Topic: pro-choice

Medically Necessary Abortion Could Send El Salvadorian Woman To Jail

A 22-year-old El Salvadorian woman only known as Beatriz may go to jail if she chooses to save her own life. According to Amnesty International, Beatriz is 4.5 months pregnant, but doctors discovered that her fetus has anencephaly, meaning it is developing without a brain nor portions of the skull and will not be capable of being carried to term. She needs an abortion, but nobody will perform it nor grant doctors permission to do so. More »

Fertilized Eggs Are Not People…But Colorado Doesn’t Get This

For the third time now, women in Colorado can rest assured that their uteruses are safe and abortion is their business. The personhood movement has failed to get enough support in that state, meaning, once and for all, people may be realizing that a fertilized egg is not a person and doesn’t have the same rights. More »

Abortion Bans, Like Arizona’s, Could Have Made My Miscarriage Illegal

Abortion Bans, Like Arizonaâ��s, Could Have Made My Miscarriage Illegal

Back in April, Arizona passed the most extreme anti-abortion legislation in the country. They agreed to ban all abortion after 20-weeks, even though that directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s protection of abortion before viability. The legislation was taken to court, and today a judge decided to uphold the measure to strip choices away from pregnant women. More »

I Am Pro-Choice, But I Wouldn’t Have An Abortion

I have always been pro-choice, and I can say with near certainly that I always will be. But my personal feelings about abortion haven’t always been so solid. There was a time when I believed I wouldn’t have to think twice about my choice, should I be faced with an unwanted pregnancy; now I’m pretty sure I could never have an abortion. But in debates over reproductive rights, there’s not a lot of understanding for women who share my views. More »

I’m Pro-Life But I Don’t Support Mississippi’s Amendment 26

Next week Mississippi voters will determine whether a fetus is a person. The proposed bill would essentially redefine life as beginning at a fertilized human egg. Normally, for someone being pro-life, I would be in support of such an amendment, but with this particular case, I am not. More »

Minnesota Representative Says Abortions Exist Because Men Are Perverts

Over the weekend, during a debate over abortion amendments, Minnesota Representative Glenn Gruenhagen argued that abortion should be illegal. That’s not shocking for a GOP representative, but his reasoning was: Among his argumetns were the fact that supreme courts ruled in favor of slavery, and turned out to be wrong, and that abortion encourages men to use women. Confused? So are we. More »

90% of Anti-Abortion Legislation Happens at State Level: At least 11 states have passed laws regulating or restricting abortion this year, and similar bills have passed in at least one legislative house in four more states. (via The New York Times)

Kathy Ireland Wants You to Stop Having Abortions

Supermodel Kathy Ireland spoke out against pro-choice on the show “Politically Incorrect”, condemning abortions. Ireland has said she was pro-choice for her “entire life”, but when she was 18 she became Christian and started studying her husband’s biology books and … More »