jeans, public displays of Christianity’s Ten Commandments, public access to the names of doctors who provide abortions, and the most “popular” is the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill which would prevent teachers from ever discussing homosexuality.  Tennessee has also …

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    Transgender Woman Arrested for Exposing Breasts, Jailed With Men

    Trigger warning: transphobia

    A transgender woman from New York was arrested in Savannah, Ga., last week for allegedly exposing her breasts, reports Savannah’s WSAV. But when deputies booked Ashley Del Valle, 38, she says a nurse examined her genitals, and determined that she was “technically a male.” As a result, Del Valle was placed in a holding cell in the men’s prison ward.

    Read more here.…

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    “I also came to realize that the focus on personhood ignores the fact that a zygote, embryo, or fetus is growing inside of another person’s body.

    Libby Anne, “How I Lost Faith in the ‘Pro-Life’ Movement”

    This is really important to consider.  You absolutely can advocate for a zygote, embryo, or fetus.  But understand that in doing so, it subsequently infringes on the rights of the person this being resides in.

    Giving a fetus personhood is not equality.  No one currently has the special right of using …

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    The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights have filed a lawsuit to block an Arkansas law banning abortion care after 12 weeks from going into effect.

    Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe had vetoed the extreme measure in March, citing concerns that it violated Roe v. Wade and that subsequent legal challenges would prove “very costly to the taxpayers of our state” as the “costs and fees [of defending an unconstitutional law] can be significant.” The Legislature overrode Beebe’s veto in March.

    The suit seeks a preliminary

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    When debating whether a fetus’s “right to life” trumps a woman’s “right to choose” — or whether the news media has paid enough attention to the trial of a Philadelphia doctor who allegedly killed seven babies born alive during late-term abortions, as well as a pregnant woman — Americans are bitterly divided on abortion. Before abandoning facts for rhetoric, let’s tackle some misunderstandings about this procedure’s history and impact.

    Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-abortion-rights/2013/04/18/bd53c884-a5e5-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html…

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    Remember to always reduce, reuse, and recycle.

    And maybe start some eco-feminist discussions?

    Enjoy some Captain Planet.

    Gonna take pollution down to zero.…

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    Virginia’s New Anti-Choice

    Restrictions Will Force 40-

    Year-Old Abortion Clinic To

    Close This Weekend

     Last week, Virginia’s Board of Health voted to finalizeunnecessary regulations that will force many of the state’s abortion clinics to shut down. Those new restrictions — which are known as the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP laws — are already having their intended effect. Hillcrest Clinic, which opened to the public just nine months after the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion services, will be closing its doors this

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    Only 23% of sexually active teens have been tested for HIV. Are you one of them? Find free or low-cost clinics near you!…

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    Why I Support Same Sex Marriage as a Civil Right, But Not as a Strategy to Achieve Structural Change

    “The fundamentally conservative nature of the marriage contract is why, I think, younger conservatives are growing more supportive of same sex marriage. Extending marriage rights to LGBT people does little or nothing to address the structure of oppressive family laws and values in society. It also does very little to change the core of the conservative agenda which is, fundamentally, about power and control. This is evidenced by the fact

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    If you haven’t heard already, the law makers in North Dakota are pushing for another anti-choice bill.  This time it’s an abortion ban on the basis of personhood.  If passed, this would effectively give fertilized eggs all the rights of U.S. citizens.  And it would cut off abortion care completely.  Beyond abortion this bill would also charge doctors who damage embryos in any way with criminal negligence.  It also prevents doctors from being able to perform in vitro fertilizations.  Now you might be thinking an unconstitutional bill like this …

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    Sure, the effect is small, but among both Democrats and Republicans, members of Congress tend to vote better on women’s issues if they have more daughters. Along the same lines, it’s instructive to look at which Republicans in the Senate voted for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Personal experience makes a difference even here.

