"We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the time. Many of them are just naive and ignorant until they find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Many of them are not malicious. They just haven’t given it the proper amount of thought until it completely affects them. They can be judgmental about their friends, family, and other women. Then suddenly they become pregnant. Suddenly they see the truth. That it should only be their own choice. Unfortunately, many also think that somehow they are different than everyone else and they deserve to have an abortion, while no one else does."

A physician at an abortion clinic (via fuckititsfriday)

This is from The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion. If you haven’t read it already, READ IT RIGHT NOW.

-Jess

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stfuhypocrisy:

Rachel Maddow exposes extreme Republican hypocrisy on abortion (May 19th, 2011) (by Panzerfaust04)

That first 50 seconds sounds kind of exactly like what we’re saying, Republicans.

possibilitygirl4:

prolifehypocrisy:

bebinn:

craftychristianmamma:

Don’t punish the child for the horrific acts of the father.

Don’t revictimize the survivor by forcing them to let their body be used against their will for months on end. You have no fucking idea what that’s like.

No, no, I actually like this one.

If you oppose abortion except in cases of rape, you are a hypocrite. You’re all about punishing sexuality (usually female) and you don’t care at all about the fetus. A life is a life.

The only logically consistent anti-abortion position on rape exceptions is “too bad”. And that’s what this is.

Indeed, “the ‘compassion’ of the wicked is cruel”, when you think it’s compassionate to further harm a person for the sake of a potential person.

(More of the “abolitionists” charming positions on rape here and here.)

I agree, this is better than saying “abortion should be illegal except if the person was raped.” Because if you say that abortion is wrong because life starts at conception, it’s “killing a baby,” etc, then it shouldn’t matter to you what the circumstances of conception were. Either way, you’re ending an innocent life, and if you think that’s wrong, then it should be wrong no matter what.

But by saying “abortion should be allowed in cases of rape,” what you’re really saying is “if a woman chose to have sex and she accidentally got pregnant, then it was her fault and she should have to deal with it. But if she was raped, then she didn’t choose to have sex, and that’s okay. As long as she didn’t want to have sex in the first place, she should be able to choose to end the life of her baby.”

Basically, you’re saying that it’s wrong for a woman to want to have sex for pleasure, even if she used contraception and it didn’t work. But if she was forced to have sex and got no pleasure from it, then it’s fine.

I have a hard time figuring out which makes me madder: the hypocrisy of “allowing” abortion only in cases of rape or incest, or the incredible cruelty of not allowing it at all.

It doesn’t really matter. They’re both despicable.

New Jersey University Hires More Staff To Cover Nurses Who Won't Come Near Abortion Patients →

prolongedeyecontact:

Twelve nurses at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey have argued that conscience clause rules allow them to opt out of absolutely any sort of contact with a patient having an abortion — even standard care such as taking blood pressures or checking a temperature.   As a result of the nurses suing the University for asking them to assist in even the most mundane of pre and post op tasks that would be required for any patient, the center is now being forced to hire additional staff.

Via NJ.com:

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will hire additional staff to help perform abortions after a group of nurses claimed they were forced to participate in the procedures despite religious objections, the university said Friday night.

“No nurse is compelled to have direct involvement in a procedure to which she or he objects based on his/her cultural values, ethics and/or religious beliefs,” university spokesman Jeffrey Tolvin said in a statement. “At the same time, we needed to find a solution that is in the best interest of the patients we serve. We are therefore hiring additional staff who will provide care to our full complement of patients.”

Some of the actions the nurses declare amounts to “assisting in an abortion”?  Filling out paperwork, or even walking a patient to the door once she has recovered.

[This is ridiculous. No one is asking them to perform or assist in abortions. Would you take the temperature of a racist, a rapist, a drug addict, a serial killer? Yeah? Than seriously shut the fuck up, because a pregnant person getting an abortion is not morally reprehensible, nor in any way comparable. It’s a constitutionally protected medical procedure. Not something anyone wants your opinion on.]

