Dr. Tiller’s Murder is an Act of Terrorism

As  Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, asks us to do, I am proclaiming the murder of Dr. Tiller — a doctor who worked tirelessly to continue providing women reproductive choices despite numerous attempts on his life and work — a despicable act of domestic terrorism.  And as Bonnie Erbe explains, anti-choice [...]

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Birth Control Protection Act

Well, this was music to my ears.  Planned Parenthood says…
February 18, 2009: Senator Betty Boyd introduced the Birth Control Protection Act (BCPA) into
the Colorado General Assembly. This proactive piece of legislation came in response to Amendment 48 and other attempts made by anti-choice extremists to lump common methods of contraception into the definition of abortion. [...]

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Blog for Choice Day, 2009

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision supporting women’s right to choose. This year’s theme is “What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?”
My biggest hope is that Obama & Friends move quickly to restore choice around the world by removing the global gag rule [...]

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Fall Semester

It’s been a long, long time since I last really blogged.  I apologize to my regular readers for my absence lately, but I want to thank everyone for sending their kind thoughts after my aunt passed away.  Needless to say, it’s been an interesting semester, both academically and personally, especially as my personal feminism is [...]

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Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, by bell hooks

Last weekend, my partner and I traveled to Seattle and Vancouver, BC, for a five-day vacation (which would explain the hiatus on posting and the delay in responding to comments last weekend).  The flights (boring) and train rides (gorgeous!  I highly recommend Amtrak Cascades for the trip between Seattle and Vancouver) gave us both a [...]

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