May 21st, 2013 at 12:02PM
How Natural Disasters Affect Women's Safety and Economic Status
Natural disasters tend to make low income and poor people the majority of whom are women even more vulnerable to physical assault as well as to greater economic challenges in the years that follow.

A piece by Sheila Bapat from 2012 that is still relevant in light of the recent disaster in Oklahoma.
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May 8th, 2013 at 2:12PM

witchsistah:

karethdreams:

The Wage Gap: A Handy Visual Guide

So much for WW’s claim that MoC have it all over them.

(via iamnotafeministtbh)

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May 7th, 2013 at 11:43AM
Cost Of Birth Control Higher In Some Low-Income Neighborhoods Than In Wealthy Ones Researchers focused on the price of seven commonly-used contraceptives — including various forms of the pill as well as transvaginal options like the ring. They cross-referenced the price information across various counties with median household incomes from the 2010 census. Nearly every prescription contraceptive was more expensive in low-income zip codes, the researchers found. In most cases, price differed by just a few dollars. For two of the contraceptives, the cost was significantly less in the wealthiest zip codes. Researchers said they don’t know the reason for the price discrepancies. Certain neighborhoods may not have a large, chain pharmacy that offers lower prices and runs specials, Zite speculated. “There is other research that has shown that a lot of needs for health, like fruits and vegetables, are more expensive in lower-income neighborhoods,” Zite added.

Cost Of Birth Control Higher In Some Low-Income Neighborhoods Than In Wealthy Ones

Researchers focused on the price of seven commonly-used contraceptives — including various forms of the pill as well as transvaginal options like the ring. They cross-referenced the price information across various counties with median household incomes from the 2010 census.

Nearly every prescription contraceptive was more expensive in low-income zip codes, the researchers found.

In most cases, price differed by just a few dollars. For two of the contraceptives, the cost was significantly less in the wealthiest zip codes.

Researchers said they don’t know the reason for the price discrepancies. Certain neighborhoods may not have a large, chain pharmacy that offers lower prices and runs specials, Zite speculated.

“There is other research that has shown that a lot of needs for health, like fruits and vegetables, are more expensive in lower-income neighborhoods,” Zite added.

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May 5th, 2013 at 7:24PM
The inconvenient truth here is that the very policies anti-choicers espouse are the ones that create the conditions in which Gosnells thrive: limiting access to safe abortion care by closing clinics, driving up the costs, requiring women to go through innumerable unnecessary hoops to secure an abortion, and driving them later in the process—denying women living in poverty public support for safe abortion care. All of these and other policies espoused by anti-choicers drive women to desperate circumstances, as a trip to any number of countries with high rates of maternal mortality from complications of unsafe abortion will tell you. — Jodi Jacobson, A Gosnell Amendment? Jennifer Rubin Plays Doctor and Legislator—and Fails
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April 29th, 2013 at 4:35PM
Poverty Causes Teen Parenting, Not the Other Way Around

Teen mothers are far from a random swath of the teen population who wind up in poverty because of a few particularly fast swimming sperm. Rather, they are likely to be in poverty already.
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April 29th, 2013 at 11:35AM
Of the many and varied lies told by anti-choicers in their quest to separate women from their basic human rights to bodily autonomy, the claim that women need to lose their rights in order to protect Black people is one of the most odious. It is an odious claim in no small part because the mostly white conservatives who pretend to be “concerned” about Black women getting abortions aren’t fooling anyone, since they spend the rest of their time attacking the civil and economic rights of ordinary Americans in ways that disproportionately harm Black people. — Amanda Marcotte,  Florida’s Racist Anti-Choice Bill Prompts Walkout By Female Legislators
356 notes Source: rhrealitycheck.org #race#abortion#politics#black women#genocide#economic justice#reproductive justice
April 24th, 2013 at 3:16PM

The average American household lost net worth during ‘09-‘10 recovery

stfuconservatives:

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  • 93% of American households lost net worth during the ostensible economic recovery from 2009 to 2010, according the Pew Research Center. Those households lost an average of 4% of their net worth over that period of time. Those who made out with an increase in net worth were the 7% richest households in the country, thanks to a recovery more robust for the stock market, financial investments and corporate profits than for housing or employment. source

Somebody explain to me again - please, please, please - why we continue to coddle the rich and screw over the poor.

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

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April 20th, 2013 at 4:48PM
For the anti-choice, I believe the heart of the abortion controversy is not about the fate of unborn babies. It’s about the value of women in society. In North America, for example, many anti-abortion leaders oppose ideas and programs that could help women achieve equality and freedom, and protect the health and well-being of families. For instance, they oppose affirmative action programs that help women gain equity in the job market. They force poor women to have babies and then cut off their welfare. They lobby against health and nutrition programs for children. They condone the bombing of clinics providing reproductive services, and the killing of doctors and staff. These uncivilized actions reveal the true nature of anti-choice goals. They want a return to the days when women had few choices in life. They don’t like women having too much freedom, especially in controlling their reproductive lives. They’re convinced that women can’t be trusted to make their own decisions. And they certainly don’t like women having sex for fun without paying for it. — Joyce Arthur, Legal Abortion: the Sign of a Civilized Society (via sexy-pekingese)

(via sexy-pekingese)
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April 18th, 2013 at 2:07PM
Alaska gave up on limiting Medicaid abortions. Why? Because it would have provided birth control funding for low income people.
Despite the most aggressive push yet, anti-choice legislators failed in their attempt to force poor women to give birth by cutting off abortion funding. Why? Because they hate birth control.

Imagine the thought of restricting abortion access for poor people and then helping them get birth control on top of that! How horrible! 
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April 13th, 2013 at 7:24PM
Abortion Funds by State

themaryd:

fuckyeahsexeducation:

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

District Of Columbia

Delaware

Distrito Federal (Mexico City)

Florida

Georgia

Iowa

Illinois

Kansas

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Maryland

Maine

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

North Dakota

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

Nevada

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Ontario

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Vermont

Washington

Wisconsin

West Virginia

Wyoming

My state is not on this list :( My state is horrible. For everyone whose state is NOT horrible, I hope this helps you.

I’m re-blogging this because a lot of these funds are participating in the National Network of Abortion Funds’ Annual Bowl-A-Thon. There’s still time to recruit teams or donate! 
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