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In case you've ever been confused about how starkly different Democratic and Republican rhetoric can be over the issue of a woman's right to make decisions about what happens to her own body, this is what President Obama said earlier today to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade: More »
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It seems like the Republican Party made a secret promise to constituents to add 50% more nuts to the 2012 election, and now their commitment to being more reckless than ever is affecting the anti-abortion movement (which really didn't need any help in that department). While traditionally anti-choicers have been committed to slowly chiseling away at abortion rights, lately some in the movement have become impatient with these tactics, even though they might actually work. More »
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Ladies and gentlemen, the current GOP candidate moderate position on abortion is respecting the existence and authority of the Supreme Court, stacking it with anti-abortion justices instead of just using Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. (Which is somehow "respecting the constitution.") More »
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We know Mitt Romney was nebulously pro-choice back when he was simply a Massachusetts politician, and that he has been far less so as a presidential primary candidate — though possibly not enough to satisfy the ever-extreme Republican base. Now, via Salon, we know a bit more about the tragic death of his cousin from an illegal abortion, which he has said motivated his position. More »
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The Ohio House has just passed 54-43 a bill that, if enacted into law, would be the most restrictive abortion law in the country. It's a deliberate challenge to Roe that would ban abortion after the detection of the first heartbeat. More »
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The practical anti-choice position is that if abortion must be legal nationwide, and the Supreme Court hasn't upended that yet, it has to be as unpleasant and arduous as possible for the woman who has chosen it. Above, the Third Wave Foundation's handy graphic on what that actually means in practice. More »
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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5787594&view=rss&microfeed=true Voting on the bill banning abortions in Ohio after detection of a fetal heartbeat has been delayed, as anti-abortion legislators and activists debate just how unconstitutional they want to get. The fetus that testified couldn't be reached for comment. More »
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Yesterday's Delaware Senate debate showed how much Christine O'Donnell has learned from her Mama Grizzly mentor, Sarah Palin. Here, five ways she read from Palin's playbook. More »
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On abortion rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg said yesterday, "We will never go back to the way it once was." The audience erupted in "huge applause". But did she mean what they thought she meant? More »
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Senator Dianne Feinstein asked Kagan whether she believes the constitution requires any abortion-related statute to protect the woman's health. Kagan replied that "putting [late-term] procedure[s] aside...the continuing holdings of the court" protect the woman's life and health. [RHRC] More »
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46,000 pages of documents have just been released from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's work in the Clinton Administration. (Friday! Convenient!) They're still being sifted through, but so far there's not much to allay pro-choice fears. More »
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One of the many outstanding questions about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan concerns her precise views on abortion rights, and how strongly she might advocate for them. The answer, when not entirely opaque, is complex. More »
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Last week, the Supreme Court's overturned established law and ruled that, since corporations are people and money is speech, corporations can run commercials for their favorde candidates. Legal scholars worry that Roe v. Wade is next on conservatives' agenda. More »
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Today—the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—pro-lifers Sarah & Bristol Palin will talk about Bristol's new vow of abstinence on Oprah. (Isn't the definition of insanity repeating the same mistake over and over expecting a different result?) More »
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Saturday night, Congress threw a party, jubilant that its members had passed a version of a health care bill. Which version? That would be the one that traded the right to choose for a majority vote. More »
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Randall Terry (pictured, left), former head of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, is trying to make a comeback at the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. That comeback includes baby dolls smeared with fake blood, and a follower dressed as Sotomayor the Grim Reaper. More »
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• Woody Harrelson and Gloria Steinem are apparently in a bit of a fight. Witnesses report slightly different stories, but the two recently met at a restaurant and something went down. • More »