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blogvader:

Someone photoshopped a response to this nifty baby photo floating around the interwebs.

And it’s true. Republicans this year decided that preserving tax cuts for unpatriotic rich fucks (and NASCAR) was more important than WIC, early childhood, education, and other programs that help kids stay healthy and succeed in low income communities. Seriously.  These fucks voted against cutting tax benefits for NASCAR and for taking food out of kids’ mouths.

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Even A Pregnant Woman Can’t Get “Prolife” Sympathy!

prolongedeyecontact:

[TW misogyny, victim blaming, police brutality causing a miscarriage, mention of rape]

So antichoicers couldn’t wait to jump on the misogynist, victim blaming train known as “let’s kick Jennifer Fox while she’s down.”

I figured their coverage would center around false equivalencies between abortion and grieving a miscarriage of a wanted fetus, but no. They did that, but they seem to have honed in on “what was a pregnant lady doing out of the house exercising her first amendment rights?! What was she thinking?! Doesn’t she know she should expect to be beaten senseless by police, rather than trusting police can control themselves?!”

Rape narrative anyone?

Here’s an excerpt:

Some time later, she miscarries, but it’s the cops fault.  She was ‘ready to have a kid’, yet she was homeless, even though her family was going to support her?  Sure.  “Her name was going to be Miracle”, even though at 2 to 3 months pregnant, there is no way to know if the baby was a boy or a girl.  So much of this story doesn’t jive. 

It’s a sad day when any unborn child is lost, but this is no more than a vain attempt at sensationalism.  The woman will get her name and picture in media across the country.  But the police, civil servants who’s job it is to protect us, are the bad guys.  The shenanigans of the protesters is perfectly fine.  Blocking bridges, entrances to banks, even hindering traffic to the local children’s hospital is fine!

Feminists have been shouting for years they want equality.  Well welcome to equality ladies! 

What we learn from this brief encounter with the inner workings of a hypocrite lacking self-awareness is that:

• homeless people can’t want to have children, nor can they be ready to be pregnant (yet homelessness and financial instability is never a good enough reason to abort).
• it’s impossible to pick out a name for a future child before you know their sex.
• pregnant people should never leave the house lest something happen [like being attacked against your will], because pregnancy means you forfeit all rights.
• it’s wrong to blame police for their actions but pregnant people are fair game.
• miscarriage due to police brutality is part of our feminist utopia.
• police brutality and blocking traffic are on par with one another.

Good to know, very good to know.

Why am I even surprised? These are misogynist, anti-women, anti-child, racist, classist, rape apologists we’re talking about after all.

"I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life. As a species, we’ve fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don’t believe in the sanctity of life. The shrugging acceptance of war, famine, epidemic, pain and lifelong, grinding poverty show us that, whatever we tell ourselves, we’ve made only the most feeble of efforts to really treat human life as sacred. I don’t understand, then, why, in the midst of all this, pregnant women-women trying to make rational decisions about their futures and,usually, that of their families,too-should be subject to more pressure about preserving life than, say, Vladimir Putin,the World Bank, or the Catholic Church."

Caitlin Moran, “How to be a Woman”. (via montereycunt)

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ketsundere:

a-potent-elixir:

kandacelee:

Praying at the abortion clinic.

 this makes me so angry:
1.  If God already has a grand and mighty plan, he is not going to change it around just because you want something. 
2.  If your aim through prayer is to talk to God about the ‘dead babies,’ or the ‘misguided mothers,’ why would you not do so in the privacy of your own home or church? I mean, if God is everywhere, he would be able to hear it all the same and would thus have the same effect.
3.  The decision to publicly pray outside an abortion clinic is completely disrespectful and clearly an attempt (concious or not) to guilt or shame pregnant people or the medical practitioners involved in the abortion procedure.  The decision to have an abortion is one that many people find incredibly emotionally traumatic, and they certainly don’t need the judgement of strangers who are completely unaware of their personal circumstances.

