Mar 28 2013
Do you support Planned Parenthood? Do you live in or near Minneapolis*? Do you have the day off of work, or can you call in sick tomorrow? Then you can come to the Vandalia Clinic’s Planned Parenthood Solidarity event! From the PP Advocate website: Why Good Friday? Why the need for solidarity? Every year on …
Mar 07 2013
I’m working a new escorting shift at a new clinic location. Part of this new location is new hours; I’m going to be volunteering most mornings Monday-Friday – a one hour shift before heading across the metro to my big kid job. What are not new are the protesters. Apparently we inherited those from the …
Feb 14 2013
I showed up for clinic escorting last Wednesday in Minneapolis. It was me and one other escort. And that was it. No protesters. No gruesome signs. No pamphlets stuck under the windshields of patients who don’t want them. No little plastic fetuses. No shouting. No shaming. No tears. I held the door open for some …
Jan 25 2013
New Mexico state representative Cathrynn Brown will take on that cause! She is very concerned about the rights of women who are being forced to have abortions by their rapists, so she has introduced House Bill 206 to define a fetus as evidence if the fetus is a result of rape. And as we all know …
Dec 12 2012
First – whadaya think of the new theme? After spending a few days with it, I have to say that it’s growing on me. I think it looks more sleek and modern than the old primary blue and yellow that this replaced. If you haven’t had a chance to report bugs on other FtB blogs, …
Nov 15 2012
I have compiled some of the images that were published on Twitter during yesterday’s rallies in Ireland and the UK: DAT SIGN RT @chewerson #savita Protest. The main message: twitter.com/chewerson/stat… — Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) November 14, 2012
Nov 14 2012
On several occasions I have been asked to explain my views on the intersection of atheism and reproductive freedom. Well here it is, isn’t it? From BBC News, the story of 31 year-old Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland on Sunday due to complications of pregnancy: “On the Saturday night everything changed, she started experiencing …
Sep 30 2012
The Hyde amendment was passed on September 30th, 1976. The amendment bars certain federal funds, primarily Medicaid, from being used to pay for abortions. It is a mean, vile, arguably unconstitutional provision that disproportionately affects low-income women and families. Every year it’s tacked on to an appropriations bill, and so 36 years after Hyde’s initial …
Sep 10 2012
After President Bill Clinton signed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in 1994, protesters have been limited in their ability to interfere with people who visit abortion clinics. For example, they’re no longer allowed to physically block the entrances to clinics. But they still do their damnedest to convince clients to not to go through those …
Jun 09 2012
Do you know what sounds like a good idea at first thought? Free or affordable childcare in the same building/nearby clinics that provide abortion care. Thoughts The clinic where I escort doesn’t allow children or infants in the waiting area. Some people who seek abortions have children. People who are economically disadvantaged may be able …
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