Tag Archives: elephant in the womb

Call her!

Posted on January 25, 2013 by emmawolf

Rep. Brown took down her contact info because she is an idiot and a coward. Luckily, other sites put it up. Call her. Even if you’re not from New Mexico. Let her know she can’t get away with taking away … Continue reading →

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But…but…rapes don’t lead to pregnancy. Right, Todd Akin?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by emmawolf

Proposed bill would criminalize an abortion after a rape as destroying evidence. But since we all know that uteri have a magic rape-sperm shield, then the crime to which the fetus would be evidence of would be reporting a false rape. … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Roe

Posted on January 22, 2013 by emmawolf

Forty years ago today, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade. American women of child bearing age today have never known a time when abortion was illegal. Jill from Feministe.com wrote a good piece in the Guardian about it. In … Continue reading →

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what if other rights were protested in the same way?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by emmawolf

Another day, an other asshole sexist statement by Rush Limbaugh. Yawn. Limbaugh advocates shooting women seeking to exercise their Constitutionally protested rights.Exact quote: You know how to stop abortion? Require that each one occur with a gun. Ignoring the hypothesis … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy discrimination

Posted on January 17, 2013 by emmawolf

…for lack of a better term. A new study from the National Advocates for Pregnant Women is to release a new study examining cases of arrests, detentions, forced medical procedures, and other violations of women’s rights. Rights denied because she … Continue reading →

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Victims for Todd Akin

Posted on November 4, 2012 by emmawolf

Seriously, what the shit? Todd Akin has a political ad that is pretty much “I had an abortion. I was raped. And I support Todd Akin.” Oh, ok. Since one rape survivor is voting for Akin (for reasons unexplained in … Continue reading →

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When Evangelicals Were Pro-Choice

Posted on October 31, 2012 by emmawolf

  This post on CNN traces a little of the history of the religious opposition to abortion. In 1968, Prof. Bruce Waltke of the Dallas Theological Seminary explained that life begins at birth: God does not regard the fetus as … Continue reading →

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A letter to those who would deny women the opportunity to control their own lives

Posted on October 28, 2012 by emmawolf

This letter. Wow. Amazing doesn’t begin to cover it. Trigger warning for sexual assault, and maybe just having a vagina generally.  After reading it, I wanted to cry and throw up. I want to find a quote to show you, … Continue reading →

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God intended it to happen

Posted on October 24, 2012 by emmawolf

“I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen,” says a fascist from Indiana. I’m experiencing rape fatigue, so I can’t even.

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Beans and monkeys

Posted on October 15, 2012 by emmawolf

My husband and I laughed alongside Joe Biden the other night at the vice presidential debates. I also tweeted angrily and wanted to wipe Ryan’s smug smile off his face. When the moderator got to abortion at the last seconds … Continue reading →

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