abortion classic or dud?

would wear a trust women badge

yup, where do i get mine

i still have mine

I can't see that this has been spoken about elsewhere, but, is this for real? http://www.birthornot.com/ This is hugely sad if it is. I expect it could be being orchestrated by a pro-life organisation. Very sad if there is a real couple behind it.

On Thursday 25th November, former Conservative MP, anti-abortion activist and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe will be speaking at a fundraiser for anti-choice group ‘Right to Life’.
Billed as a chance to hear ‘Strictly Sensation’ Widdecombe talk about the challenges facing the anti-abortion movement in Europe, the £50-a-head dinner will take place at Royal Overseas House near the Ritz Hotel in central London and will also include speeches from Labour MP Jim Dobbin and Lib Dem MP John Pugh.

Ms Widdecombe seems keen to exploit her new-found TV fame to further the anti-choice agenda - and her appearance at the fundraiser has already been picked up by the press.

We think it’s time to remind the public about the real Ann Widdecombe - and why we must protect the right to safe, legal abortion.

Abortion Rights will be staging a demo outside the venue, and we want as many of our supporters as possible to join us. So why not come along? All Strictly-related placards welcome!

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2010/11/its_strictly_pr?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+thefword+(The+F-Word+Blog)

Like the picture they choose to go with this.

re the "birth or not" site are they seriously getting ultrasounds every week?? no wonder american health care costs are through the roof!

http://gawker.com/5694432/abortion+by+vote-probably-a-pro+life-stunt

Thought as much. Pretty pathetic.

I tried to vote to abort, but there was an error instead of a web site.

It's not an ERROR it's a CHILD JESUS <3 U

Someone on another site commented that it doesn't look like either of them would be willing to do the work required to CONCEIVE a child, since by all appearances that guy probably sweats cheese. I'm a terrible person because even though I normally go on the warpath for uh size-ist BS, I snorted. And I'm quoting it here.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/27/AR2010122703379.html

and digby with some commentary - http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/unintended-consequences-of-seeking.html

ugh South Dakota is the fucking worst

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/south-dakota-hb-1171-legalize-killing-abortion-providers

i don't understand how that can even remotely work, given that abortion is not technically legal in south dakota (even if they make it so difficult that it practically is).

jesus

sick

article makes it sound like it'll be a toothless law should it ever get passed, but the fact that someone had the stones to even suggest it is pretty fucking horrifying

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/17dakota.html

NYT being kinda generous by describing this as 'South Dakota Shelves Bill Aimed at Defending Unborn'

fyi the morning after pill today became available from pharmacies in ireland, so it's not all global backsliding.

WTG Ireland!

it's a thundering disgrace, tbf. I nearly dropped my shillelagh

first head shops, now this

fyi the morning after pill today became available from pharmacies in ireland, so it's not all global backsliding.

― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:31 AM (1 hour ago)

wow that's great - there must have been a huge shitstorm

The Church's moral authority there is a little less acknowledged than before, shall we say.

quite.

Passed without any fuss

fucking disgusting that the south dakota bill is even being discussed

not on ilx, obv. by SD pols.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/rolling-stone-clarifies-that-justin-bieber-doesnt,52008/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=avclub_rss_daily

haha when i saw this was bumped i knew someone had posted that

http://gothamist.com/2011/02/23/anti-abortion_billboard_in_soho_tar.php

Really gross stuff.

ugh

I refer them to Rep. Gwen Moore: "I know all about black babies, I've had three of them."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl1BhDXRoJo

I can't believe I hadn't seen that before. Fucking right on Gwen Moore. I think I love her.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-22-2011/mother-f--kers

people should be tearing that ad off of the building. really now.

i think michelle goldberg, i forget, made the point that if congress & the house weren't so ridiculously uneven in terms of m/f makeup, it might be possible for issues relating to women to be debated significantly in a conversational way; people actually convincing others rather than spitting stats etc. right on to the two women who spoke up.

it might be a little harder to say a lot of the sexist bullshit they get away with, but i'm not sure how it'd affect abortion policy; a recent poll i've seen showed that more women were opposed to abortion than men.

That Gwen Moore speech DESERVES MORE APPLAUSE than that.

that ad is vile. but at least these bozos weren't smart enough to edit their facebook comments!

hxxp://www.facebook.com/pages/Thats-Abortion/188038264562330

That Gwen Moore speech deserves a goddamn medal! It's not often that anyone shoves the GOP's real attitude about minorities and their children, let alone poor people generally, right back in their faces on the floor of the House like that.

i keep reading 'that's abortion' and hearing it sung to the tune of 'that's amore'

When the fetus hits the bucket like an organic rocket
That's abortion
When the world shines again and you can lift up your chin
That's abortion
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "vita libera"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Without a care-a

When your tummy feels so light like a low-cal delight
That's abortion
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're so free
When you walk down in a dream but your eyes they can see
With no distortion
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's abortion

(Hopefully that doesn't offend anyone.)

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/CLASS/130-143.jpg

can anyone give examples of legal expansions of the class of cases of justifiable homicide, a la all the new bills trying to make it legal to kill abortion doctors?

Ask an Abortion Provider!

I have no regrets, and although I’ll never know what could have been PSYCH I do know what could have been! The dude and I would have broken up and I would have not finished college let alone grad school, and I would have been a fucking disaster of a mother, because even now the best I can promise to a child is to be convincing enough that they can't tell I secretly wish they were an adult instead.

I'm a former abortion provider and that article is otm, but I find her writing style pretty annoying.

kinda feel bad having excerpted one of the more lol bits above because it's otherwise affectingly and righteously OTM.

Ahhh kate, I'm sorry. I thought she was lol and great! But I'm an easy mark for sarccy/snarky voices.

don't get me wrong, I loves the snark, too. I just prefer a more subtle strain with less CAPS and !!