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It's been a rollercoaster couple of weeks for men, women and uteruses. I'll start with the bad news:
A new Pew survey shows that support for abortion rights in the US is down significantly from last year. They attribute this partially to Obama's election, with complacency on the side of pro-choicers and fear of Obama's policies among anti-choicers resulting. One bright note: The poll also found that less people see the issue as a game changer (insert quote), meaning maybe abortion is beginning to approach a day where it is not so polarizing.
The Dominican Republic outlawed abortion in every case- meaning no exceptions for life or health of the mother, or rape or incest AT ALL. I'm in agreement with Amnesty International and the UN that this will put women and children's lives at risk
On to the "meh":
An amendment to the health care bill in the Senate Finance Committee was defeated that would tighten language prohibiting federal funds from being used for abortions. This qualifies as "meh", because this leaves the state of insurance for a legal medical procedure in relatively the same flawed place. Good Job Democrats, way to work for my vote.
But on the upside, there are people like Penelope Trunk and Gillian Robespierre.
Penelope Trunk twittered about her miscarriage during a board meeting and subsequently owned CNN's Rick Sanchez in the interview at this link. She is willing to take heat for talking about women's bodies, reproductive systems, and abortions as normal and part of life...which they are.
Gillian Robespierre made the following short film (starring Jenny Slate- a new SNL addition) that also puts abortion in a realistic context: not fun, but also not the end of the world.
Women like these make me a bit more optimistic about the future of my uterus.
Abbey824
| 10/6/09 06:47 PM
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