In oranges and women courage is often mistaken for insanity - Iron Jawed Angels
Is this 2009 or 1821? Congress is hard at work on the health care reform and according to a Women’s Health Policy Report, there are efforts being made to exclude abortion from health care in the US. As if it weren’t bad enough that the Hyde Amendment prevents women on Medicaid, Federal employees and military [...]
So here is fodder for conversation: When is it not ok for a woman to have an abortion?
In reading Frances Kissling’s piece, my gut response is the original intention of the Roe decision: the decision to have an abortion should be left to the woman and her doctor. If a doctor feels s/he cannot ethically [...]
The following is a piece I wrote for a newsletter that got bumped after Dr. George Tiller was assassinated and the space was needed for other things. This piece is probably very toned down from what I would write today. I am even less convinced than ever that Obama’s common ground efforts are really going [...]
It’s like salt in the wound. The Tiller family announced today that they are closing the clinic. Permanently. As one of my volunteers asked me, how do we spin this so it doesn’t sound like utter defeat? I’m at a loss.
I keep telling myself, we ARE winning. We ARE WINNING. The discussion of late-term abortion [...]
I am still reeling from the shock that a man shot George Tiller in front of his church on Sunday morning. I can’t seem to wrap my mind around the fact that after years of harassment, death threats and shootings, George Tiller is dead. Words cannot describe the loss of this man.
My favorite quote from [...]