Interesting news: A new study found that abortion rates in 2011 dropped to the lowest level since 1973 thanks in part to improved access to contraception. Unfortunately, this study only goes through 2011. Which means it doesn’t account for the onslaught of anti-choice laws enacted since that time that block access to legal abortion. Those could cause the rate to continue to decrease… for all the wrong reasons.
Hypocrisy, plain and simple: Last night during the Republican response to the State of the Union, anti-choice Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said, “Republicans believe health care choices should be yours, not the government’s.” But this is what she really stands for.
From the Huffington Post:
“Marlise Munoz, a 33-year-old Texas woman, was left brain-dead after she collapsed in November and her family planned to honor her living will and have her removed from life support, according to a recent New York Times story. Today she remains kept alive by machines in the hospital because when she collapsed she was 14 weeks pregnant — not far enough along to have prevented her from getting an abortion under different circumstances, but putting her in a category where doctors must keep her alive until they decide whether she might be able to carry the fetus to term. Texas is one of a dozen states where any stage of pregnancy automatically invalidates advance directives, including living wills.
All 50 states recognize advance directives, but statutes ensure they aren’t upheld for everyone. Here are the state laws that target pregnant women, according to the Center for Women Policy Studies.”
This is even more powerful on video. Nicole Stewart tells her story about losing her much-wanted pregnancy.
Our goal for 2014: see that proud, pro-choice candidates are rewarded at the ballot box.
Can we get an amen? We have 5 pro-choice resolutions for 2014.
Big one for women in Virginia. Keep it going - we’ve got 21 anti-choice governors we need to defeat in 2014. You in?
What do Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman and Whoopi Goldberg all have in common? They’re funny AND pro-choice. Our #Buzzfeed list details comedians who’ve done stand-up (and stood up!) for a woman’s right to choose. http://nar.al/1hl
What the hell is this, you ask? It’s just the Koch brothers’ Uncle Sam ads that equate Obamacare with sexual assault. Make sure you WATCH.
I am going to be one of the judges selecting winners for NARAL’s Choice Out Loud writing contest! All you have to do is write a short story (under 500 words) that features an unplanned pregnancy. It can be a real story a made up story - or somewhere in between. It’s open to ages 18-30 here in the US and there will be 3 winners!
Grand Prize: $2,000
Judges’ Choice: $1,000
People’s Choice: $1,000Click here for the contest page. Looking forward to reading your pro-choice stories!
Thank you Mark Ruffalo for sharing your personal story on why you’re pro-choice! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/mark-ruffalo-abortion-turn-back-the-hands-of-time_n_3781296.html
Bans on abortion at 20 weeks threaten the health and well-being of women and their families. Take action with Physicians for Reproductive Health and tell your U.S. senators to listen to medical experts and women.