Khadijah White wants to know: If Romney/Ryan took office this November, what else will victims of rape and incest have to endure? In case you’ve somehow missed it, during an interview several days ago on a local political news show in St. Louis, Congressmen Todd Akin (who, ironically, is running against one of only 17 […]
Lynn Beisner says there is scant evidence in the bible that supports fetal personhood. She breaks down what it does and does not say. I learned a dirty little secret in Bible college: It is easier to prove the existence of unicorns by using the Bible than it is to establish the personhood of a […]
Lynn Beisner explains the difference between the two phrases “The best choice for both my mother and me would have been abortion” and “I wish I had never been born.” If there is one thing that anti-choice activists do that makes me see red, it is when they parade out their poster children: men, women, […]
Lynn Beisner got pregnant when she was very young after a fling with a guy she didn’t love. She planned an abortion, but miscarried instead. You can call her lucky, but because she chose abortion, you should still call her a slut and a murderer, she says. Recently a group of pro-choice women decided to […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. A BDSM Blacklist by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says that a Facebook-like site for kinksters stops users from naming alleged abusers, sparking debate over justice and safety. 2. Media Ignores Rash of Assaults on Transgender […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Five Myths About Marriage by Stephanie Coontz of The Washington Post asks: Is marriage really better for the community? 2. S/He by Jesse Green of New York Magazine says parents of transgender children are faced […]
With plenty of life left to live before becoming a mother, the author finds comfort in her ability to choose abortion if she became pregnant today. Eventually, she’ll have children, but not yet. Not until she’s truly ready. As a 16-year-old, I knew that if I got pregnant by accident I would have an abortion. Ten […]
Because reproduction requires both men and women, Misty McLaughlin says the War on Women is more accurately a War on People, and asks men to take responsibility for their part. In a beautiful twist on the gruesome women’s-health-as-political-theater we’ve all been subjected to lately, female legislators in two states have introduced bills to limit men’s […]
This originally appeared on MichaelKaufman.com. Republished here with permission. There are concerted efforts by the extremists who now run the Republican Party to push through draconian laws in the United States that not only make abortions unavailable under any circumstances but put huge barriers to women obtaining safe and effective forms of contraception. In recent […]
The recent Susan G. Komen v. Planned Parenthood debacle got me thinking about the whole issue of pro-choice and pro-life all over again. Like many unapologetic pro-choicers, I have a deep-seated loathing of the term “pro-life.” Because my belief opposes theirs, does that make me “anti-life” or maybe “pro-death”? Yes, I’m pro-choice, but to me, […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Rick Santorum On Opposition to Abortion In Cases of Rape: ‘Make The Best Out of a Bad Situation’ on The Huffington Post presents the GOP presidential candidate’s (disgusting and offensive) stance on abortion, which is […]
Adam Traister finally says it: Men need to be speak up about abortion. We all need to speak up about abortion. The current severe crack down on both abortion and birth control ignores the fact that is affects a very large percentage of men and women, especially when you include birth control. Obviously men also […]
