GOP "government so small it fits in your uterus". Remember when these people said they were all about jobs, jobs, jobs? What they failed to mention was that the jobs were to be ultrasound techs willing to preform procedures against a woman's will and Vagina Police. On Thursday, the Senate took up an amendment proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) Continue reading
12 December 2008 
Vatican Reiterates It’s Stand
December 12, 2008 By
Nothing really new here. Still against women's right to choose, still against stem cell research, still against contraception. The only new and noteworthy statement is, The document bans the morning-after pill, the IUD and RU 486, saying these can result in what amount to abortions. Continue reading
Conscience vs Care
November 20, 2008 By
George W Bush started his presidential term by issuing "an executive order to stop federal funds to international health organizations that provide abortion services or counseling(sic)." Having opened on the world stage he is closing on the homefront by enacting the 'Conscience Rule' Under the rule, any worker involved in the delivery of Continue reading
On Cake-Having, Cake-Eating
April 22, 2008 By
The regina mom asks: What is it with the Conservatives in Ottawa? They can’t seem to leave women alone, have to keep at it, have to continue to attack women’s hard-won rights! Are they afraid of our power or something? First, they nailed Status of Women Canada which forced the doors of many women’s organizations across the country to Continue reading
Conscience
November 10, 2007 By
We at Birth Pangs have been wrestling with 'conscience'. Not ours. Ours are fine, thank you. (Er, except for that evening a few weeks ago, when one of us had a tad too much to drink and took her father-in-law to task for the unequal distribution of wealth in Canada, and well, pretty much the whole world. But she apologized for that.) What we've Continue reading
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