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October 2012

October 07, 2012

Today I Saw the Life Chain

I grew up at the heart of the anti-abortion movement. As a child, I held...

October 02, 2012

What Quiverfull Christians Believe about Birth Control

Ever wondered exactly what Quiverfull Christians - along with many Catholics - actually believe about...

October 02, 2012

Guest Post: Rebecca recounts her childhood in Operation Rescue

"I remember being a kindergarten-aged girl and sobbing in the kitchen, overwhelmed with the horror...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Deird’s Story

"I grew up in Australia, going to a Baptist church. We listened to Christian music,...

September 14, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Republican Party and Women

The first article highlighted here points out that Akin's statement about women's sperm-killing rape detector...

September 14, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion and Pro-Life Groups

The articles collected here deal with abortion and pro-life groups. The first argues that rape...

September 09, 2012

Crowd Sourcing: Arguments Against Abortion?

While reading the comments on a couple of my recent posts about abortion, I realized...

September 09, 2012

What does it mean to be “anti-woman”?

In the comments on yesterday's post, several people insisted that requiring women to always risk...

September 08, 2012

When It Really Is about Controlling Women

A reader offered the following in a comment on a recent post on abortion: "What...

September 06, 2012

Dear Pro-Lifers: STOP ERASING WOMEN

I've talked before about pro-lifers erasing women in their discussion of abortion. Well, I was...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Some Eyebrow Raisers

Marissa Mayer [new CEO of Yahoo] doesn’t particularly care for feminism, on Feministing And Marissa,...

July 11, 2012

Abortion: No Women Involved

One thing I was struck by as I moved from being anti-abortion to being pro-choice...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Another Look at Abortion

What the Right Gets about Abortion and the Left Doesn't Get, on Away Point Reproductive...

June 03, 2012

Dreams of Miscarriage

A little while ago, when I was about seven months pregnant, I had a dream...

May 2012

May 20, 2012

Documentaries: The Assassination of Dr. Tiller

In putting together my blog's tabs, I've been trying to incorporate documentaries I've found useful...

May 16, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Gay Marriage and Abortion

If you only read one of these three articles, read the first. It argues that...

May 11, 2012

Pro-Life Song Misses the Point

I just came upon the lyrics to a pro-life song. It's called "Mommy Don't." “I...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

An Anti-Abortion Movement in Europe?

I guess I thought abortion rights were taken for granted in Europe, or more specifically,...

April 24, 2012

The Catholic Church, Social Justice, and Disillusionment

When I became Catholic some years ago, one of the things I admired about the...

April 18, 2012

And…Mississippi may be losing its only abortion clinic

Mississippi governor Phil Bryant was elected on a platform that included ending abortion in the...

April 09, 2012

Picking Your Healthcare Provider

In the past, I've never before thought about whether my healthcare provider was anti-abortion or...

April 06, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion and Infanticide

Here are a couple articles to make you think: After Birth Abortion: The Pro-Choice Case...

April 06, 2012

As Anti-Abortion Activists Make Headway, Shock Abounds

I've heard from so many people, especially women, who are utterly shocked at the progress...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts: The Recent Controversy

A few weeks ago an image started circulating on facebook, urging people not to buy...

March 23, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion, Laws, and Biblical Translation

I recently saw two more articles on new proposed anti-abortion laws: Tennessee bill would expose...

March 19, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Pro-Choice Christians

There are several ways to fight back against laws limiting women's reproductive choice, one being...

March 19, 2012

My rights as a pregnant woman or the lack thereof

Growing up surrounded by people who were anti-abortion, one thing I heard all the time...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Graphs comparing support for abortion and gay marriage

One thing I find extremely interesting is that while support for gay marriage is increasing,...

February 19, 2012

Abortion, Murder, and Smokescreens

Many commenters on my most recent post dealing with abortion expressed skepticism that any anti-abortion...

February 18, 2012

Abortion and Premarital Sex: On Keeping Your Legs Shut

You may be wondering what in the world is going on with this whole contraception...