    Mother Jones - http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/03/members-congress-daughters-vote-better-womens-issues…

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    5 Serious Consequences Awaiting North Dakota If Republicans Ban All Abortions Under ‘Personhood’

    Two personhood bills — Senate Bill 2303 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 4009 — have already passed the Senate, and the GOP-controlled House is expected to take them upsometime this week. But if North Dakota successfully enacts a total abortion ban, there will be serious consequences for the state that extend even beyond women’s reproductive freedom. Here are five ways the state will suffer under personhood:

    1. There will be fewer doctors in the state available

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    Kansas House rejects rape and incest exceptions for abortion

    Kansas House members on Tuesday gave first-round approval to sweeping new restrictions on abortion after refusing to add exceptions that would allow victims of incest or rape — including children who are raped — to get late-term abortions.

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    “To be clear, reproductive justice is not a label—it’s a mission. It describes our collective vision: a world where all people have the social, political, and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions about gender, bodies, sexuality, reproduction, and families for themselves and their communities. And it provides an inclusive, intersectional framework for bringing that dream into being. Reproductive justice is visionary, it’s complex, it doesn’t fit neatly on a bumper sticker, and it has a lot to teach us about how to be successful in a changed …

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    BREAKING: North Dakota legislature passes nation’s most restrictive abortion law, bans all abortions after 6 weeks

    http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/15/1724911/north-dakota-six-week-heartbeat-ban/

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    Steubenville “Rape Crew” Lawyers Argue that Silence is Consent

    Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows a few details about this case.  A teenage girl was drinking at a party, was drugged, became unconscious, and now two guys are on trial for “allegedly” raping her.  (Man, I hate that word.)  This particular case caught national attention after the internet crew Anonymous unveiled some of the shady business surrounding the actual case.  The self-proclaimed Steubenville “Rape Crew” recorded themselves after the alleged rape, describing that the victim …

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    Malala Yousafzai is the youngest nominee for a Nobel Peace Prize ever.

    In her hometown, the Taliban banned education for women.  Malala Yousafzai started writing under a pen name for BBC when she was around 11 or 12 years old, describing the inequities.  She appeared on television, has done interviews, has done whatever she could to promote her beliefs, that everyone has a right to an education.  Now she’s known as an activist for education and women.

    This comic serves as a short summary of what Malala Yousafzai is …

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    Unethical, Cruel, and Likely Illegal: Anti-Choicers Make Family’s Tragedy Public Without Their Consent
    Anti-choice activist Jill Stanek recently published online the name and photo of a woman who passed away following a late abortion at the Maryland clinic of Dr. Leroy Carhart. The name and picture of the woman, I’ll call her Marie, along with information about her job, marriage, and pregnancy were soon all over the internet. Protesters plastered Marie’s picture on signs and marched outside Dr. Carhart’s clinic and held a “vigil” outside the emergency room where

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    The Arkansas Legislature has approved the earliest abortion ban in the nation.

    And it’s now up to Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe to decide what to do next. If he vetoes the bill, his veto could be overridden by a simple majority in the Republican Legislature as it was earlier Thursday on a similar 20-week abortion ban bill.

    The Arkansas Senate gave final approval Thursday morning to the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, which would ban abortions at 12 weeks into pregnancy if a heartbeat is detected, with exceptions for cases

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    It passed with votes of 286 to 138.

    The NY Times describes the legislation:

    The newly passed legislation creates and expands federal programs to assist local communities with law enforcement and aiding victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Most notably, the bill goes further by offering protections for gay, bisexual or transgender victims of domestic abuse, as well as allowing American Indian women who are assaulted on reservations by non-Indians to take their case to tribal courts, which otherwise would not have jurisdiction over assailants who do not live

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    This is a post by a fellow blogger called BrashBlackNonBeliever.  These are her words and feelings about how “pro-life” advocates use PoC, specifically Black women and children, to further their agenda.  Some of it will be edited for language censorship.

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    by Kendall Goodwin

    “I suspect it’s difficult for men to imagine a world in which their bodies have long been inextricably linked to their value as an individual, and that no matter how encouraging your parents were or how many positive female role models you had or how self-confident you feel, there is an ever-present pressure that creeps in from all sides, whispering in your ear that you are your body and your body defines you. A world where, from the time of pubescence on, you can feel the

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    As someone who is Vietnamese and also identifies as being queer, these images really struck a chord with me.  I rarely really see backgrounds or faces like my own in the LGBTQ or mainstream feminist/reproductive & sexual healthcare and rights movement, due to lack of representation and exclusion.