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Catholic legal scholar and conservative Obama supporter Douglas Kmiec writes how the Pope's recent statement that Catholic theology obligates legislators and judges to work to undermine abortion law all but requires Justice Scalia to resign. More »
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Barack Obama released a statement recognizing the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (but not repealing the global gag rule). He's still committed to pro-choice principles and to the equality of women. Change, indeed. [Rolling Stone] More »
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• Researchers have announced that women are more talented at picking out "cute babies" than men because of our reproductive hormones. • More »
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Kristi Burton is a 21-year-old law student and a passionate crusader against women's reproductive rights. Burton spearheaded an initiative — started last year — to get fertilized eggs recognized as people for the purpose of giving them their inalienable rights under Colorado's constitution. That initiative is now Amendment 48 and is on the ballot in Colorado tomorrow. But, as Newsweek reports, some of the right-wingers you'd expect to be backing Burton's effort are not so keen to see it pass. More »
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Ana Marie had to beg off Crappy Hour due to the Straight Talk Express bus schedule — unlike the Bolt Bus, there's no free WiFi on board. Spencer Ackerman's sole response to a text was "Can't," Jason Linkins is never up this early, Kay Steiger has a real job that she's on her way to and Moe is likely luxuriating in bed. Luckily, I have other friends, like Huffington Post blogger Steve Ralls who in true Jezebel style watched the debate with a close Australian friend he is now calling "that one." We discuss an infamous moment of intimacy between McCain and Obama, "that one," whether Suze Orman should be Treasury Secretary instead of Warren Buffet, who's driving the sexy Obama tank we're all in these days and why "tolerating" gay people doesn't fill us with good cheer, but thought of an Obama-packed court might. More »
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The lesson of the tale of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is clear: if you cause people to unduly worry too soon, by the time they should be scared, they won't be. And, as the LA Times points out, now's the time we ought to be a leetle worried about Roe v. Wade, but since the pro-choice movement has been sounding the alarm for so long, people are sort of tuning it out. And they probably ought not to be. More »
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Norma McCorvey, pictured, is generally thought of as the plaintiff-cum-anti- choice-activist in the Roe v. Wade case. In fact, she was one of three plaintiffs — the other two were Marsha and David King, and Marsha's now speaking out. Marsha and David were married, living in Texas and not ready to have kids in the late sixties when Marsha got pregnant and went to Mexico for her first abortion. Two years later, as their case was wending its way to the Supreme Court, she had to have another — despite, in both cases, using birth control. Unlike Corvey, she has no regrets about her decision to participate in the case. Also, unlike Corvey, she actually had an abortion (followed by a family), so she knows about which she speaks. [Women's eNews] More »
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People are always dismissing The View as just a bunch of yammering biddies. First of all, to assume that a group of women sitting around the table wouldn't have conversations that hold any weight or substance is ridiculous. The debates they have are important because the ideas expressed represent a cross section of American opinion. Today the ladies interviewed John McCain, and it was arguably some of the toughest grilling he's faced so far. Barbara called bullshit on his assertion that Sarah Palin is the "greatest" vice presidential candidate in history, and pressed him for specifics on how she will reform the government. Joy told him that she hopes "old John McCain" will come back if he's elected and the GOP doesn't have him "by the short hairs." Whoopi grilled him on the separation of church and state. But most surprising was that his biggest cheerleader, Elisabeth, wanted answers on his policy concerning Roe v. Wade. Clip above. More »
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The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band, and its sister act, the New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band, were a group of second wavers who came together in the early 1970s to sing feminist rock songs in a pre-Roe v. Wade environment. (They all sort of used the term "rock" very loosely.) Together from 1970-1973, and considered a musical disaster, they managed to record enough songs for a vinyl release in 1972, which was remastered and released on CD — with remixes by Le Tigre — in 2005. With songs like "Ain't Gonna Marry," "Dear Government," and "Sister Witch," they were fairly radical, and looking back on their work, you can sorta see how people came to think of feminists as angry, humorless bitches. But you can also see how far we've come as women, not only because abortion is now safe and legal, but also because we've managed to temper whatever radical political views we might have with a sense of humor. I mean, how can you not find "The Abortion Song" hilarious? More »
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• Short men are more likely to be pedophiles, according to a new Canadian study. Maybe they're just looking for someone their own size? Kidding. [NEWS.com.au]

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