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“As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.”
―Anne Lamott

My favorite quote (so far) from the testimony against SB1, the horrid bill Texas is trying to ram down its citizens' throats.

"I cannot vote for anyone who is willing to violate the rights of half the population."

This should be our mantra.

Feeling: disgusted
Crossposts: http://redheadedfemme.livejournal.com/219598.html

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"Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State." ~Edward Abbey

Huh. This is a neat little news article.

The Obama Administration released an official statement yesterday that includes support for abortion access for military survivors of rape. The statement[PDF] calls for changes to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013, which details the military's budget, but supports an amendment that would allow military personnel to use their insurance to cover an abortion in cases of rape or incest. The statement also supports access to elective abortions for all servicewoman and military dependents when they use their own funds, including servicewomen overseas.

Under the amendment, armed servicewomen would be granted the same rights as civilian women under federal policies that provide affordable abortion care to women who are the victims of rape or incest. Under the current policy, servicewomen are only eligible for abortion care if the woman's life is at risk.

President Obama tends to do these things and doesn't trumpet them much, but I certainly appreciate his efforts. (Of course, it would be great if elective abortions were also covered by military insurance. Someday.)

Crossposts: http://redheadedfemme.livejournal.com/162569.html

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mountain_hiker at Reproductive Rights

A star-studded cast wants you to sign!

The CAMPAIGN

The Bill of Reproductive Rights is an effort by the Center for Reproductive Rights to deliver a thundering statement—backed by hundreds of thousands of signatures from concerned citizens like you—to the U.S. Congress and the President that they must guarantee and protect reproductive rights as fundamental human rights and stop the attacks by politicians who want to take those rights away.

Draw the line! Sign the Bill of Reproductive Rights!

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