MetaFilter posts tagged with abortionrights

"Women were dying at the hands of butchers and incompetent quacks."

mightygodking — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:19:10 -0800

Dr. Henry Morgentaler, who opened the first abortion clinic in Canada and broke the law in doing so - which resulted in the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that criminal laws against abortion were unconstitutional - and who was subsequently made a member of the Order of Canada, has passed away at the age of 90.

A Coordinated Assault on Women?

bardic — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:22:55 -0800

In the wake of so many recent controversies over women and their right to safe, affordable health care and the supposed desire of working women to be "put in their place" by aggressive men in the bedroom, Penny Red suggests that "Right now, we are in the middle of a sexual counter-revolution." Recently Katie Roiphe wrote that the unexpected popularity of 50 Shades of Gray means that for all their advances in the workplace, women secretly want to be spanked and dominated by men. (Many on the internet LOL'd heartily.) Presidential candidate Rick Santorum had no shortage of comments regarding the evils of birth control and how they are "harmful to women." Meanwhile, members of the Catholic hierarchy are freaking out that in the 21st century, safe, affordable birth control is considered by an overwhelming majority to be an essential part of any woman's health care. And oh yeah, let's not forget Republican mouth-piece Rush Limbaugh's sensitivity to feminine issues. As we move further into the 21st century, are women's rights being left behind?

Neener Neener Neener!

needs more cowbell — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:01:11 -0800

Remember HB 1215, the bill banning almost all abortion in South Dakota? Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota, has a solution: “I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction.” An impassioned blogger has spoken to President Fire Thunder and is trying to drum up support for the proposed clinic.

"Choose Life" license tag gets tentative nod from Kansas House.

bingo — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 22:48:31 -0800

"Choose Life" license tag gets tentative nod from Kansas House. You pay an extra $25 for the tag when you register (hopefully it's optional), and the money goes to "crisis preganancy centers." Isn't this a bizarre, and rather vague, way to advance the cause?