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makingsenseofthenonsense:

I have said it before, and I will say it again, the abortion providers who I’ve met, spoken to, and worked with, are some of the most compassionate, kind and courageous people I have ever met in my life.

From: http://www.4000yearsforchoice.com/

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multigrainqueerios:

anarcho-queer:

Arkansas Enacts Strictest Abortion Law In The Country

Arkansas has just enacted the most extreme abortion law in the country - barring abortion at 12 weeks.

Despite the Governor’s veto, both chambers of the legislature voted to override, making it illegal to have an abortion after 12 weeks - still in the first trimester and only shortly after most women will have learned they are pregnant. This ban is two months earlier than any other state in the country. And it comes soon after the legislature banned abortion after 20 weeks.

Certain politicians in Arkansas don’t seem to care that this law is unconstitutional. Nor do they care that this law strips women of their ability to make deeply personal reproductive health decisions.

The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision affirmed the right to a safe & legal abortion. However, opponents of abortion in Arkansas disregard this ruling in their effort to both remove the right that Roe affords women and to force the Supreme Court to reconsider the constitutionality of abortion. These bans in Arkansas are one more step in their strategy to make all abortions completely illegal.

Feeling so much bitterness towards my home state.

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standupfordownthere:

Now, anti-choice lawmakers have launched a totally unnecessary investigation of Planned Parenthood.

To prove what? That Planned Parenthood provides comprehensive reproductive-health services? 

cognitivedissonance:

These wonderful infographics about reproductive health were recently released by The Guttmacher Institute, a foundation which aims to advance knowledge of reproductive health worldwide. They also bust myths surrounding abortion and reproductive health with this super amazing tool called “science.”

These infographics show the often sad realities of abortion in America — for many facing unintended pregnancy, it’s a nearly unattainable, expensive procedure with barriers that worsen for those who are in poverty or are people of color.  

The things I would do to have a job at Guttmacher.  Ten year goal.

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deafmuslimpunx:

^ very important. please reblog

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motherjones:

kharadar-mithadar:

“A society that does not accept the facts is a childish society, and a society that makes abortion illegal—and I believe that the PBAB is a calculated step in exactly that direction—is a cruel and backward society that makes being female a crime. It works in partnership with the illegal abortionist. It puts him in business, sends him his customers, and employs him to dispense crude, dirty, barbaric, savage punishment to those who break the law. And the ones who are punished by the illegal abortionist are always women: mothers, sisters, daughters, wives.

It’s no way to treat a lady.”

This is such an important article. Eleanor Cooney for Mother Jones on the “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban and the necessity of having access to legal, safe abortions for all women regardless of circumstance, age, race, class, religion, number of months pregnant, reason for being pregnant, etc.

You must read this.

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Researchers found that women were about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth to a live baby than to die from complications of an abortion.

Click the link above to read the rest of the article.

givemeanarchy:

Happy Birthday, Roe vs. Wade!

Although the United States Supreme Court made the call 39 years ago, that a woman’s body is a woman’s right, the fight is far from over.  In 2011, state legislatures tripled the number of abortion restrictions passed the previous year: twenty-four states enacted 92 new abortion restrictions.  yea.  seriously.

SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN’S STRUGGLES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WOMEN ARE NOT INCUBATORS.  SEPARATION OF CHURCH/STATE AND UTERUS NOW.

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stfuconservatives:

(also known as “Cool pro-life story, bros!”)

• 7 murders
• 17 attempted murders
• 52 bombings
• 180 arsons
• 89 invasions
• 1,211 incidents of vandalism
• 1,341 trespasses
• 100 acid attacks
• 655 anthrax threats
• 146 cases of assault and battery
• 375 death threats
• 3 kidnappings

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Because thankfully, I have access to condoms and birth control!

Always use protection, kids.

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