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. – Matthew 6:5-6

Right! I’m no expert on the Bible, but don’t these actions fly in the face of Matthew 6?

¹ “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. ² “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. ³ But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁵ “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. ⁶ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

I’d love to hear the justification for passive-aggressively praying in public like this. It seems to be done more to impress or harass people, rather than to speak to their god.

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samuelrivera replied to your photo: kandacelee: My buddy.

For all the confused Pro-Choice kids out there: Yes, you can be Pro-life and still fight for your country. Pro-Life is believing all “fetuses” (baby) should have the right to live rather than being aborted.

Maybe you could go ahead and call yourself “pro-fetus” or “pro-forced birth” to save us all the confusion, then.

See, we’re taking your name literally, something you don’t have the common sense to do for us.

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kandacelee:

My buddy.

cariann22:

This is not a shirt about gun control. It’s simply a response to the fact that when children are victims of gun violence the world is outraged. When children are the victims of abortion violence, the world barely notices.

This is pretty ironic coming from a member of the movement that sends out terrorists with guns, bombs, acid and Molotov cocktails to do its dirty work, then pretends to be surprised and saddened when someone gets murdered.

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FYI

propaganda-for-life:

theoppressedlittlefetus:

If your argument hinges on emotional exploitation, I don’t have time for this shit.

If your argument involves God or Jesus or any kind of religion to justify restricting choice, I don’t have time for this shit.

If you’re arguing for “father’s rights,” I don’t have time for this shit.

If you’re a person who won’t ever face your own body going through a pregnancy and you think other people who are going through one or will eventually go through one should respect your opinion about their body and pregnancy, I don’t have time for this shit.

If you’re some slut-shaming holier-than-thou doucheball who includes phrases like “keep your legs closed,” “don’t have sex in the first place,” “use a condom,” “take responsibility,” “consequences of your actions,” “pregnancy is a blessing you should be thankful for,” “if I was pregnant/if it was my baby,” or “I believe…” followed by your thoughts on other people’s decisions/bodies/whatever, I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR YOUR SHIT.

Step off other people’s bodies and choices, brah. Yeah, you have a right to your “opinion,” but don’t expect everyone to respect and adhere to whatever your shit opinion is, especially if it’s about someone else and what they “should be doing.”

Yes.

Abortion…

kizandtell:

I just read an extremely disturbing article on abortion. Apparently over one million abortions take place each year in America. ONE MILLION. Even more shocking is that 65% of the people who had an abortion identify as “Christian”. Murder is absolutely un-Christian. Okay, so the majority of these “Christians” are probably just raised in Christian families and do not actually have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. However, I can guarantee at least 85% of these people would have been taught about abortion and actively discouraged from it, so ignorance is no excuse for them.

What I don’t get is how society and the media bay for the blood of child-murderers, yet children who are killed in the womb are largely ignored. Murder is murder. How can they honestly say that the deaths of chilren murdered by strangers are worse than those of children killed by their own parents?!

Probably because embryos, and fetuses for a large part of pregnancy, cannot feel, think, or understand what is going on around them, or even who and what they are. They are also inside of, and depending entirely on another person to keep them alive. Children  are not biologically dependent on another being, and can feel, think, and understand what’s happening to them. Abortion preserves the right to bodily autonomy and integrity, but there is no reason to kill a child that’s been born.

Just a couple of reasons.

And you’re right, ignorance is no excuse. Special snowflake syndrome, on the other hand, is a frequently cited one. Ever heard of the essay, The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion? All their concern for these fetuses goes straight out the window when they realize that pregnancy and childbirth isn’t as trivial as they’d like to think.

Oh, and it’s not murder.

House Votes to Stop Abortion Coverage Under New Health Care Law →

…and to let pregnant people die!

Hurray!

Pro-life!

(Source: speakfortheweak)

Why?

Why is no supporter of HR 358 addressing the fact that the bill would allow hospitals to let people die?