Not surprisingly the current restrictions on Medicaid-funded abortion are forcing poor women to carry pregnancies to term, or to seek abortions much further into the pregnancy.
Currently, 32 states and the District of Columbia allow Medicaid funds to be used for an abortion only in cases of rape and incest, or if the woman’s life is [...]
Abortion Funding Restrictions Impact the Poor
July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Returning To My Mother’s House
February 9, 2009 1 Comment
Interesting read by Gail Straub.
She speaks of her mother’s decline from a free artistic bohemian to a woman who felt compelled to change what was innate to her to fit into an expectation that robbed her of herself.
This robbing of self also happens to women who are forced to bear children whether or not they [...]
Breastfeeding, Facebook & Choice
January 3, 2009 8 Comments
Women who make the choice to have babies, also make a choice on how to feed them. Just as there is moralizing over reproductive choice there is moralizing over the choice to breastfeed. Many, often the same anti-choicers, feel it is somehow inappropriate to feed a child when it is hungry if the naturally provided [...]
Bristol Palin has a Boy
December 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
After speaking to the politician’s aunt Colleen Jones, People magazine reported on its website that Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born in Palmer, Alaska, on Saturday. The baby’s weight was given as 7lb 7oz.
“The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited,” Jones told the magazine. Sarah Palin’s office declined to comment.
Having [...]
“The difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion”…
November 13, 2008 3 Comments
I can imagine that some people will start to write and chastise me for the title of this commentary before they even read what I write. It has become very apparent to me that many people don’t actually read what is written and consider the points I make; they just like to tell me how [...]
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