Touching Base (Happy Womens Equality Day)

I am still here. Yes, it has been a month since my last entry. A lot has been going on in the Reproductive Justice world and I cannot pretend that I am keeping up. So instead of not publishing any entries or publishing ones that I haven't put my all into- I am giving you the reader a only slightly compromised post with some current events and random facts and minimal analysis.

Unless you live under a boulder, you've heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS but have you heard of the abortion funding spin on the challenge? Basically it involves eating a taco and or drinking a beer and then donating to an abortion fund. Sound easy enough? CHECK IT OUT

What's the deal with admitting privileges requirements? My original post on the topic can be found HERE, but the truth it has gotten even more complicated since April. The law is being challenged in Louisiana most recently, however, the last two significant cases involving the issue of admitting privileges have both come down against it. In Mississippi, enforcing the law would have shut down the only abortion clinic in the entire state. The judge ruled that it was certainly an "undue burden" and therefore unconstitutional to literally hand off the abortions needed for Mississippi women to another state to take care of. In Alabama, the judge simply ruled that admitting privileges were unnecessary from a medical and logical stand point. So, will Louisiana make itself the third State in a row to finally stop these politically motivated and absolutely unnecessary requirements? I sure hope so.

AFTER TILLER is the documentary film about the late Dr. George Tiller who was assassinated while at church by an anti-choice zealot. This film follows the only four doctors left in the country who openly provide abortions beyond the second trimester of pregnancy, PBS is airing this amazing film on September 1st at 10:00 pm. Check out your local listings and other air times HERE

AND it is Women's Equality DAY! What you can do to celebrate is to look at THIS ARTICLE gives you an update on some of the things we couldn't do back then and the things we still can't do. If anything there's your extra reminder to vote because you are legally allowed to.

Rock on.