I know I'm on a link kick and haven't been doing much criticism/analysis of late- it's coming.
Hilarious Slam of Gynoticians: A little too close to home.
Enjoy Amber Tambyln and David Cross show what happens when Politicians play Doctors.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Progression of Opinions- A Pro-Lifer Loses Faith in the Movement
How I Lost Faith in the Pro-Life Movement
A very well written and researched piece by a young women raised to believe that abortion is always murder. She begins to change her mind after doing her own research and reflecting on what the anti-choice movement is really trying to do. Not saving the "unborn" but regulating sex and denying women their own human rights.
A very well written and researched piece by a young women raised to believe that abortion is always murder. She begins to change her mind after doing her own research and reflecting on what the anti-choice movement is really trying to do. Not saving the "unborn" but regulating sex and denying women their own human rights.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
A Grave Disservice to the Women of Texas
Texas Senator Wendy Davis succeeded in her attempt to filibuster against an anti-abortion bill that would enact wide ranging restrictions on abortion access in the nations second most populous state. Speaking for nearly 11 hours straight last week, Senator Davis was halted near the 11-hour mark after the chairman ruled that she had gone off topic. Governor Perry has already called a second special session which grants the state senate up to a month in order to try and pass the bill again. As of early Wednesday morning the House State Affairs Committee approved the bill to be brought up to the House and Senate.
The proposal would effect ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy but that is not all nor is it the main purpose of HB2 (House Bill 2). HB2 would also require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, limit abortions to surgical centers and stipulate doctors must monitor even non-surgical abortions (medication abortions). So while the proponents of the bill say that the goal is to protect the health and safety of every women who undergoes an abortion- the actuality of this bill leaves Texas with five (out of 42) clinics that qualify as ambulatory surgical centers and they are located only in major metropolitan areas. This is an obvious ploy by Republicans to make getting an abortion so difficult to obtain for some Texas women that they will be left with no choice but to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.
No one on the supporting side of the bill can provide evidence indicating that the proposed changes to abortion clinic facilities are necessary or would amount to the improved health or safety of the patients. The goal of this bill in its entirety is to place additional hurdles in front of women seeking abortions and the providers seeking to extend to them their legal right to terminate. Senator Harvey Hildebrand(R) of Kerrville stated,"The whole objective of this bill is to save lives ... and to protect the unborn." The lives of the women who are already born do not supersede those of "the unborn" apparently.
The lengths to which Texas Republicans will go to in order to make this anachronistic bill the law of their land is despicable. Ilyse Hogue wrote an opinion piece for CNN that covers the abysmal tactics that Texas Republicans have succumb to in order to force this unnecessary bill through. Hogue writes in part, "The Republicans couldn't pass this bill in regular session -- Texas law requires a two-thirds Senate majority for these measures, and the GOP simply didn't have it. So instead of building support the old-fashioned way for this radical legislation, Gov. Perry decided he'd just change the rules. He called a special session after the end of the normal legislative period, and his friend, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, declared they no longer needed a super majority vote."
Obviously many would disagree with me but it doesn't matter what you think about abortion if you are not the one obtaining one. If you have one and then regret it for whatever reason, you still got to choose and have a safe, private, surgical procedure. Remember, you personally do not have to have an abortion, but further still- allowing any women a safe and legal abortion is not something that negatively impacts your life in a tangible way. It does NOT take away any of your rights. You can think that she is a murderess, you can hope she can never become pregnant again, you can lose sleep over it, you can even condemn her and everyone else for that matter to hell and beyond but you cannot say that you have the right to decide what women do with their own bodies. One can argue this fact as much as one wants but the anti-choice rhetoric puts individuals whose moral or religious views differ from others on the same plane as the individual themselves. Simply put, judge and be judged and more importantly- mind your own business.
The proposal would effect ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy but that is not all nor is it the main purpose of HB2 (House Bill 2). HB2 would also require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, limit abortions to surgical centers and stipulate doctors must monitor even non-surgical abortions (medication abortions). So while the proponents of the bill say that the goal is to protect the health and safety of every women who undergoes an abortion- the actuality of this bill leaves Texas with five (out of 42) clinics that qualify as ambulatory surgical centers and they are located only in major metropolitan areas. This is an obvious ploy by Republicans to make getting an abortion so difficult to obtain for some Texas women that they will be left with no choice but to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.
No one on the supporting side of the bill can provide evidence indicating that the proposed changes to abortion clinic facilities are necessary or would amount to the improved health or safety of the patients. The goal of this bill in its entirety is to place additional hurdles in front of women seeking abortions and the providers seeking to extend to them their legal right to terminate. Senator Harvey Hildebrand(R) of Kerrville stated,"The whole objective of this bill is to save lives ... and to protect the unborn." The lives of the women who are already born do not supersede those of "the unborn" apparently.
The lengths to which Texas Republicans will go to in order to make this anachronistic bill the law of their land is despicable. Ilyse Hogue wrote an opinion piece for CNN that covers the abysmal tactics that Texas Republicans have succumb to in order to force this unnecessary bill through. Hogue writes in part, "The Republicans couldn't pass this bill in regular session -- Texas law requires a two-thirds Senate majority for these measures, and the GOP simply didn't have it. So instead of building support the old-fashioned way for this radical legislation, Gov. Perry decided he'd just change the rules. He called a special session after the end of the normal legislative period, and his friend, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, declared they no longer needed a super majority vote."
Obviously many would disagree with me but it doesn't matter what you think about abortion if you are not the one obtaining one. If you have one and then regret it for whatever reason, you still got to choose and have a safe, private, surgical procedure. Remember, you personally do not have to have an abortion, but further still- allowing any women a safe and legal abortion is not something that negatively impacts your life in a tangible way. It does NOT take away any of your rights. You can think that she is a murderess, you can hope she can never become pregnant again, you can lose sleep over it, you can even condemn her and everyone else for that matter to hell and beyond but you cannot say that you have the right to decide what women do with their own bodies. One can argue this fact as much as one wants but the anti-choice rhetoric puts individuals whose moral or religious views differ from others on the same plane as the individual themselves. Simply put, judge and be judged and more importantly- mind your own business.
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