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pear.shaped.Sara
07/29/09

In reply to Dutch "Abortion Ship" Has Wind Taken Out Of Its Sails
Women on Web provides abortion pills for countries like:

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... the list is so long
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
07/29/09

@pear.shaped.Sara: Wow. That is scary. Thanks for posting it.

Off to donate!
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MissyMcCLung
07/29/09

In reply to Dutch "Abortion Ship" Has Wind Taken Out Of Its Sails
I guess there can be a good side to globalization.
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AmbiguouslyGayUno
07/29/09

In reply to Dutch "Abortion Ship" Has Wind Taken Out Of Its Sails
This is the best job EVER. Sailing around the world to provide oppressed women with a service they would otherwise never have access to ranks right up there on my dream job list.
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zombies.like.lattés.too
07/29/09

In reply to Dutch "Abortion Ship" Has Wind Taken Out Of Its Sails
The situation in Nicaragua is so bad. They recently outlawed ALL abortions. Because there is no statute in their law allowing for an abortion (even if it's required to protect the pregnant woman's life) 33 women have died from pregnancy complications so far this year.
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KiddyKat
07/29/09

@zombies.like.lattés.too: I am so behind on my news right now, I didn't even realized this had happened. I can't believe they even managed to do this.
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denapsu
07/29/09

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This woman is amazing and inspiring. How can we help her?
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gherkinfiend
07/29/09

@denapsu: You can donate to Women on Web, either as a general donation or for a specific woman. It is quick and easy to do online and is a surprisingly small amount of money to help change someone's life.

I donated two abortions last year as I grew up in a country with no access to abortion and know how vital choice really is.

http://www.womenonweb.org/
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CurtCole
07/29/09

@gherkinfiend: And now I know what I want for my birthday instead of boring presents.
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Megan
07/29/09

@gherkinfiend: Just to point out, this is also hyperlinked above, along with Gompert's Women on Waves site.
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andBegorrah
07/29/09

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All right, piracy it is then.
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BicSharpie
07/29/09

@andBegorrah: Or a submarine.
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JerseyGrrrl
07/29/09

@BicSharpie: We all live in an abort-tion submarine! Abort-tion submarine!

Mmmm.... one too many syllables...
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Peppermint
07/29/09

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I can't believe I've never heard of her before! She sounds like a really wonderful, brave woman.

Also, for some reason I imagine her dressed like a pirate 24/7.
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NefariousNewt
07/29/09

@Peppermint: The Dread Pirate Gomperts.
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Ailatan
07/29/09

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It pains me so much to see my country among the ones that don't give women the possibility of choice, we are so progressive in certain areas and so backwards in others. Sigh.
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QoB
07/29/09

@Ailatan: mine too! flawed societies unite...
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Ailatan
07/29/09

@cpma282: I wish it wasn't like that.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
07/29/09

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Can I change my answer to the Girl Crush thread? Because I have a new one...
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HuggaWugga
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
My roomie brought up a good point--what about condoms? I know, barrier methods don't count, but still--that prevents pregnancy too. Something tells me that neither condoms nor Viagra were intended to be included. Hmmm...why am I NOT surprised?

Basically, Bush and Leavitt have given all women a nice kick in the ovaries. I suppose it's only fair to give both men a good kick if I ever saw them on the street--it's certainly something I wish I could do right now.
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GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
12/18/08

@HuggaWugga: Well, men controlling pregnancy, that's an entirely different matter. Surely no one would object to THAT.
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sassy
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
what offends me the most about this entire deal is that it acts like every female who takes birth control is just some mindless slut. it completely ignores every other medical reason why someone would want/need it.

thanks government, for ensuring that females aren't allowed to get all uppity with our bodily autonomy.
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HuggaWugga
12/18/08

@sassy: Seriously! Just because I take it doesn't imply I'm having sex--and so what if I were?

It's so counterintuitive--this is only going to lead to more abortions. Isn't that what they DON'T want?
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sassy
12/18/08

@HuggaWugga: don't you know you are only allowed to have sex when your husband wants, and only for reproductive purposes?

any other reason is completely inexcusable, obviously.

sometimes i really think that the pro-life movement sees unwanted pregnancy as a justifiable punishment for sex outside of marriage, and it horrifies me to think about that.
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lmgives
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
Bullshit!
So, if there is something I do not want to do at my JOB and I don't want to do it, does this mean I don't have to?
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
12/18/08

@lmgives: That's what I was thinking. My old company represented a beast of a client, rhymes with Losanto, and I would like to be executivelly protected from having to work against my ethics.
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casi nadie (loves MCC forever)
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
I'm so fucking glad I have an IUD and not the pill. Where I live, I guarantee you that they'll be denying all sorts of stuff. I've had pharmacists look at me funny for prescriptions because of UTIs before.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
I cannot read the whole text right now, so sorry if this is redundant, but

CAN THEY REALLY RIP UP MY/YOUR PRESCRIPTION???
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bureaucrette
12/18/08

@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: They can refuse to fill it, and they can decline to refer you to someone who will.

In addition, doctors can pass on writing you one, referring you to someone who will, and providing you with any information at all about treatments or procedures they find morally objectionable.

Call your Members of Congress.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
12/18/08

@bureaucrette: Thank you kindly for the run-down.

I knew about the other sick measures in play, but if some pharmacist ripped up the prescription I waited two hours to get, had cold prongs and a swab stuck in me for, and took off of work to get .... filling that prescription is the last of his/her worries.
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willwriteforfood
12/18/08

In reply to Right To Conscience, Not To Choice
According to the Wash Post story about this: "Catholic hospitals have refused to administer the morning-after emergency contraception pill, perform abortions or treat women having miscarriages."

Um, WTF? Women unfortunate enough to go to a Catholic hospital with a miscarriage will, what, have to bleed out in the cab trying to get to another hospital?

My head is pounding from all the contact with the keyboard.
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missteenwordpower
12/18/08

@willwriteforfood: Wait, I'm confused. What sin has a miscarrying woman committed? Unless it's just the one that made god punish her with a miscarriage in the first place.
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willwriteforfood
12/19/08

@missteenwordpower: I know, right? I'm unclear how a miscarriage is inherently immoral. Someone more familiar with Catholic teachings is going to have to explain this one to me.
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