    So, I’m sharing a few images of queer folks in Vietnam.

    This couple of one year (Phat & Minh) are grooming their dogs.

     

    This couple of one year (Vy & Bay) are just relaxing at home, watching TV and snacking.…

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    (See link: http://stfuprolife.tumblr.com/post/42021609348/all-states-except-oregon-now-limit-abortion-access)

    The above graph lists all the states and their abortion restrictions.  Although, Roe v. Wade gives people the right to abortion, Planned Parenthood v. Casey gave states the right to limit access to abortion without posing an “undue burden.”  Even though the World Health Organization has already declared that a restriction or limitation of safe, legal, and accessible abortion leads to a decrease in health for people, specifically women (although we all have the understanding that it’s not just women who are affected by this).…

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    Yet another study that disproves that men and women are fundamentally different.

    Everyone, throw out your copy of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.  That book is a load of crap anyway.  Anyone who has taken a gender studies class has known this.  Yet the notion that men and women are inherently different still invades our culture.  For some reason, people still look at gender as if it’s on a linear spectrum from point A to point B rather than gradations of several variables.

    But lo and …

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    (oldie but goody)

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    Roe v. Wade guaranteed abortion as a legal right across the country. A separate decision two decades later, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, guaranteed states’ rights to limit access to abortion, so long as it did not pose an “undue burden” on the woman.

    States have, over the past four decades, made no short use of that latter right. Only one state, Oregon, has not layered additional restrictions on top of the Roe decision. At the other end of the spectrum is Oklahoma: With 22 abortion restrictions, it has more …

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    and it’s extremely revealing of one’s perspective and privilege.

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    Click on the image to play!  Test your knowledge!

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    Source: http://transstudent.org/graphics

    “We realize that transitioning isn’t for everyone. However, too many people make “regret” claims that simply aren’t true. Take a look.”…

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    We need to talk about why we’re not talking about Uganda.

    A recent report from progressive watchdog organization Media Matters found that despite the hot-button nature of Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, cable news networks in America have seriously lagged in covering the legislation. In November, for example, the viral music video for “Gangnam Style” by South Korean rapper Psy received more coverage on CNN and Fox News than Uganda’s attempt to kill LGBT people. In fact, Fox didn’t cover the legislation at all. Notably, MSNBC devoted twice as much

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    Demand an apology from The Guardian for publishing hate speech

    Julie Burchills piece on Comment is Free (Jan 2013) (In response to Suzanne Moores also disgusting comments on CiF) is nothing more than a transphobic hate speech. We call on The Guardian to apologise for publishing a piece which delegitimises the identity of trans* people and incites hatred towards them. Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act, discrimination against trans* people is unlawful. Lets not let the Guardian get away with publishing pieces of such a …

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    Here is the ebook!

     

    Click on the link to see the images in full!…

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    Political Info and Laws in Brief

    Executives

    • Governor Rick Snyder (R) is anti-choice.

    Legislature

    • The Michigan House is anti-choice.
    • The Michigan Senate is anti-choice.

    ANTI-CHOICE LAWS

    Abortion Bans

    Michigan bans a safe abortion procedure and has unconstitutional and unenforceable criminal bans on abortion.
    Details »

    Biased Counseling & Mandatory Delay

    Michigan has a partially unconstitutional and unenforceable law that subjects women seeking abortion services to biased-counseling requirements and mandatory delays.
    Details »

    Counseling Ban/Gag Rule

    Michigan prohibits certain state employees and organizations receiving state funds from counseling or

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    The Gulabi gang is a group of women vigilantes active across North India. It is named after the pink saris worn by its members. The group was founded as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women. Gulabis visit abusive husbands and beat them with bamboo sticks. In 2008, they stormed an electricity office and forced officials to restore the power they had cut to extract bribes. The Gulabis have also stopped child marriages and protested dowry and female illiteracy.

