Stephen Harper finally has his majority, the third time was the charm. Canadians, while perhaps not warming to the Conservative leader, did trust him sufficiently to let him rule without the burden of the leash that is a minority government. …
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Enormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares.How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Gender War – Expect Casualties
Florida has decided to tell women that `your money is no good here`. Whether they purchase healthcare insurance with their own money or not Senate Bill 1414 will prevent insurers from paying for abortions. Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami, sponsored an amendment that provides an exception to the ban for cases of rape, incest or if […]
Continue readingPample the Moose: James Moore: How far back is going too far back?
In the interests of a bit of non-partisanship, I’m going to call out the Liberals today for a tactic I find distasteful that was used in BC. Liberals in the riding of heritage minister James Moore have released a column that he wrote in a student nesp…
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to speak about abortion at his university. The court disagreed with him. {Video by chevreu} Please send LVD your political and
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to speak about abortion at his university.The court disagreed with him….
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to speak about abortion at his university. The court disagreed with him. {Video by chevreu} Please send LVD your political and
Continue readingApril Reign: The Handmaids Tale Dystopia Meets Reality
April Reign This story is both a horrific example of the human trafficking going on in the world and a warning as to what could happen to women should the womb police get their way. Anyone familiar with Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale will recognize this type of scenario; In
Continue readingBirth Pangs: GOP Can’t Wait To Strip You Of Your Rights
In their battle against a woman’s right to choose, anti-choice Republicans have adopted a new tactic to enforce their agenda: deem any anti-choice bill an “emergency.” In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry (R) saddled a forced sonogram bill with an “emergency item” status to allow the state GOP to drive it through Congress “within the first […]
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Anti-Abortion Thought Police
This is not a debate about abortion. This is about a fundamental right to make choices about our sexuality — without the encroachment of a president, the Supreme Court, and certainly without the encroachment of politicians! Faye Wattleton may want to add doctors and nurses to that list. Ms. Taylor became light-headed and fell down […]
Continue readingBirth Pangs: International Women’s Day 2011
It would be nice if this could be a day of celebration, however it feels more appropriate for it to be a day of remembrance for all the women who have fallen or who have been unnecessarily burdened under oppressive regimes. In the U.S. women are losing their rights to reproductive choice with restrictions on […]
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Insanity is Hereditary You Get it From Your Children
Abortion does not cause Mental Health issues, however childbirth can. Not surprising factoring in post-partum depression. There is a PSA in the bus that quotes a study saying 1 in 5 women will suffer from PPD. That is a significant number. As fewer and fewer families have stable, well paying jobs that number may well […]
Continue readingPop The Stack: Call for Discussion of Abortion, How About a Call for Data First?
Tasha Kheiriddin over at the National Post just posted a generally pretty reasonable call for discussion on abortion in Canada. I don’t disagree with her general conclusions, that a law, crafted properly in a civilized manner, would be better than no law. But she makes the mistake of assuming one is needed based on […]
A. Picazo: At The G8, Refusing To Be Silenced On Women’s Rights
A Monday gathering of Canadian and international women’s rights experts on Parliament Hill was intended to discuss Canada’s role in the maternal and child health initiative at the upcoming G8 summit; To voice their concerns over the erosion of gender equality and women’s rights in foreign policy under Stephen Harper,
Continue readingDTK: Meanwhile in Oklahoma: Assholes
They made a law that women undergoing an abortion must have an ultrasound – possibly an invasive vaginal one – before having the abortion. During the procedure, the person doing the ultrasound is required to describe the fetus out loud.If that doesn’t…
Continue readingDTK: Meanwhile in Oklahoma: Assholes
They made a law that women undergoing an abortion must have an ultrasound – possibly an invasive vaginal one – before having the abortion. During the procedure, the person doing the ultrasound is required to describe the fetus out loud. If that doesn’t make it clear – if it wasn’t
Continue readingDTK: Meanwhile in Oklahoma: Assholes
They made a law that women undergoing an abortion must have an ultrasound – possibly an invasive vaginal one – before having the abortion. During the procedure, the person doing the ultrasound is required to describe the fetus out loud. If that doesn’t make it clear – if it wasn’t
Continue readingA. Picazo: Stephen Harper’s Maternal Health Disaster
In what is arguably an effort to win over fundamentalist Christian voters, Stephen Harper’s G8 maternal and child health initiative, as it currently stands, will result in far more preventable deaths than the overall number of lives saved. In what Huffington Post contributor Jodi Jacobson called an “absurd move,” Harper
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