CALL OUT TO SUPPORTERS OF C-484

(We at Birth Pangs know the fetus fetishists read us, so this isn’t as stupid as it may look.)
You supporters of Bill C-484, ‘An Act to Amend to Amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of an unborn child while committing an offense)’, insist that the bill has nothing to do with women’s [...]

“Unborn Victims” + political manipulation = Same Old Sexist Morality

Isn’t it funny how a government that has dismantled several programs providing direct or indirect support for the right of all women to safety and security, has chosen to become the champion of the “unborn victims” of criminal violence?
The stock answer from the Conservatives, when questioned about the slashing of funds to organizations such as [...]

Girls and Women, Girls and Women, Girls and Women

We at Birth Pangs are heartily sick of this bullshit meme.
From the recent throne speech:
Our mission in Afghanistan is a noble and necessary endeavour.
It is making a difference in the lives of men who were victims of Taliban oppression, for children forced to live in ignorance, and for women who had no human [...]

North American Dinosaurs

OK. Once is funny. Twice is — I dunno — just testing the Merkin attention span? As reported at The Galloping Beaver, the Bush administration has appointed another forced-pregnancy wingnut to a post overseeing family planning and contraception.
Reproductive Health Reality Check says of the new appointee:
In 2001, when President Bush proposed eliminating the requirement that [...]

Yo, John Tory! How about Abstinence Education?

We at Birth Pangs applaud Ontario Conservative leader John Tory’s blatant pandering to
warm tolerance of religious wing-nuts. After floating the notion that teaching ‘creationism’, or Intelligent Design, or as The Wingnuterer puts it, ‘Idiot Design’, in religious schools funded by the government would be hunky-dory by John Tory, he backpedalled furiously:
But six hours later, he [...]