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    No one is a slut. “Slut” is a made-up word to keep women from having as much fun as men. A person who enjoys sex is just a person and a person who is a virgin is also just a person and everyone should lay off each other’s sex lives. Retire the word “slut” please.

    From the article: 20 Things We Need to Stop Talking About in 2013

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    Georgia HB 954, also known as “Women As Livestock,” passed.  The bill caught national attention after State Representative Terry England (R) came to the bill’s defense and shared his thoughts a few months ago, “…if farmers have to ‘deliver calves, dead or alive’ then a woman carrying a dead fetus or one not expected to survive should have to carry it to term.”

    Because that worked so well with Savita Halappanavar, right?  And we thought the GOP couldn’t be any more openly misogynistic.

    At first this bill criminalized …

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    The two sides of the abortion debate in America literally face one another in this documentary from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. In Fort Pierce, Florida, a women’s heath care center is located at the corner of 12th and Delaware. On the same corner, across the street, is another women’s heath care center. However, the two centers are not in the same business; one provides abortions along with a variety of other health services, while the other primarily offers counseling to women considering abortion, urging them to

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    Congress Passes Amendment to Lift Abortion Ban on Military Rape Survivors

    Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, applauded Congress for supporting a provision sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) that would lift the ban on women in the military using their health insurance for abortion care in cases of rape or incest. Now, the bill makes its way to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law.

    The Obama administration already has voiced its support for lifting the ban on sexual-assault survivors using their health …

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    Michigan Politician on H.B. 5711: “This Isn’t about Protecting Women, It’s about Protecting Fetuses!”

    H.B. 5711, the Michigan omnibus anti-abortion “super bill” passed last week during the lame duck session of the state legislature, is a hefty 80-odd pages worth of restrictions and regulations on abortions, providers, clinics, and medical practices. It was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the legislature, but how many even knew what they were actually voting for?

    Emily Magner of Social Work Advocacy Coalition of Michigan, shares a story onEclectablog of her late …

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    A follower submitted this tidbit to my STFU, Pro-Life blog.

    source: http://stfuprolife.tumblr.com/post/37790625281/rebloggable-as-requested…

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    WHAT THE MICHIGAN ANTI-ABORTION BILL REALLY DOES

    SOURCE: http://www.michnow.org/memo_hb5711analysis.pdf

    The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate now has before it a draconian anti-abortion clinic bill designed to make the
    full range of reproductive health services, including abortion care, inaccessible for Michigan women. The bill passed
    the Michigan House in June. The most potentially dangerous, expensive, and degrading provisions in HB 5711 would:

    REQUIRE DISPOSAL OF “FETAL REMAINS” LIKE A DEAD BODY
    – Michigan will become the first state in the nation to
    require any woman who seeks an abortion or miscarries to decide

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    How The People Who Brought You Curves Are Actually Working Against Women’s Health**

    **This issue is not just about women’s health, it’s about every single person who could be affected by an attack on reproductive rights and health.**

    Source: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/12/07/1300361/curves-founders-against-womens-health/

    The latest filings from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads show a last minute contribution of $1 million received just days before the election (10/29/12) from Gary Heavin — the co-founder of Curves International Inc., which calls itself “the world’s leader in women’s fitness.”

    Curves, a chain of women-only fitness center

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    Yellow Face and Orientalism in the Media: Controlling What it Means to be Asian

    [Inspired by a fellow Amplify contributor, Karachi, and her post on Blackface, Slurs and Appropriation]

    Yellow Face isn’t just the mere inauthenticity and a failure of aesthetics of white people dressing up, wearing make up, trying to be Asian, and/or playing the roles of Asians.  No, it’s definitely more insidious and problematic than that.  It is systematic racism and discrimination, refusing to hire Asians or forcing them to play as villains, or when …

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    source: http://livealifethatscompletelyfree.tumblr.com/post/37576455829…

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    Michigan Lawmakers Are Trying To Sneak Extreme Abortion Restrictions

    Source: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/12/06/1294861/michigan-lawmakers-are-trying-to-sneak-through-extreme-abortion-restrictions-in-lame-duck-session/

    Women’s health advocates confirm that Michigan lawmakers are likely to revive on Thursday an omnibus anti-abortion bill that sparked widespread protests after it passed the House this summer, in addition to a host of other restrictive abortion legislation they hope to force through the current lame duck session.

