In the Byzantine land of Texas Law, it seems that an arcane piece of legislation passed in the 1980s is being used to usurp the wishes of a woman who died of a pulmonary embolism. The diagnosis was crushing and irrevocable. At 33, Marlise Munoz was brain dead after collapsing on
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: No, Yaakov Roth, The Supreme Court of Canada Is Not Overstepping Its Boundaries
I see the Harper PMO must have found another muppet to write opinion pieces for them. In the National Post, we find Yaakov Roth expounding on the “problems” he has with the way the Supreme Court of Canada has been ruling on such matters as safe injection sites and prostitution.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Prostitution is like abortion: you can’t stop it
With the Supreme Court striking down Canada’s prostitution laws, they have forced the issue into the public sphere. Within a year, Parliament has to decide to pass new laws regarding prostitution, or decide not to. Undoubtedly this is going to be a highly politicized topic and much like the Liberals
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Reactionary Stupidity from Bullshite Mountain
Another ardent believer in free speech, as long as you aren’t calling them on their bullshit, Gnyii has managed to append my last comment on a thread that, as usual with the deluded religious right, is strong with the fetus-fetish. Thus, in the interests of clarity, I’ll republish the last
Continue readingLeft Over: The new Canadian Plague: Have We all been Infected?
Sadly, Rob Ford epitomises what Canada has become With his crack smoking and drunken misbehaviour, Toronto’s mayor personifies our crude, swaggering, bungling New Canada Robert Hays in the Guardian Fri Dec 13 2013 Speak for yourself, Hays..truly the East seems to have adopted the crudities of the HarperCons
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Every Reason for an Abortion is a Good Reason
From the article on Reality Check. “Abortion is often framed as a mercy bestowed upon a woman who has committed the “crime” of having had sex. Mercy is something that someone else grants you, however, and not something you can simply decide for yourself that you deserve. That’s what people
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dear Forced Birth Advocates…
Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Abortion, Feminism, Forced Birth Advocates need to know, Pro-Choice, Pro-life
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Anti-Abortion Banner Backfire
Why the tactics of the current anti-abortionists are making me pro-choice. Abortion has and always will be a sensitive topic and rightly so. How can we properly define something that relies on different perspectives pertaining to faith, life and overall morality. It is like looking at a painting with someone
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Agence France-Presse reports that even the IMF has reached the conclusion that higher taxes on wealthy citizens are a necessary part of competent economic management – even as the Harper Cons and other right-wing governments keep trying to peddle trickle-down economics to
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: When Logic Does Not Factor Into Policy
Yesterday, Canada’s Minister for the Status of Women spoke on the recent decision for Canada to restrict funding related to War Rape and Forced Marriage victims to organizations and programs that exclude abortion. As a pediatric surgeon, she said she’s confident Canada has chosen to target its aid where it
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Daniel Goleman writes about the role of wealth in undermining empathy: (I)n general, we focus the most on those we value most. While the wealthy can hire help, those with few material assets are more likely to value their social assets: like
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: What our Conservative government would do here on abortion..
(..if they could get away with it): International Development Minister Christian Paradis says the government will not fund overseas projects that allow war rape victims and child brides to obtain an abortion…Paradis says the government’s policy would follow the same logic as that behind Canada’s $3-billion G8 funding commitment for
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: What Was That About "Not Re-Opening the Abortion Debate"?
Since 2006, Harper has repeatedly “refused” to open the abortion debate in Canada … or at least so he claims. But then again, there’s the old saw about “actions speak louder than words”. Once again, the Harper Government has taken actions which very clearly articulate where they stand. On Huffington
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christian Pro Life Anti-Woman Bullshitters on Display
It is amazing the fuck-wittery that metastasizes when you combine religion and anti-choice thinking. I’m so disgusted and anguished over the deceptive practices at these so called Crisis Pregnancy Centers that I’m reproducing the entire article by Caitlin Bancroft written on the Huffington Post Blog. A big hearty frak-you
Continue readingROAR!: PEI Liberal MLA blocks contituents on Twitter
Are you a reproductive rights advocate/activist/concerned citizen on PEI? Heck, are you simply a vocal concerned citizen in Canada? Have you checked lately to see if your MLA has blocked you from communicating with them on Twitter or other social media? You should check. That’s exactly what I discovered this morning
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: So Why Don’t Pro-”Lifers” hate God?
A big thank you to Tigger_the_Wing, Back home =^ from the comments section of a blog post on Pharyngula. Tigger talks about the inconsistency in many of the arguments religious anti-choicers make. Back to regret: When we lose someone, the loss hurts; among other reasons because we remember all the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pro-Choice Republicans?
Oh right, its only bad for dudes to get their autonomy infringed on. So sorry double XXers. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Abortion, Pro Life is Pro Misogyny
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak PC candidate: Female voters are "less informed"…including about control over their own bodies?
That’s Wayne Wettlaufer, former PC MPP who served with Hudak and Mike Harris running to win his seat of Kitchener Centre back for the Conservatives. Wettlaufer also must think women aren’t informed enough to have control over their own bodies (also noteworthy a little guy named Tim Hudak as well several
Continue readingCuriosityCat: In Texas, do male fetuses masturbate?
Apparently, some think so: And a Texas congressman claimed, incorrectly, that male fetuses of 15 weeks have been observed to masturbate, thus making abortion wrong. Tabatha Southey sums up the absurd spectacel of Texas legislators – in 2013! – trying desperately to shut down a filibuster by a lone senator:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Fantastic, The Wretched and The “Oh F*ck, No”
Sometimes “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” just isn’t strong enough. In one of my recent youtube sessions I ran quite the emotional gamut. Let’s start on a high note, shall we? The Fantastic First we have a long overdue “Hero of the Day”. For quite some time, the
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