Looks like the atrocious South Dakota “jutsifiable homicide” bill has been shelved, with even the governor noting that whatever the voices in Jensen’s head say passing a statute whose langauge authorizes the killing of abortion providers is a bad idea.
Tag: reproductive freedom
I have no idea what Phil Jensen intended. But the language of the bill would clearly apply to the murder of abortion providers. The applicability of the “justifiable” exception only to
There seems to be some confusion in comments here about what “putting women on a pedestal” in the pejorative sense means. This, for instance, isn’t that. For an actual example, w
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Every day women choose to do the hard labor of a difficult pregnancy. Its courageous work, which inspires in me a degree of admiration exceeded only by my horror at the notion of the state turning that courage, that hard labor, into a mandate. Women die performing that labor in smaller numbers as we advance, […]
Obviously, it’s a good thing that the particularly appalling language has been excised, but it shouldn’t be forgotten that the “arbitrarily deny poor women access to essential health
It seems as if at least once of year a conservative comes to explain that it’s silly that any liberal would complain about the Hyde Amendment, because it’s absurd to think that there could
I wouldn’t say that anything House Republicans could do would surprise me at this point, but this is appalling even by contemporary Republican standards. Nick Baumann: With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.” This would rule out federal […]
There’s not a lot I can add to Pema Levy’s excellent response to William Saletan, but I did want to emphasize a couple points. First of all, Saletan does deserve credit for acknowledging p
I would say that I’m responding to Darleen Click’s arguments about this post, except that she doesn’t actually have any arguments. Does she propose a different way of restricting pos
This year’s Blog For Choice question: Given the anti-choice gains in the states and Congress, are you concerned about choice in 2011? The answer, of course, is “absolutely.” The practical access that many women have to safe abortions is already pretty dire, and given the 2010 elections the situation is going to get worse before […]
In response to the indictment of Kermit Gosnell, William Saletan advocates for…regulations he’s always advocated. What’s unclear is how these regulations are relevant to the Gosnell
And the European Court of Justice delivers! Actually, this is only very modestly good news — no Roe or Morgentaler — as Ireland’s draconian ban on most abortions will remain in place