    As Michigan’s current attempt to pass anti-union legislation dominates the coverage surrounding the state legislature, lawmakers are using the opportunity to revisit anti-abortion measures they hope to slip through before this

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    Anti-Choice Senators Block Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty

    Sadly, we’ve all grown used to the idea that nothing gets through the U.S. Senate these days without the support of at least 60 senators. Procedural tricks and a misuse of the filibuster rule has ground legislation to a near halt in the years since President Barack Obama took office. But when it came to a vote to ensure that disabled persons have the same rights as anyone else—including the right to avoiding pregnancy or terminating unwanted

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    Source: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/11/20/1223231/michigan-tax-credit-fetuses/

    State legislators in Michigan held a hearing on Tuesday to consider House Bills 5684 and 5685, which would allow taxpayers to receive tax relief for unborn fetuses past 12 weeks’ gestation. The proposed legislation is an odd push for Michigan Republicans, partly because Progress Michigan notesthe state slashed tax credits for children last year — meaning that although parents living in Michigan do not qualify for additional tax breaks to offset the cost of caring for their own children, they could soon be able to claim

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    Omg.  You can’t just ask people why they’re ignorant.

    source: http://byeproductivity.tumblr.com/post/31691276107/omg-you-cant-just-ask-people-why-theyre-ignorant…

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    Over 10,000 people flooded the streets of Dublin, Ireland.

    SOURCE: http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/11/17/enough-3/…

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    On Saturday, over 10,000 people bombarded the streets of Dublin, yelling and waving signs into the air that say, “Never again!”  They were consumed with rage and devastation, and with hopes of possible change.  The protesters and their fervent cries has even caused the Irish Government to possibly re-examine their abortion policies.  And what was the cause for this reaction?

    Her name was Savita Halappanavar.  She was a 31 year old dentist.  And her husband was Praveen, a 34 year old engineer.  She was 17 weeks pregnant but went …

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    The United Nations announced, “Access to contraception is a universal human right that could dramatically improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.”  CBS News says that this is the first time the United Nations Population Fund’s annual report describes family planning as a human right.  CBS even quotes the executive director:

    “Family planning has a positive multiplier effect on development,” Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the fund, said in a written statement. “Not only does the ability for a couple to choose when and how

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    Everyone should read this article: What happens when a woman is denied an abortion?

    Although it may evoke the same thought I had:

    “And water is wet.”…

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    I live about five minutes away from this.

    Their typical show of “slactivism” is anti-choice chalk writing on school property, which reeks of emotionally manipulative messages full of misinformation and bad spelling.

    And now there’s this recent sign they put up, even after what happened to Savita Halappanavar, see what AFY_EmilyB has to say about that.…

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    News that Surprises No One: Free birth control causes U.S. abortion rates to plummet

    Free birth control could prevent 1,060,370 unplanned pregnancies and 873,250 abortions a year in the U.S., according to a study.…

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    This is something you can use if you didn’t use birth control or were late on your regular method.  It’s really stronger doses of the same hormones that are found in regular birth control.  And it’s most effective if it’s taken within 12 hours after sex.

    A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that Plan B and RU486 (also known as the ‘abortion pill’) are the same thing.  It’s not.  Pregnancy is defined by implantation, and Plan B can’t harm an egg that has finished implanting–thus can’t …

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    Talk to your parents about sex.  No, really.  Do it.  I’m being completely serious.

    If your parents aren’t around and/or conversations with your parents never go well and you fear an extreme negative reaction, find a local clinic/Planned Parenthood and direct some of your questions there or do some research using the Internet or find a trusted adult who you can talk to.  The education is worth it especially with all the risks that do come with sex.

