Nine months after a grand jury concluded that the number of babies and women who died in Kermit Gosnell’s women’s health services clinic is “literally incalculable,” a pair of guerilla artists sent out invitations to a renegade art installation titled Regard, to be showcased by lights tonight at the former site.
“It’s important to honor people were murdered in this place,” says Jane. “I think it’s time to … take a moment to say we honor you. We see you.”
The artists say they wrote a mission statement to try to prevent their work from being co-opted by the anti-choice movement.
“I hope people come away from the work with the understanding that this piece was conceived with an eye toward compassion, rather than judgment,” says Jane.
Anti-Choicers Will Deny How EC Works, Regardless of How Much Evidence You Give Them
The science is in and has been for awhile: Emergency contraception prevents fertilization. But anti-choicers continue to push quack science asserting the opposite. Why?
The failed nomination of Caitlin Halligan brought to attention the shared interests between anti-abortion activists and anti-gun reformers.
I support pro-choice SVU.
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Even a broken clock will end up being right twice a day.
At CPAC yesterday he admitted that overturning Roe v. Wade is something the anti-choice side “is never going to win.” Read the whole story at Talking Points Memo
Anti-Choice “Medical Experts” Play Increasing Role in Abortion Legislation Testimony
As anti-choice state legislators introduce more and more abortion restrictions, the testimony for and against such bills is becoming increasingly important in influencing final votes. In some cases, such as the recent Indiana medication abortion law hearing, the divide between real science and anti-choice “science” is clear when anti-choicers are unable to find even one practicing medical professional to show up to defend the bill, while opponents are able to recruit numerous doctors to discuss its problems.
Anti-choicers have been using the private tragedy of a family without their consent to push their agenda, with no regard of the surviving family members’ wishes. Is what respecting life looks like?
Marie’s mother-in-law expressed to a reporter how upsetting the publicity has been and pleaded for her son to be allowed to mourn in peace. Instead, strangers are tweeting pictures of him with his dead wife, photographing him leaving her funeral, making accusations about their decisions, and “remembering” a woman he just lost and they never met.
Honestly, most of the time I try to be nice, but this? This is fucking ridiculous. I do not respect or care about the feelings or points of view of people who try to pass these insane paternalistic laws.
What anti-choicers think happens to women when they dare to try to think on the weekend.
