So far we’ve seen pro-choicers knit plush uteri. They’ve been advised to dress up as “dancing genitalia.” So it comes as no great surprise that Planned Parenthood is protesting Mitt Romney dressed up as… a package of birth control pills.
They’re calling her “Pillamina”:
Check out “I don’t want to be a father yet” dude on the far left. Wow. The very picture of masculinity reaching ever greater heights.
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Yet, in the Carter decision, much is made of the idea that, since suicide is not actually illegal, it is unfair that the disabled who are unable to kill themselves are deprived of the help they need in doing so. Having measles is not against the law either, but most would call it an odd leap of logic to suggest that catching measles should be a constitutional right and that people too disabled to get themselves off to a measles epidemic must be given physician-assisted infection.
Then it’s onwards to Sudbury on June 20, Brampton on June 21, London on June 25, Toronto on June 28, and Ottawa on July 2.
This link shows their team being attacked by a man who pours chocolate milk over the girls carrying signs.
Love this post about feminism being a luxury we can no longer afford. Although ‘feminism’ as luxury kind of ascribes positive features to it, as though feminism were a fur coat or a diamond bracelet. So I take issue with that.
However, this post allows me to enjoy recognizing the irony of feminism: that inherent in this philosophy is a heavy, heavy reliance on government for so many things, whilst simultaneously accusing me of being paternalistic and “not trusting women” as a pro-lifer.
I will accept this charge of “not trusting women” when feminists stop clamouring for government support.
Abortion is the single isolated case where feminists want women to be independent (read alone, uninformed and unsupported by anyone). Otherwise, they want all the paternalism they can muster, paid for by you and me.
Whether or not to use the term feminist for pro-life women is up for debate, and some women on this blog and some readers do indeed want to be known as pro-life feminists. There is a case to be made for that, particularly in reference to the abortion issue.
I, however, don’t want to be called a feminist . This is not primarily because of the life issue. The bigger point is that the vast majority of so-called feminists (in Canada) are way too weak and dependent for me.
Margaret Somerville calls it a step backward, and so do I.
BEIJING- China suspended three officials and apologized to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy in a case that sparked an uproar after graphic photos of the mother and her dead baby were circulated online.
The moves appeared to be aimed at allaying public anger over a case that has triggered renewed criticism of China’s widely hated one-child limit. Designed to control the country’s exploding population, the policy has led to often violently imposed forced abortions and sterilizations as local authorities pursue birth quotas set by Beijing.
Feng Jianmei, 23, was beaten by officials and forced to abort the baby at seven months on June 2 because her family could not afford a 40,000 yuan ($6,300) fine for having a second child, Chinese media reported this week.
Though details are hard to come by, Feng Jianmei’s forced abortion took place in the Shaanxi province. A province served by an abortion clinic run by Marie Stopes in Xi’an, Shaanxi.
Zhou Anqin, the manager at the clinic in Xi’an, which performs about 60 abortions each month, mostly on students aged 24 or younger.
The two-story facility, which opened in 2007, is one of five operated in China by Marie Stopes International […]
…And Canada is the best. I wholeheartedly agree that Canada is a great place to be a woman, however, I’d like to ensure before applauding our first place standing that they don’t include unfettered access to abortion as a positive.
No disagreement on India being the worst. NONE whatsoever. I am currently trying to read Aruna Papp’s Unworthy Creature and I can only do so in short stints, and not before bed because it is so very, very disturbing and hard to read. (It is the true story of what Aruna Papp endured in India before coming to Canada. One short section includes severe maternal depression, including abuse of a newborn baby by Aruna’s mother, reference to a sex selection abortion or two by Aruna’s mother, hunger and cold due to neglect for Aruna and her siblings, tears over the birth of a baby sister, because nothing could be worse than a baby girl being born, the near fatal beating of Aruna by her own father for something insignificant that she didn’t actually do, “Christian” missionaries being complicit in said near fatal beating and much, much worse, if you can believe it. Welcome to India!)
A couple of comments on this, the advice of Joyce Arthur and Jane Cawthorne, two pro-abortion activists, to those who want to counter-protest The New Abortion Caravan.
1) Whether pro-lifers use the term “poor-choicers” or my opponents use “crapavan;” I am consistently against the use of lame “catch phrases.” “Crapavan”? Really?
2) The pro-choice movement thinks that the Canadian public will resonate well with “dancing genitalia” as an example of “positive actions, satire, or costumes.” (See tip number two for what to do)
3) Tip number three includes drowning out The New Abortion Caravan. Because when you don’t have anything logical or meaningful to say in response to someone else’s points, the next best thing is making sure those points simply aren’t heard. This is a strategy of totalitarianism everywhere.
Finally, on a hopeful note:
4) Anything they do to counter-protest helps The New Abortion Caravan. Why? Because the media loves a controversy. Pro-lifers out on the street is not as good a story–isn’t even much of a story–as pro-lifers surrounded by protestors.
I have yet to hear one single pro-choice activist address the real issue at hand and that’s who the fetus is and whether it matters. Get on your dancing genitalia garb and keep on dancing if you must, but at bottom, we have a serious issue here, and it’s one Jane and Joyce ignore in favour of lame catch phrases, rhetoric and euphemisms. They can do better.
If you are in the Thunder Bay area tomorrow, June 16, feel free to check out this talk:
June 16, 7:30 PM- 9:00 PM How We Will EndtheKilling, In Our Lifetime Come hear this free presentation by the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform’s Stephanie Gray and Jonathon Van Maren. Having spoken internationally and had writings published internationally, respectively, these two engaging and young speakers promise to inspire you with hope that abortion will end. With the abortion crisis seemingly getting worse as society sees a move towards female-feticide and infanticide, what is the pro-life movement to do? Is it possible to transform the Culture of Death to a Culture of Life? Will hearts and minds be won for the pro-life cause? What can you do in your everyday life to make a difference? Stephanie and Jonathon will answer these questions and give you practical tools to EndtheKilling in your community. Please come out, and bring friends.