    But if the worst that can happen from talking about sex …

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    Mary J. Blige, along with actress Julianne Moore and songwriter/producer Bryan Michael Cox, attending the Planned Parenthood Action Fund “Yes, We Plan” in NYC 

    10-22-2012

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    The summary/description:

    A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

    People who have liked this also liked Little Miss Sunshine, The Darjeeling Limited, Juno, The Kids are All Right, Lars and the Real Girl, and Sunshine Cleaning.

    If you watched it before, let me know how it is!…

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    Click to watch: Fundamental Human Rights.

    Every day, governments all over the world violate the fundamental human rights of millions of women. The Center for Reproductive Rights fights on the front lines every day to beat back these assaults — and Meryl Streep, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, Billy Crudup, Audra McDonald, and many more are standing beside us in this call to action in the global battle for reproductive freedom.

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    (Trigger warning: Rape)

    Is consent for sex something that’s assumed?  Or is it something we must actively obtain when we are initiating it?  Here’s what the Connecticut Supreme Court decided in the last few weeks:

    The state Supreme Court Monday threw out the conviction of a city man found guilty of sexually assaulting a severely handicapped woman.

    In a 4-3 decision, the high court ruled that despite evidence the 26-year-old woman cannot speak and has little body movement, there was no evidence she could not communicate her refusal to

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    This is outside the State Capitol building in Lansing for a free viewing of The Vagina Monologues, in which Eve Ensler made an appearance on her day off, in support of Representative Lisa Brown and overall reproductive healthcare and rights this past summer.  I was definitely there.

    Michigan is trying to pass what is considered the worst anti-abortion bill in the nation.

    What HB 5177 entails:

    1) Bans Abortions After 20 Weeks, Even For Rape And Incest Victims: A woman would not be able to have an abortion …

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    One of the things I like to do as the moderator for STFU, Pro-Life is share pro-choice music.  People ask me why I do this, how is it relevant, etc.  I just think it’s cool to know if our favorite bands or singer supports a cause that we believe in.  A lot of these artists actually put their money into supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights.  Giving them a shout out just seems like the thing to do.

    As stated on the STFU, Pro-Life blog:

    This is based

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    The majority of students at her school were participating in the Day of Silence, so she decided to rock this shirt.  Thanks for sharing this, dropthelabels (her Tumblr username)!

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    This is going to be a short post.

    I saw a comment on this site that read:

    i believe that women should not put a baby through this there are other choices like adoption. there are many families out there that are not able to have babies and would love to adopt a child. Abortions are unjust and i believe that should not be done at all!

    Everyone is entitled to an opinion, so I’ll share mine as well.

    Adoption may be the right choice for some people, if …

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    Don’t remember? Never heard of it? Okay, well, here’s a quick summary.

    A sixteen year old girl named Esperanza from the Dominican Republican desperately needed chemotherapy. She’d die if she didn’t receive medical care, but was denied the treatment because she was 9 weeks pregnant. She was also denied the right to an abortion because in her country, this medical procedure is banned even in the cases of critical health conditions. The Constitution of the Dominican Republic states, "the right to life is inviolable from the moment of conception …

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    “What was she doing alone with those two boys anyway?”
    “She shouldn’t have been drinking!”
    “She didn’t say no.”

    These were some of the things I heard when I recently had to lead a socratic circle seminar for new college freshmen. In socratic circles, an idea or article is presented. The leader of the discussion asks questions and challenge biases without entering their own. In these circles, those involved will share their input or ask more questions without being condescending or threatening. It requires total cultural competency, which becomes …

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    Hello, all!  My name is Hannah.  I’m a new contributor here.  I’ve worked with progressive campaigns, groups, and what have you.  But what I’m really known for is moderating STFU, Pro-Life.  It works as a page where everyone can find or share information and occasionally be entertained by my snarky and facetious responses to the anti-choice movement.  It’s definitely not as light as I’m making it sound.  There are definite clear, simple take down moments.  But enough of STFU, Pro-Life, I won’t be going over that …