Fuck Yeah Planned Parenthood

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July 2011

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Kansas touts state sovereignty in defunding clinic →

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus: States rights are WAY more important than individual bodily autonomy rights. The state of Kansas defended a budget provision which defunded a Planned Parenthood chapter as a matter of state sovereignty, arguing in a court document that a proposed injunction would unconstitutionally replace the state’s discretion with the court’s judgment. But Planned...

Texas Planned Parenthood clinic attacked with... →

rabbleprochoice: rosyeyes: happyfeminist: drst: Holly Morgan, director of media relations and communications for Planned Parenthood in Dallas, said their McKinney health center located on Eldorado Parkway was “attacked” between 10 and 11 p.m. Tuesday with an incendiary device. The person or persons involved in the attack threw a Molotov cocktail, consisting of diesel fuel in a glass...

These are PPGNW volunteers at Seattle Pride 2011. I stand with Planned Parenthood! :)

Obama’s Free Birth Control Scheme Treats Pregnancy... →

ladyatheist: This link proves that the “Pro-life” movement really doesn’t care about reducing the number of abortions. If they did, they would be ecstatic that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that co-pays for birth control be eliminated. Any person who is able to use basic logic realizes that having birth control accessible to all will lower the number of unintended pregnancies, and...

Senator Lautenberg and Rep. Maloney have...

-via Planned Parenthood’s facebook page If you’d like to call Congresswoman Maloney or Senator Lautenberg to thank them for their support of women’s health, here is their contact information: Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Washington DC Office: 202.225.7944 http://maloney.house.gov/ https://www.facebook.com/RepCarolynMaloney Sen. Frank Lautenberg: Washington DC Office: 202.224.3224...

OH Governor Signs Anti-Abortion Bill →

Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a bill into law that will restrict abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy unless a doctor determines the fetus is not viable or if the woman’s life is endangered. The bill does not include an exception for instances of rape and incest. Doctors who break this law could face arrest or have their medical licenses revoked. Elizabeth Nash, public policy...

So...Pro-life Silly Bandz...

rabbleprochoice: I actually live in a country where those exist. Sometimes it’s just better to laugh than cry. Love, Rabble

“With the additional barriers that anti-abortion activists have erected around...”

– Thank you for sharing your story, Dana! Via Mother Jones. (via iamdrtiller)

Anonymous asked: What do you say to someone that uses the life begins at conception argument against abortions?

STFU, Conservatives: Abortion versus Adoption →

stfuconservatives: I wanted to touch briefly on this post, which Joe had an excellent response to. I just want to expand a little bit on the Abortion v. Adoption mentality that a lot of people have. Adoption is not a direct alternative to abortion. It’s an alternative to parenthood. Abortion, at the most simple…

fuckyeahchoice: Don’t let anyone tell you to calm down or that you’re taking what you’re passionate about too seriously. Don’t let them get away with thinking that because it’s not important to them, it’s not important. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or can’t get upset about or what you should care about. Most of all get angry. Get fucking angry. That is one piece of advice I always...

How do I even begin to explain Cecile Richards?

rain-dancing: Cecile Richards is flawless. She has two Fendi purses and a presidency of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. I hear her hair’s insured for 10,000$. I hear she does pro-choice commercials….in Japan. Her favorite movie is “Let’s Talk About Sex.” One time she met Barack Obama on a Plane…and he told her she was pretty. One time she punched Frank Pavone in the face…it was...

Pro-Choice Jacksonville: Free Birth Control: How... →

therationalamerican: So much of what is frustrating about the unneccessary debate about abortion is how deeply steeped in misogyny it is. I have another blog, Men Who Hate Women, that exists solely to allow me to vent my frustration about the women-hating ways of Congress by profiling the…

“Family planning is not a gender specific issue. Men, as much as women, are...”

– Ashley Judd

Vanessa Cullins' Call to Make Birth Control... →

“My daughter, a divorced mother of three, called me recently to complain about the high cost of birth control. As a physician, I’m familiar with this problem, yet it never fails to frustrate me. Our health care system could save billions — and improve the health of women and families — by placing birth control within every woman’s reach. Instead, health insurers continue to charge fees that...

Enough About Bullshit, Now For Some GOOD... →

stfusexists: NARAL texted me today, because we’re bffs, and alerted me to the fact that a panel of medical experts has recommended to the Department of Health and Human Services that all FDA approved birth control be offered free of copays! The HHS will make its decision later this week. In the meantime, please sign and reblog this petition!

Last week I attended the Planned Parenthood Youth Policy and Organizing Conference in Washington D.C. with five other peer educators from my affiliate (Planned Parenthood of Central PA). Thursday was lobby day, where all of the affiliates had the opportunity to meet with their representatives. We met with Todd Platts, who we also had the chance to meet back in April. Our focus was on the issue of...

“I’ll say that again: If you define pro-life as preventing abortions, Planned...”

– Human Nature : The Pro-life Case for Planned Parenthood (via becauseiamawoman)

Sorry for the spotty updating

Rachel’s been extremely busy so far this summer (and will continue to be until she heads off to school this fall) and I’ve been busy packing everything I own with my girlfriend for a 9-hour-half-way-down-the-country move, so that’s why everything’s been very irregular lately. We should be moved and settled in just a little over a week, though, so hopefully I can update more...

“The Nurse at the Planned Parenthood understood the situation I found myself in,...”

– Read the Stories: Shakesville: My Planned Parenthood Story: Planned Parenthood Saved My Daughter (via standupforwomen)

In regards to the Gonorrhea "Superbug"

Please remember that when it comes to sex, practicing safer sex is the only way to ensure your health and protect from STI’s and HIV. That means utilizing condoms and dental dams and getting tested at least once a year, especially if you are displaying symptoms. However: the most common symptom of an STI is no symptom at all, which is why getting tested and knowing your status is vital to...

SIGNAL BOOST: My Planned Parenthood Carnival is... →

We are proud to say that we stand with Planned Parenthood. Here are our stories*: (This list represents all bloggers who have expressed interest in participating in today’s carnival, hosted by Shakesville and What Tami Said. The list will be updated with direct links and blog additions throughout the day. Blogs without My Planned Parenthood stories will be deleted at noon ET.) ...

The first time I worked with Planned Parenthood, I was in the fourth grade. My mother and I marched in the March for Women’s Lives and seeing that many people who cared so much about reproductive justice and the idea that democracy sometimes looks like voters expressing their displeasure to those in power changed my life. I joined a Planned Parenthood youth program in my freshman year of high...

TODAY: Judge weighs injunction against Texas... →

A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday on whether to stop Texas from enforcing a new law requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion. The so-called sonogram law, which takes effect Sept. 1, requires a doctor to describe the fetus’ features and allow the pregnant woman to hear the fetal heartbeat. The law does not allow women to opt-out of the description. ...

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