welcome to the United States of America.
Per request from the AWESOME @sarahposner, here’s a screen shot of the AP results with that BEAUTIFUL red check next to the NOs for the Mississippi Personhood Amendment.
Don’t worry. Fertilized eggs still aren’t people anywhere in the U.S. At least not yet.
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
OMG there was actually an abortion on Grey’s Anatomy! And I thought it was pretty good.
“ On the third anniversary of my abortion, I found out via MySpace that my ex-boyfriend was having a baby with another woman. It was none of my business, except I somehow convinced myself that his new baby was a replica of ours, and as such I felt a sense of ownership, of responsibility for the child’s well-being.
— A very honest and moving story of abortion, loss, and recovery.
This is called domestic terrorism.
A very strange place that counter-earth is.
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But DeGraaf’s comments also reveals just how absurd and disingenuous anti-choice opposition to insurance coverage for abortion is. “We do need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?” Why, yes, indeed! And one way that we generally “plan ahead” for unexpected problems that may or may not befall us is by doing things like, oh I dunno, buying health insurance plans. Plans that are hopefully general and comprehensive enough that we do not have to predict whether we’re ultimately going to need medical care for a heart attack, or a brain tumor, or pneumonia, or a fetal abnormality, or an unintended pregnancy–or any number of tragedies that I, for one, tend to alternately believe will never happen to me or else will surely strike at any moment.
The entire point of health insurance is to protect us against the unexpected. And an unintended pregnancy–whether caused by rape or birth control failure or human error–is the very definition of the unexpected. That’s why most private insurance plans currently cover abortion. Taking away that coverage and then urging women to “plan ahead” by buying a separate abortion rider amounts to imposing a financial penalty for the crime of being able to get pregnant.
— A Kansas state lawmaker compares getting pregnant from rape to getting a flat tire and suggests women should “plan ahead.”
