[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] I wrote recently on this blog regarding the connection between religious chauvinism and sex-selective abortion, using reactionary Hinduism as an example. Sadly, this phenomenon extends to the Muslim world as well. Extremist Islamic subcultures devalue women, and sometimes this devaluation is accomplished […]
(Note: You can click on any image to see a larger version.) Every now and then I see this resurface: I’d be interested to know how they’re defining “anti-abortion leaders”… The first implication is that men shouldn’t have a say in the abortion debate, a ludicrous claim we’ve addressed before. The next implication is that the […]
When arguing about abortion, I’ve seen a lot of people claim “sex isn’t a contract.” Other variations of this idea include: · Consent to A doesn’t mean consent to B (that is, consent to sex doesn’t mean consent to reproduction).· You clearly don’t consent to reproduce if you use birth control.· Sex is not a […]
[Today’s guest post by Roger McCormack is part of our paid blogging program.] The developing world, often a bastion of religious dogma and radical fundamentalism, reveals a fascinating omission of free inquiry among abortion rights supporters. Amartya Sen, a famed Indian economist, in relation to the recent outrage over endemic rape in India, wrote: One […]
[Today’s primer on abortion and feminism in history is by guest blogger Frank Ludwig, and is part of our paid blogging program.] While the idea of woman’s equality is probably as old as male-dominated societies and has been promoted by writers from Plato to Mary Woolstonecraft, the first notable feminist movement didn’t come into being […]
[Today’s entry is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] Stumbled upon this Elle story about men who don’t want to be fathers but are “forced”* to by their pregnant partners. Dubay’s argument was that while his girlfriend was permitted by the Constitution to end her pregnancy for any reason, he had no comparable right, in violation of […]
[Today’s entry is re-posted from “Yeah, but…“] I consider myself a feminist. I’m a big proponent of women going to college and building their own careers (and I’d like to see more female scientists). I’m very big on a balance between our relationships and the rest of our lives; you should not be made or […]
Background: A former employee at San Diego Christian College (SDCC), Teri James, 29, was fired for engaging in premarital sex. She was pulled into her supervisor’s office, asked if she was pregnant (she was), and then let go. Despite signing a contract which included a provision agreeing not to engage in “sexually immoral behavior including premarital […]
[Today’s post is by SPL member Clinton Wilcox.] Does this sound familiar? “Seventy percent of pro-lifers are men, and 100% will never be pregnant!” How about this? “Pro-lifers are nothing but old white men who want to send women back to the dark ages where they are pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen, breastfeeding twins!”These […]
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is an Act intended to ensure “reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.” The Huffington Post describes the types of women that could be helped by this legislation: When Heather Wiseman began to […]
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