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Old 11-12-2004, 05:56 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by billege
*I chose to completely edit my post here, becuase I could not find the article I was referring to in the deleted text, and felt that was a disservice to readers.*

This isn't news. The war against reproductive rights has been chipping steadily away at those rights, especially in the last four years. It's certainly possible to believe there's a connection between that, and a born again Christian president. I don't know how that's possible, but just maybe...

It's not just W though, not by a long shot. Here are some facts women and those who believe in civil rights should already know:

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"also the election of new senators like Tom Coburn, who advocates the death penalty for doctors who perform abortion, and Jim Demint, who believes single mothers should not be allowed to teach in public schools."

Glad they were elected, aren't we?

I can't post the text here, because they are all .pdf's, but this page is a very easy to access list of what states do what concerning reproductive rights.
Yes, the site is pro-abortion (fuck the cop out phrase "pro choice"), but if you can ignore the slant...laws are laws. Listing them even with slanted comments, doesn't chage the laws that are there. Read them.

There are plenty of people out there willing to enforce their religious beliefs on you and me. The seperation of church and state is a neat theory. Maybe one day America will remember to practice that theory.
I haven't been living under a rock and know that reproductive rights are important and under constant battles.

My question is about the timing of this press. Someone else said it happens all the time, really, it does, pharmacists that don't give out birth control pills? Maybe they were talking about chipping away at the rights, but I don't see anything about a pharmacist not giving out birth control except for this news story. Where? What other paper, news story, something where it happened and made news? This particular incident happened in 2002. Why didn't it make headlines in 2003? or even earlier in 2004?

Again, I'm not rallying against anything but questioning the timing of this discussion. I've heard this now on the news, Howard Stern, here, etc. Why didn't I see any of this earlier? Even FARK gets the most absurd and obscure stories. I'd like to see one from earlier as people have stated that it happens all the time and has been happening.
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